Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-01-15

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 15
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,893 head
316 vs last sale 4,209 3,893 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, 601 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 701 to 750 lbs not well tested today, 751 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering. Many packages and several loads of calves offered as well as a few packages of tested open yearling heifers. Similar flesh condition to the last few weeks with calves in varied flesh, from light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. A few packages off the cow, these calves are usually very green as they must compete with their mothers for feed. Quality mostly attractive today. An active market with much interest in getting cattle bought, especially the lighter cattle. Some cancellations due to the very cold weather and wind chills today, next week's weather is looking much better. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, January 22.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.25/cwt on 1,924 head.
Average price
$158.25
1,924 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$419
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1682159.011,0841,832
Medium and Large 1-2440155.2268330
Large 11,096137.131,50362
One grade step is worth $21.89/cwt here — about −$419 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 sale1,924 hd
158.25
SD average9 barns · 16,774 hd
159.40
−1.15
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 1Fancy511163.25/cwt163.25–163.2583424
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy672142.81/cwt142.50–144.5096057
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy477163.21/cwt162.00–165.0077922
HeifersLarge 11,152122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,4058
HeifersLarge 11,071127.09/cwt126.50–127.501,36121
HeifersLarge 11,111128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,43050
HeifersMedium and Large 1988132.97/cwt132.50–133.751,31416
HeifersMedium and Large 1362155.79/cwt152.50–158.0056417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369130.82/cwt130.00–132.0048312
SteersMedium and Large 1869147.94/cwt141.25–149.501,286134
SteersMedium and Large 1570169.64/cwt164.50–181.00967177
SteersLarge 11,095137.70/cwt137.70–137.701,50853
SteersMedium and Large 1779148.98/cwt142.75–156.501,161350
SteersMedium and Large 1639165.36/cwt159.00–170.501,057290
SteersMedium and Large 1681157.68/cwt149.00–162.001,074295
SteersMedium and Large 1828146.14/cwt143.50–146.501,210102
SteersMedium and Large 1720149.15/cwt144.00–154.001,074109
SteersMedium and Large 1456186.00/cwt178.00–188.0084826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2552155.50/cwt155.50–155.5085813
SteersMedium and Large 1424178.08/cwt171.00–182.0075555
SteersMedium and Large 1528187.48/cwt182.50–190.00990100
HeifersMedium and Large 1624144.32/cwt141.00–150.25901204
HeifersMedium and Large 1437148.99/cwt143.00–155.0065153
HeifersMedium and Large 1909136.31/cwt135.00–136.751,23959
SteersMedium and Large 1372177.20/cwt170.00–184.0065928
SteersMedium and Large 1963144.20/cwt144.20–144.201,38944
SteersLarge 11,102133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,4749
HeifersMedium and Large 1473154.45/cwt145.00–156.5073177
HeifersMedium and Large 1520147.52/cwt142.50–155.50767156
HeifersMedium and Large 1733138.13/cwt133.50–140.501,012260
HeifersMedium and Large 1681141.50/cwt137.50–143.25964213
HeifersMedium and Large 1781137.27/cwt135.50–140.001,072237
HeifersMedium and Large 1579144.64/cwt135.00–152.50837189
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed380149.00/cwt149.00–149.0056611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed495131.00/cwt131.00–131.0064810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed354155.00/cwt155.00–155.0054917
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural622153.75/cwt153.75–153.7595659
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned475169.00/cwt169.00–169.0080343

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.