Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-10-30

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 30
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,440 head
170 vs last sale 5,610 5,440 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 yearling steers 850 to 1000 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 8.00 higher, 1001 to 1100 lbs unevenly steady. Yearling heifers 800 to 850 lbs and 900 to 950 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves lightly tested last week in different weight classes, mostly steady undertones noted on calves. Moderate to good demand for mostly strings and loads which made up today's yearling offering with best demand seen for a string of attractive black steers off grass. Yearling quality varied today, from plain to attractive. Slightly less flesh on the yearlings this week with more off grass in light to moderate flesh. Moderate to good demand for many packages and a handful of loads that made up today's calf offering. The majority of the calves were off the cow in light to moderate flesh with some moderate plus at times. Preconditioning varied, and calves without all their shots sold at a discount. An active market for this large offering with order buyers and some farmer feeders in the seats today. Cold and dry weather for the past week has helped to dry things out and harvest has been progressing quickly. There is much more interest in procuring calves than a week ago. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, November 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.42/cwt on 3,455 head.
Average price
$150.42
3,455 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.79
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705152.741,0772,967
Large 11,052136.621,438436
Medium and Large 1-2987134.001,32352
One grade step is worth $18.74/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale3,455 hd
150.42
SD average12 barns · 28,468 hd
155.22
−4.79
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

38 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 1Full690127.00/cwt127.00–127.0087613
HeifersMedium and Large 1714145.72/cwt134.00–148.001,04043
HeifersMedium and Large 1875128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,12257
HeifersMedium and Large 1433148.18/cwt143.00–151.00642107
HeifersMedium and Large 1569134.55/cwt122.00–144.00766162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2718128.82/cwt125.00–130.0092557
SteersLarge 11,064135.10/cwt133.50–135.601,437255
SteersMedium and Large 1312171.00/cwt171.00–171.0053421
SteersMedium and Large 1573151.25/cwt146.75–154.00867139
SteersMedium and Large 1833147.58/cwt143.75–148.001,229237
SteersMedium and Large 1615149.25/cwt133.50–158.00918368
SteersMedium and Large 1-2987134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,32352
HeifersLarge 11,110120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,33210
HeifersMedium and Large 1299148.00/cwt148.00–148.0044313
HeifersMedium and Large 1620138.11/cwt133.00–142.0085653
HeifersMedium and Large 1370147.03/cwt139.00–155.5054455
HeifersMedium and Large 1478140.24/cwt127.00–147.0067094
HeifersMedium and Large 1906140.36/cwt135.00–141.401,272149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641129.00/cwt129.00–129.0082716
SteersLarge 11,025141.09/cwt135.60–145.251,446161
SteersMedium and Large 1298180.00/cwt180.00–180.0053618
SteersMedium and Large 1380173.70/cwt168.00–176.0066096
SteersMedium and Large 1916153.78/cwt147.25–158.251,409217
SteersMedium and Large 1683149.30/cwt131.00–157.001,020269
SteersMedium and Large 1534153.75/cwt137.00–161.50821418
HeifersLarge 11,020134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,3699
HeifersMedium and Large 1958137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,32011
HeifersMedium and Large 1317158.88/cwt149.00–161.0050444
HeifersMedium and Large 1657142.04/cwt139.50–147.0093389
HeifersMedium and Large 1522135.26/cwt127.50–145.00706137
HeifersMedium and Large 1833143.31/cwt142.75–143.601,194206
SteersLarge 11,124120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,34920
SteersMedium and Large 1Full551142.00/cwt142.00–142.0078214
SteersMedium and Large 1429155.98/cwt146.00–178.0066956
SteersMedium and Large 1466163.79/cwt151.50–173.50763196
SteersMedium and Large 1723149.38/cwt144.00–152.001,080249
SteersMedium and Large 1883155.49/cwt147.50–158.251,373262
SteersMedium and Large 1982147.89/cwt144.50–148.601,452407

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.