Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 1000 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, 1001 to 1100 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 800 to 900 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for many strings and loads which made up today's yearling offering. Most of the yearlings came off grass and flesh was mostly light to moderate with some moderate plus flesh at times. Yearling quality mostly average to attractive today. A couple loads and several packages of spring calves offered today met with light to moderate demand with best demand seen for a fully vaccinated steer calf. The calves were off the cow today and had varied preconditioning or none at all. A moderate to active market seen for today's offering. A winter storm is predicted for much of the state for the end of the week and the weekend. Snow and strong winds are possible. The threat of winter weather has many producers scrambling to bring cattle off grass and harvest what they can before the storm. The weather has put some pressure on the market, especially on the calf market. Soybean harvest has barely begun and many producers are still trying to harvest silage. The fields are very wet and yards and lots are muddy and in poor shape as well. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, October 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.09/cwt on 4,059 head.

Average price

$139.09

4,059 head · 908 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$204

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$10.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.48

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	813	143.77	1,169	2,303
Large 1	1,033	132.94	1,373	1,756

One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale4,059 hd

139.09

—

SD average9 barns · 11,898 hd

144.57

−5.48

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

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	923	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	131.98/cwt	130.25–133.50	1,280	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	536	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	809	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	459	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	144.95/cwt	144.50–147.00	773	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	136.89/cwt	129.00–141.75	1,335	693
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	985	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,167	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	135.15/cwt	134.85–137.75	1,204	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	441	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	644	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	154.97/cwt	152.50–160.50	742	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	142.73/cwt	140.75–144.25	1,322	369
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,036	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	133.25/cwt	130.00–142.50	753	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	138.84/cwt	133.00–140.20	1,120	176
Steers	Large 1	—	1,021	133.13/cwt	129.00–135.50	1,359	1,174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	145.21/cwt	140.00–152.00	633	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	145.41/cwt	142.50–148.50	1,204	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	952	100
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,072	122.48/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,313	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	133.86/cwt	130.00–143.00	637	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	142.31/cwt	137.50–146.50	1,106	159
Steers	Large 1	—	1,057	132.57/cwt	132.50–132.75	1,401	582
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	147.74/cwt	147.00–150.50	1,064	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.18/cwt	140.00–155.50	870	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	147.52/cwt	139.00–149.75	977	93
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,025	124.15/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,273	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	135.46/cwt	134.00–135.75	1,231	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	139.53/cwt	138.75–140.00	918	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	885	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	866	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	144.70/cwt	143.75–146.00	1,262	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	132.15/cwt	131.00–133.50	948	26
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,031	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,211	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	133.29/cwt	129.00–137.00	561	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	133.71/cwt	130.75–137.00	987	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	816	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	898	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	149.46/cwt	142.50–151.25	1,149	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	781	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,107	14

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