Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-10-02

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,251 head
578 vs last sale 4,829 4,251 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 850 to 900 lbs and 950 to 1000 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Best test on heifers 800 to 850 and 951 to 1000 mostly steady, 851 to 950 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's yearling offering featuring many strings, loads and packages both off grass and out of yards with best demand seen for cattle off grass. More variation in flesh this week with some of the yard cattle in moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh at times. Flesh on grass cattle similar to last week with most in light to moderate flesh. Overall quality similar to last week with mostly attractive cattle on offer. There were many chances to buy multiple loads of cattle from one producer to fill pens. An active market with many buyers and producers attending the auction today. Much of the area received rain again this week and the wet conditions have put a stop to any harvest and other fall work which is already later than normal. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, October 8, Special Customer Appreciation Sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.29/cwt on 2,602 head.
Average price
$136.29
2,602 head · 858 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$459
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$30.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.22
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506140.3871087
Medium and Large 1867136.451,1832,468
Large 11,035123.681,28034
Large 1-21,063110.001,16913thin
One grade step is worth $30.38/cwt here — about −$459 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 sale2,602 hd
136.29
SD average9 barns · 11,905 hd
135.07
+1.22
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 1868147.42/cwt144.75–148.751,280160
SteersLarge 11,079131.92/cwt127.50–133.501,423332
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed792146.10/cwt146.10–146.101,157229
HeifersMedium and Large 1740138.79/cwt135.50–145.251,027140
HeifersLarge 11,056121.57/cwt119.75–124.501,28413
SteersMedium and Large 1924145.60/cwt142.50–146.001,345275
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy916136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,24822
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed877141.49/cwt140.00–142.101,241448
HeifersMedium and Large 1832134.84/cwt131.50–138.001,122147
HeifersLarge 11,022124.98/cwt121.50–127.501,27721
SteersMedium and Large 1973139.76/cwt138.20–143.301,360319
SteersMedium and Large 1680150.83/cwt149.75–151.501,02613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2506130.00/cwt130.00–130.0065836
HeifersMedium and Large 1875130.90/cwt125.50–135.501,145355
HeifersLarge 1-21,063110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,16913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472156.00/cwt156.00–156.007369
SteersMedium and Large 1790147.41/cwt145.00–150.501,16525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed446141.00/cwt141.00–141.0062915
HeifersMedium and Large 1974131.58/cwt127.00–132.501,282430
HeifersMedium and Large 1687138.37/cwt136.25–139.7595127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2991116.25/cwt116.25–116.251,1529
SteersMedium and Large 1827146.92/cwt145.50–149.501,21526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed531150.50/cwt150.50–150.5079936
HeifersMedium and Large 1921132.69/cwt127.10–139.001,222465
HeifersMedium and Large 1779135.58/cwt134.00–138.001,05652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2548155.00/cwt155.00–155.0084924
SteersMedium and Large 1724151.51/cwt149.25–154.251,09764
SteersLarge 11,031133.74/cwt131.00–134.251,379127
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed832139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,15966
HeifersMedium and Large 1617146.27/cwt139.50–148.75902109

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.