Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-09-18

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,550 head
594 vs last sale 956 1,550 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Another light offering of feeder cattle this week with not enough numbers to develop an accurate price trend. higher undertones noted on both steers and heifers. Good demand for today's offering of loads and packages which sold on an active market. Quality and flesh were very attractive with many of the cattle coming off grass in light flesh. Quite a few tested open heifers coming to town again today. The beginning of this week has brought much needed sunshine and warm temperatures. Very little silage harvest has started as most fields are still too wet. Many producers are trying to wrap up their hay which has been very challenging in the wet and humid conditions. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, September 25.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.57/cwt on 712 head.
Average price
$132.57
712 head · 840 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.06
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1832132.971,106669
Large 11,013126.691,28334
Medium and Large 1-2784125.759869thin
One grade step is worth $7.22/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale712 hd
132.57
SD average4 barns · 2,603 hd
127.52
+5.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1870126.06/cwt124.25–130.001,097115
SteersLarge 11,106119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,3248
HeifersMedium and Large 1678136.75/cwt136.75–136.7592732
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural754147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,11064
SteersLarge 11,027131.37/cwt122.00–134.001,34974
SteersMedium and Large 1888145.41/cwt145.25–145.501,291182
HeifersMedium and Large 1911130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,1877
SteersMedium and Large 1927140.98/cwt133.00–144.301,307160
HeifersMedium and Large 1639141.50/cwt141.50–141.509047
HeifersMedium and Large 1984126.63/cwt123.25–127.501,24685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784125.75/cwt125.75–125.759869
SteersMedium and Large 1823149.75/cwt143.75–150.001,232131
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy929120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,11515
HeifersMedium and Large 1823128.17/cwt127.50–128.251,05574
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed919133.20/cwt133.20–133.201,22467
SteersMedium and Large 1571159.00/cwt159.00–159.0090822
HeifersLarge 1Spayed1,015127.75/cwt127.75–127.751,29722
HeifersMedium and Large 1562140.25/cwt140.25–140.2578841
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed828138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,14365
SteersMedium and Large 1787144.14/cwt144.00–144.501,13415
HeifersLarge 11,008124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,25712
HeifersMedium and Large 1709132.25/cwt132.25–132.2593840
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed886136.35/cwt136.35–136.351,20857
SteersMedium and Large 1963134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,29514

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.