Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 20
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
7,771 head
2,498 vs last sale 5,273 7,771 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 550 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 551 to 600 lbs and 651 to 700 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower, 601 to 650 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Heifer calves 450 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers different weight classes than last week. Good to very good demand for several strings and many loads of yearling steers and heifers offered today. Flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus. Moderate to good demand for today's calf offering with many attractive loads and packages available. More flesh overall on the calves than last week, with many calves in moderate to moderate plus flesh. Similar to the last few weeks, the majority of the calves had full preconditioning or at least a full shot series in the fall. All calves off the cow again today. A moderate to active market for today's large offering. Corn harvest is slowly progressing, field conditions remain muddy and corn is wet. No feeder cattle next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 4, and a special weaned calf sale Saturday, December 7. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.99/cwt on 3,790 head.
Average price
$154.99
3,790 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.23
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650156.611,0183,357
Large 11,053144.221,519350
Medium and Large 1-2624135.1184383
One grade step is worth $21.49/cwt here — about $175 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 sale3,790 hd
154.99
SD average9 barns · 23,102 hd
157.22
−2.23
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

54 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 1Fleshy616138.75/cwt135.00–141.0085542
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy929134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,24516
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy499153.00/cwt153.00–153.0076314
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy392147.50/cwt147.50–147.505785
SteersLarge 11,065143.34/cwt140.50–145.851,527227
SteersLarge 11,031145.83/cwt141.00–146.101,504123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2916132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,20956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522127.64/cwt127.50–128.0066643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586124.00/cwt124.00–124.0072720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2788123.00/cwt123.00–123.0096918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447130.00/cwt130.00–130.0058116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488138.00/cwt138.00–138.0067314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement524150.27/cwt150.25–150.50787197
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement590146.52/cwt140.50–148.50864133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement648144.00/cwt144.00–144.0093364
HeifersMedium and Large 1881136.77/cwt135.25–143.251,205479
HeifersMedium and Large 1729143.78/cwt135.75–147.751,048246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490134.00/cwt134.00–134.0065733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2908125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,13520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582132.50/cwt132.50–132.5077115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0468
SteersMedium and Large 1-2359175.00/cwt175.00–175.006287
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural500175.50/cwt175.50–175.5087842
SteersMedium and Large 1522164.70/cwt155.00–171.50860644
SteersMedium and Large 1628151.34/cwt146.00–155.00950456
SteersMedium and Large 1713146.97/cwt137.00–149.501,048393
SteersMedium and Large 1584154.69/cwt150.00–163.50903268
HeifersLarge 11,013130.08/cwt129.00–132.501,31826
HeifersLarge 11,059127.31/cwt125.00–128.001,34872
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy703132.00/cwt132.00–132.009286
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy660118.00/cwt118.00–118.0077911
HeifersMedium and Large 1337169.52/cwt162.00–171.0057146
HeifersMedium and Large 1960137.14/cwt133.50–140.001,31774
HeifersMedium and Large 1784140.57/cwt138.75–141.851,10286
HeifersMedium and Large 1380158.34/cwt154.00–165.00602106
HeifersMedium and Large 1440148.88/cwt144.00–151.00655119
HeifersMedium and Large 1810140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,134148
HeifersMedium and Large 1669140.01/cwt134.50–142.50937186
HeifersMedium and Large 1930134.30/cwt133.00–140.501,249192
HeifersMedium and Large 1525136.13/cwt130.00–142.00715206
HeifersMedium and Large 1621131.81/cwt125.50–135.50819258
HeifersMedium and Large 1480146.54/cwt140.00–153.00703323
HeifersMedium and Large 1573134.57/cwt130.00–137.50771354
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy569136.68/cwt135.50–137.0077845
SteersMedium and Large 11,035140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,45461
SteersMedium and Large 1857148.63/cwt145.00–154.001,27484
SteersMedium and Large 1380190.85/cwt181.00–199.00725102
SteersMedium and Large 1962153.81/cwt152.75–154.751,480111
SteersMedium and Large 1484174.68/cwt168.50–180.00845153
SteersMedium and Large 1417182.88/cwt172.00–188.00763155
SteersMedium and Large 1818150.49/cwt145.25–157.001,231159
SteersMedium and Large 1938153.30/cwt148.75–157.401,438173
SteersMedium and Large 1777148.31/cwt147.50–150.001,152215
SteersMedium and Large 1677146.39/cwt144.00–151.00991219

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.