Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,273 head
1,077 vs last sale 6,350 5,273 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 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 501 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Yearling steers 900 to 950 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 951 to 1000 lbs steady to 3.00 lower with instances 10.00 lower on both weight classes. Heifer calves 450 to 600 lbs mostly steady. Yearling heifers 800 to 850 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Good demand for strings , loads, and a few packages that made up today's yearling offering with very good demand seen for a few loads of heifers off grass. Slightly more flesh on the yearlings this week, especially steers as most of these came out of feed yards. Moderate to good demand for many packages and a hand full of loads of spring calves offered today. Quality mostly average to attractive with slightly more flesh on the calves than last week, from light to moderate plus at times. Similar to last week, most of the calves had all their shots, or at least a full round of fall shots. A few packages with just 7 way were discounted. An active market for today's offering with order buyers and some farmer feeders attending the sale again today. Many producers are still working on corn harvest. Warmer weather is predicted for this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.10/cwt on 2,846 head.
Average price
$155.10
2,846 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$273
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.75
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666156.401,0412,548
Large 11,017144.161,466281
Medium and Large 1-2545141.0076817thin
One grade step is worth $15.40/cwt here — about $273 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 sale2,846 hd
155.10
SD average9 barns · 26,045 hd
155.85
−0.75
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 11,025134.66/cwt128.00–135.001,380122
HeifersMedium and Large 1372154.13/cwt143.00–165.5057367
HeifersMedium and Large 1719145.49/cwt144.50–147.251,046140
HeifersMedium and Large 1529143.84/cwt137.00–147.00761167
HeifersMedium and Large 1812150.68/cwt143.00–152.251,224333
SteersMedium and Large 1621153.16/cwt147.25–156.00951334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545141.00/cwt141.00–141.0076817
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy652141.75/cwt141.75–141.7592425
SteersMedium and Large 1812153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2425
SteersMedium and Large 1379184.55/cwt182.50–191.0069968
SteersMedium and Large 1421177.96/cwt171.50–183.5074991
SteersMedium and Large 1478164.77/cwt155.50–173.00788214
HeifersLarge 11,074127.14/cwt125.50–130.001,36537
HeifersMedium and Large 1761140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,06513
HeifersMedium and Large 1428152.79/cwt143.50–159.00654116
HeifersMedium and Large 1669144.92/cwt144.50–145.75970163
HeifersMedium and Large 1475146.31/cwt136.00–152.50695217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672130.00/cwt130.00–130.0087410
SteersMedium and Large 1879150.33/cwt147.25–152.751,321538
SteersLarge 11,015144.39/cwt134.50–149.001,466273
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy936135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,26434
SteersMedium and Large 1343183.58/cwt182.00–185.0063017
SteersMedium and Large 1995149.10/cwt149.00–150.001,48488
SteersMedium and Large 1669157.90/cwt152.00–160.001,056184
HeifersMedium and Large 1881139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2255
HeifersMedium and Large 1625138.19/cwt134.75–139.7586487
HeifersMedium and Large 1932138.75/cwt133.50–141.501,293157
HeifersMedium and Large 1579140.36/cwt136.00–145.50813214
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement501152.00/cwt152.00–152.0076262
SteersMedium and Large 1523160.04/cwt147.00–165.50837418
SteersLarge 11,071136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,4598
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy649141.00/cwt141.00–141.0091533
SteersMedium and Large 1729150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0947
SteersMedium and Large 1752155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,16678
SteersMedium and Large 1906149.01/cwt145.50–149.501,350122
SteersMedium and Large 1572155.48/cwt151.00–160.50889292

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.