Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-03-18

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 18
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
625 head
4,957 vs last sale 5,582 625 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: a much lighter offering than expected with most weight classes not well compared today, steady to higher undertones noted. Mostly packages and just a couple loads today, in varied flesh from light to heavy. Quality average to attractive. Some tag again this week as lots continue to thaw and get muddy. A mostly active market for this lighter offering with quite a few farmer feeders coming out today as well as the normal crowd of order buyers. The plunging futures conditions the past couple weeks have many producers waiting for things to settle down before they try to bring their cattle to town. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, March 25, expecting a larger run of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.54/cwt on 321 head.
Average price
$131.54
321 head · 847 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.12
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1794135.641,077247
Large 11,027117.851,21074
One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale321 hd
131.54
SD average6 barns · 4,410 hd
130.41
+1.12
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

17 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 1706144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0177
SteersMedium and Large 1670146.37/cwt137.50–152.5098138
SteersMedium and Large 1950124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,17861
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy816111.00/cwt111.00–111.009066
HeifersMedium and Large 1464152.02/cwt149.00–153.0070517
HeifersMedium and Large 1527144.70/cwt141.50–150.0076347
HeifersMedium and Large 1371158.00/cwt158.00–158.0058612
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy744113.00/cwt113.00–113.008414
SteersMedium and Large 1773128.50/cwt128.50–128.509939
SteersMedium and Large 1560162.43/cwt159.00–164.5091053
SteersLarge 11,027117.85/cwt117.25–118.001,21074
HeifersMedium and Large 1581141.59/cwt140.00–145.5082332
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy811108.39/cwt108.00–109.0087915
HeifersMedium and Large 1652137.50/cwt137.50–137.5089721
HeifersMedium and Large 1617138.21/cwt135.50–138.5085380
SteersMedium and Large 1878119.30/cwt116.50–123.501,04710
SteersMedium and Large 1922123.59/cwt118.50–125.001,13959

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.