Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 15
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,907 head
▼ 1,683 vs last sale 5,590▲ 3,907 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 600 to 650 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, 700 to 750 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Best test on heifers 650 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 750 to 800 lbs mostly steady, 801 to 850 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared. Mostly heifers in today's offering including a long string of backgrounded Char cross heifers and several loads and packages of replacement types, these all met with good to very good demand. Demand moderate to good for the remainder of the offering, depending on flesh condition. Overall quality today mostly attractive. Flesh varied, the majority of the offering was in moderate to moderate plus, some heavy flesh at times. A moderate to active market for the offering with order buyers and producers bidding in the offering, producers mostly interested in replacement heifers. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 22.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.39/cwt on 2,449 head.
Average price
$119.39
2,449 head · 798 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$495
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$21.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.75
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2342130.7044710thin
Medium and Large 1798119.619552,381
Large 1866108.7594258
One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about −$495 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 sale2,449 hd
119.39
—
SD average4 barns · 5,105 hd
125.14
−5.75
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

44 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 1Fleshy—687107.00/cwt107.00–107.007358
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—740110.00/cwt110.00–110.0081432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379151.00/cwt151.00–151.0057217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—779115.25/cwt111.00–120.00898109
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621131.54/cwt124.00–135.00817274
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—769124.00/cwt124.00–124.0095422
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—827120.53/cwt118.75–125.00997131
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—627140.00/cwt140.00–140.0087822
SteersMedium and Large 1—431159.00/cwt159.00–159.0068510
SteersMedium and Large 1—677147.57/cwt141.25–155.0099958
SteersMedium and Large 1—839122.05/cwt121.00–123.001,024125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—713119.00/cwt119.00–119.008486
SteersLarge 1—1,017107.82/cwt105.00–108.501,09751
SteersMedium and Large 1—464169.00/cwt169.00–169.007849
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—8641,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.009,590115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—91092.00/cwt92.00–92.008375
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—894100.50/cwt100.50–100.5089817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—92998.75/cwt98.75–98.7591711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517140.00/cwt134.50–148.0072474
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566135.75/cwt129.00–143.00768176
HeifersMedium and Large 1—832112.13/cwt109.00–117.00933183
SteersMedium and Large 1—569153.78/cwt153.00–157.0087548
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—356143.00/cwt143.00–143.005094
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—784990.00/cwt990.00–990.007,76225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—857119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,02026
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875113.38/cwt109.75–117.00992395
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675131.06/cwt124.50–137.00885156
HeifersMedium and Large 1—706128.81/cwt125.00–129.2590970
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—691133.00/cwt133.00–133.0091910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—546137.00/cwt137.00–137.007487
SteersMedium and Large 1—868123.72/cwt117.25–130.751,074130
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—821104.98/cwt102.75–106.5086266
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—614118.00/cwt118.00–118.007259
HeifersLarge 1—866108.75/cwt108.75–108.7594258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—333122.50/cwt122.50–122.504086
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—8231,081.03/cwt1,060.00–1,120.008,89792
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—958116.25/cwt116.25–116.251,114105
HeifersMedium and Large 1—974111.42/cwt109.50–113.901,085495
SteersMedium and Large 1—958113.72/cwt112.00–114.751,08992
SteersMedium and Large 1—537149.98/cwt147.00–151.0080519
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—900107.25/cwt107.25–107.2596527
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—813106.00/cwt106.00–106.0086218
SteersMedium and Large 1—739143.59/cwt133.00–146.501,061216
SteersMedium and Large 1—619160.62/cwt151.00–165.00994112

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.