Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-07-08

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,029 head
933 vs last sale 2,096 646 vs year ago 2,383 · +27.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle sale last week, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 850 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Best test on heifers 750 to 850 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Good demand for today's offering of packages, loads, and several strings of steers and heifers. Flesh condition varied quite a bit today, from light to heavy. A few cattle coming off grass today in light flesh. Quality similar to two weeks ago, mostly average to attractive, some plainer cattle in packages. An active market seen for this auction. The weather has been very hot with lots of humidity, making conditions miserable for cattle and owners alike. The area saw some storms over the 4th of July weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, July 15.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.69/cwt on 1,673 head.
Average price
$132.69
1,673 head · 898 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,191
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.22
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840138.141,1611,197
Large 11,043119.001,241476
One grade step is worth $19.14/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale1,673 hd
132.69
SD average2 barns · 2,147 hd
125.47
+7.22
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

29 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 1606143.39/cwt139.50–145.5086930
HeifersMedium and Large 1785124.58/cwt117.00–126.50978109
HeifersMedium and Large 1339151.00/cwt151.00–151.0051225
HeifersMedium and Large 1669139.01/cwt132.50–144.00930104
HeifersMedium and Large 1580138.45/cwt136.00–140.5080313
HeifersMedium and Large 1986107.80/cwt105.75–108.251,06378
HeifersMedium and Large 1436147.00/cwt147.00–147.0064110
HeifersMedium and Large 1834118.98/cwt115.00–122.5099272
SteersMedium and Large 1447175.00/cwt175.00–175.007829
SteersMedium and Large 1664153.70/cwt149.00–157.001,02147
SteersLarge 11,010125.10/cwt125.10–125.101,264258
SteersMedium and Large 1845133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,12640
SteersMedium and Large 1914131.86/cwt127.50–132.501,205437
SteersLarge 11,081111.77/cwt111.00–112.101,208218
SteersMedium and Large 1730142.56/cwt137.50–146.001,04138
SteersMedium and Large 1779143.12/cwt141.25–147.001,115230
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633129.00/cwt129.00–129.0081714
HeifersLarge 11,055107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,129106
HeifersMedium and Large 1740127.00/cwt126.00–128.7594069
HeifersMedium and Large 1874117.87/cwt116.50–120.001,030217
HeifersLarge 11,040107.28/cwt107.00–109.501,11660
HeifersMedium and Large 1523145.73/cwt138.50–149.5076235
HeifersMedium and Large 1928113.54/cwt112.75–114.251,054159
SteersMedium and Large 1594164.00/cwt164.00–164.0097412
SteersMedium and Large 1961129.20/cwt127.50–130.101,242172
SteersMedium and Large 1473164.71/cwt159.00–168.0077911
SteersMedium and Large 1886132.11/cwt129.00–133.501,170108
SteersMedium and Large 1512170.00/cwt170.00–170.008709
SteersMedium and Large 1623160.29/cwt154.00–165.0099984

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.