Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-09-25

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,829 head
3,279 vs last sale 1,550 4,829 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 900 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Best test on heifers 800 to 900 mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's yearling offering featuring many strings and loads and some packages, many of these tested open heifers. The majority of today's yearlings were attractive quality and coming off grass in light to moderate flesh. Moderate demand for a few packages and a load of spring calves. Both weaned and unweaned calves offered and shots were hit and miss. An active market with many buyers attending the auction. Silage cutting is just getting started in this area and some bean harvest is taking place as well. The weather has been mostly dry and sunny again this week. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, October 2.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.33/cwt on 2,821 head.
Average price
$131.33
2,821 head · 874 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,148
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$4.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.12
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1848131.921,1182,409
Large 11,027127.891,314412
One grade step is worth $4.03/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale2,821 hd
131.33
SD average7 barns · 6,732 hd
130.21
+1.12
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

30 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
SteersMedium and Large 1663146.00/cwt146.00–146.009686
SteersMedium and Large 1960140.81/cwt136.25–144.501,352167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2829130.89/cwt129.00–133.751,08518
HeifersMedium and Large 1451125.00/cwt125.00–125.005645
HeifersMedium and Large 1756135.34/cwt130.00–139.501,023164
SteersLarge 11,046127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,3318
SteersMedium and Large 1722147.18/cwt145.00–149.501,06335
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned621148.00/cwt148.00–148.0091986
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy924114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,06021
HeifersMedium and Large 1618139.05/cwt137.50–141.0085914
HeifersMedium and Large 1855127.79/cwt126.25–134.751,093222
HeifersMedium and Large 1730135.83/cwt133.00–139.75992151
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed880136.10/cwt136.10–136.101,198132
SteersMedium and Large 1510153.00/cwt153.00–153.0078016
SteersMedium and Large 1868146.48/cwt136.00–147.501,271568
HeifersLarge 11,023128.19/cwt125.00–128.501,311335
HeifersMedium and Large 1683139.42/cwt138.50–140.0095285
HeifersMedium and Large 1828132.49/cwt127.00–138.251,097572
SteersMedium and Large 1490140.00/cwt140.00–140.0068615
SteersMedium and Large 1774153.16/cwt144.00–154.301,185234
HeifersLarge 11,051127.69/cwt122.50–128.501,34267
HeifersMedium and Large 1589141.26/cwt141.00–142.5083280
HeifersMedium and Large 1914127.51/cwt125.00–135.601,165563
SteersMedium and Large 1635147.68/cwt147.50–148.0093814
SteersMedium and Large 1915143.14/cwt140.75–144.501,310207
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,017119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,21010
HeifersMedium and Large 1509145.50/cwt145.50–145.5074117
HeifersMedium and Large 1966132.03/cwt127.00–132.501,275383
SteersMedium and Large 1405152.00/cwt152.00–152.0061610
SteersMedium and Large 1823147.39/cwt140.25–152.501,213202

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.