Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-11-06

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
6,350 head
910 vs last sale 5,440 6,350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 500 and 601 to 700 lbs mostly steady with instances 2.00 lower on 601 to 650 lbs, 501 to 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Best test on yearling steers 900 to 1000 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher on 950 to 1000 lbs. Heifer calves 450 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 501 to 600 lbs mostly steady. Best test on yearling heifers 800 to 850 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearling cattle today with best demand seen for a couple strings of steers off grass. Varied flesh on yearlings , from light to moderate plus, with cattle coming both out of yards and off grass. Moderate to good demand for many packages and loads of attractive quality calves in today's offering. Unlike last week, most calves today had full preconditioning, or at least a full shot series in the fall. Flesh mostly light to moderate with all but one package of calves off the cow. An active market throughout the sale with order buyers and some farmer feeders in the seats. The weather has remained cold with colder weather in the forecast and some of the area received snow again today. Harvest has made good progress in the last week but has a ways to go. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, November 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.27/cwt on 3,112 head.
Average price
$155.27
3,112 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,042
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$474
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.09
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1656155.881,0233,002
Large 11,081138.531,497110
One grade step is worth $17.36/cwt here — about −$474 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 sale3,112 hd
155.27
SD average11 barns · 32,638 hd
155.18
+0.09
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

36 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
HeifersLarge 11,123124.22/cwt121.50–124.501,395197
HeifersMedium and Large 1937136.66/cwt135.00–139.501,28132
HeifersMedium and Large 1383155.39/cwt150.00–161.5059597
HeifersMedium and Large 1722143.77/cwt136.50–144.501,038149
HeifersMedium and Large 1828145.01/cwt141.00–148.501,201176
HeifersMedium and Large 1528142.30/cwt133.50–146.00751500
SteersLarge 11,076140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,506101
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy728136.00/cwt136.00–136.0099029
SteersMedium and Large 1370182.12/cwt176.00–194.0067459
SteersMedium and Large 1749152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,13871
SteersMedium and Large 1438176.70/cwt174.50–185.50774100
SteersMedium and Large 1619152.18/cwt140.50–156.00942513
HeifersLarge 11,066130.46/cwt130.00–130.751,39123
HeifersMedium and Large 1304157.50/cwt157.50–157.504795
HeifersMedium and Large 1666140.29/cwt139.75–145.5093492
HeifersMedium and Large 1613137.70/cwt132.50–142.50844132
HeifersMedium and Large 1476147.03/cwt143.50–151.00700163
HeifersMedium and Large 1571139.76/cwt134.25–143.50798476
SteersLarge 11,133122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3829
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy488154.61/cwt150.00–157.0075417
SteersMedium and Large 1897150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,34655
SteersMedium and Large 1942157.17/cwt150.25–159.201,48178
SteersMedium and Large 1534157.70/cwt150.00–164.25842323
SteersMedium and Large 1567154.26/cwt150.00–158.50875428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy814136.22/cwt134.25–138.501,10976
HeifersMedium and Large 1758146.78/cwt144.75–149.001,11383
HeifersMedium and Large 1957140.36/cwt134.50–143.001,343105
HeifersMedium and Large 1430155.85/cwt151.00–161.00670158
HeifersMedium and Large 1884141.24/cwt136.00–146.251,249240
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement602146.25/cwt146.25–146.2588081
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy567143.50/cwt143.50–143.5081413
SteersMedium and Large 1Full428165.00/cwt165.00–165.0070611
SteersMedium and Large 1757152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,15171
SteersMedium and Large 1470167.58/cwt160.50–179.00788247
SteersMedium and Large 1955154.41/cwt145.50–159.201,475420
SteersMedium and Large 1675151.55/cwt142.00–157.401,023567

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.