Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-06-24

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,096 head
414 vs last sale 2,510 54 vs year ago 2,150 · 2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 950 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Best test on heifers 800 to 850 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Other weight classes not well compared today. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of packages and loads and a couple of strings with lighter, back grounding type cattle seeing the best demand. Quality similar to last week with mostly average to attractive quality cattle offered today. Flesh varied, from moderate to heavy. A moderate to active market with a slightly lighter crowd attending the sale today. Hay season is in full swing with hot weather expected for next week. No feeder sale next Wednesday due to the 4th of July holiday, next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, July 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.55/cwt on 1,293 head.
Average price
$127.55
1,293 head · 888 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,132
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$37.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.65
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1821135.151,1091,032
Large 11,15297.511,124261
One grade step is worth $37.63/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale1,293 hd
127.55
SD average5 barns · 5,287 hd
130.20
−2.65
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

28 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 1533175.50/cwt175.50–175.5093520
SteersMedium and Large 1709152.77/cwt146.00–154.751,083104
SteersMedium and Large 1443175.00/cwt175.00–175.007756
SteersMedium and Large 1983111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,09657
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy997101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,0129
SteersMedium and Large 1776140.52/cwt136.00–143.501,09052
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552173.00/cwt173.00–173.0095511
SteersLarge 11,026106.15/cwt105.50–108.001,08958
HeifersMedium and Large 1607142.00/cwt142.00–142.0086216
HeifersMedium and Large 1779122.34/cwt120.25–124.75953151
HeifersMedium and Large 1716130.81/cwt129.00–132.0093715
HeifersMedium and Large 1838121.48/cwt116.00–124.251,018134
HeifersMedium and Large 1427149.00/cwt149.00–149.006369
HeifersMedium and Large 1654140.25/cwt140.25–140.2591773
HeifersMedium and Large 1568141.00/cwt141.00–141.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1532148.43/cwt147.50–150.0079057
SteersMedium and Large 1674152.25/cwt151.00–153.001,02645
SteersMedium and Large 1876128.57/cwt122.50–131.751,126287
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,11694.10/cwt94.10–94.101,050107
SteersMedium and Large 1624158.48/cwt152.00–164.5098929
SteersMedium and Large 1824132.09/cwt127.50–135.251,088212
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,26996.10/cwt96.10–96.101,22096
SteersMedium and Large 1598156.50/cwt156.50–156.5093621
SteersMedium and Large 1903127.97/cwt126.50–128.751,156179
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy845102.50/cwt102.50–102.5086620
HeifersMedium and Large 1903112.57/cwt112.00–113.501,01750
HeifersLarge 11,03394.00/cwt94.00–94.009717
HeifersMedium and Large 1979104.33/cwt99.50–108.501,02123

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.