Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2019-12-11

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 11
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,815 head
1,297 vs last sale 3,518 4,815 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: steer calves 450 to 750 lbs steady to 2.00 lower except 500 to 550 lbs not well compared. Heifer calves 450 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher except 500 to 550 lbs mostly steady. Lower undertones noted on yearling steers compared to last Wednesday. Good demand for today's large yearling offering which included one long string of attractive steers as well as many loads and packages of average to attractive steers and heifers. Slightly more flesh on the yearlings than last week. Good demand for today's calf offering of mostly packages with just a a handful of loads. Quality similar to Saturday with many attractive quality calves to choose from. A few weaned packages, but the majority of today's calves were off the cow. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate to moderate plus. The weather has turned very cold this week. There is still some corn out in the fields which producers are trying to harvest.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.67/cwt on 2,422 head.
Average price
$154.67
2,422 head · 764 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$491
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$8.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.64
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1680156.591,0641,868
Large 11,050148.221,556554
One grade step is worth $8.37/cwt here — about −$491 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 sale2,422 hd
154.67
SD average9 barns · 27,353 hd
155.32
−0.64
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

42 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 1932140.84/cwt133.50–145.001,313153
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy464131.00/cwt131.00–131.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy630126.76/cwt122.00–128.5079918
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy753129.25/cwt129.00–130.0097324
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy471155.00/cwt155.00–155.007309
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy725135.54/cwt134.00–137.0098312
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy430168.04/cwt166.00–169.0072315
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy631145.30/cwt145.00–146.0091720
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy687138.95/cwt137.50–140.0095526
HeifersLarge 11,195122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,46418
HeifersLarge 11,008134.40/cwt133.00–134.751,35576
HeifersLarge 11,060133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,41083
HeifersLarge 1-21,054120.06/cwt117.50–121.001,26515
HeifersMedium and Large 1880140.85/cwt139.50–142.001,239160
HeifersMedium and Large 1675134.06/cwt130.00–135.00905169
SteersMedium and Large 1624153.74/cwt150.00–156.50959138
SteersMedium and Large 1815146.40/cwt141.50–150.001,19319
SteersLarge 11,066144.07/cwt143.00–146.251,536217
SteersLarge 11,039150.89/cwt149.75–152.001,568337
SteersMedium and Large 1585156.93/cwt154.00–162.00918321
SteersMedium and Large 1391192.24/cwt190.50–193.0075220
SteersMedium and Large 1880153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,34630
SteersMedium and Large 1762145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,10734
SteersMedium and Large 1441180.75/cwt179.00–190.00797100
SteersMedium and Large 1478175.52/cwt167.50–183.00839111
HeifersMedium and Large 1978138.75/cwt136.00–139.251,35771
SteersMedium and Large 1674149.84/cwt142.50–154.001,010162
SteersMedium and Large 1964148.67/cwt146.25–151.001,433175
SteersMedium and Large 1521166.98/cwt161.00–171.50870210
SteersMedium and Large 1714148.09/cwt145.50–150.001,057230
SteersMedium and Large 1939151.37/cwt151.00–152.251,421236
HeifersMedium and Large 1836142.61/cwt140.75–145.001,192155
HeifersMedium and Large 1628138.94/cwt134.50–142.00873159
HeifersMedium and Large 1320139.50/cwt139.50–139.504467
HeifersMedium and Large 1738135.00/cwt135.00–135.009969
HeifersMedium and Large 1768138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,06016
HeifersMedium and Large 1390152.36/cwt147.00–153.0059434
HeifersMedium and Large 1583142.03/cwt137.50–146.50828322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2554129.00/cwt127.00–131.507159
HeifersMedium and Large 1472149.96/cwt139.00–155.00708130
HeifersMedium and Large 1425149.01/cwt140.50–155.50633134
HeifersMedium and Large 1528143.85/cwt138.50–146.25760152

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.