Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-04-29

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 29
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,945 head
795 vs last sale 5,150 5,945 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 650 lbs, 700 to 750 lbs, 801 to 850 lbs, and 951 to 1000 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 751 to 800 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 851 to 950 lbs mostly steady. A lighter test on heifers with best test on heifers 800 to 850 lbs 3.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for many strings, loads, and packages of steers in today's offering. Quality similar to the last few weeks with many attractive cattle on offer, demand depended mostly on flesh condition. Cattle with too much flesh are met with light to moderate demand. A lighter offering of heifers today with quite a few of these being sold by the head as replacements, these were met with good demand. A moderate to active market for this large offering. The spring weather continues to be very favorable and field work in the area is well under way. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.37/cwt on 4,374 head.
Average price
$123.37
4,374 head · 868 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,070
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$21.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.39
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2683127.0686894
Medium and Large 1833126.921,0573,545
Large 11,060105.751,121735
One grade step is worth $21.31/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale4,374 hd
123.37
SD average7 barns · 13,693 hd
126.76
−3.39
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
SteersLarge 11,070107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,145116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631130.43/cwt125.00–133.5082328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519139.50/cwt139.50–139.507249
SteersMedium and Large 1887120.09/cwt116.50–125.001,065615
SteersMedium and Large 1728139.92/cwt135.00–145.001,019205
SteersMedium and Large 1532160.23/cwt155.00–164.0085293
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy875113.75/cwt113.75–113.7599538
SteersLarge 11,025107.15/cwt103.50–111.251,098465
SteersLarge 11,18899.25/cwt99.25–99.251,17944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2837112.00/cwt112.00–112.0093728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692124.00/cwt124.00–124.0085813
SteersMedium and Large 1972112.38/cwt110.00–114.501,092662
SteersMedium and Large 1825126.00/cwt120.00–128.751,040225
SteersMedium and Large 1656149.27/cwt146.00–153.25979193
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy970105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,02359
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy610142.00/cwt142.00–142.0086615
SteersLarge 11,147101.10/cwt101.10–101.101,160110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592143.00/cwt143.00–143.0084716
SteersMedium and Large 1777134.55/cwt128.00–144.501,045726
SteersMedium and Large 1927114.46/cwt112.00–121.001,061472
SteersMedium and Large 1625151.22/cwt147.00–154.00945202
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy660140.50/cwt140.50–140.5092720
SteersMedium and Large 1553160.50/cwt160.50–160.5088820
HeifersMedium and Large 1775109.50/cwt109.50–109.5084911
HeifersMedium and Large 1853110.75/cwt110.75–110.7594531
HeifersMedium and Large 1629143.50/cwt143.50–143.5090365
HeifersMedium and Large 1819112.18/cwt107.50–114.00919147
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8541,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.008,96757
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657114.00/cwt114.00–114.007496
HeifersMedium and Large 1424144.00/cwt144.00–144.0061110
HeifersMedium and Large 1459141.64/cwt135.00–143.5065019
HeifersMedium and Large 1591142.48/cwt136.50–144.0084245
HeifersMedium and Large 1726125.68/cwt121.00–130.00912113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement721939.80/cwt935.00–960.006,77647
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement779972.32/cwt900.00–1,060.007,574243
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy693118.50/cwt118.50–118.5082112
HeifersMedium and Large 192998.00/cwt98.00–98.0091012
HeifersMedium and Large 1533145.97/cwt140.00–149.0077833
HeifersMedium and Large 1679132.31/cwt129.50–136.0089879
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement9611,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.009,7069
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8271,014.57/cwt960.00–1,100.008,390192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524124.00/cwt124.00–124.0065010

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.