Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-07-15

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,568 head
1,461 vs last sale 3,029 500 vs year ago 2,068 · 24.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A lighter offering than last week with few comparable sales, best test on steers 850 to 950 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers not well tested today for comparison. Good demand for today's offering of mostly steers sold in a long string and a handful of loads. A few packages offered, quite a few of these were fall calves and these light calves are met with very good demand. Less flesh overall than last weeks' offering, most cattle today in moderate to moderate plus flesh, a few packages off grass in light flesh. Quality mostly average to attractive. A moderate to active market with most of the normal crowd of buyers attending. Next feeder sale is Wednesday, July 22.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.96/cwt on 1,185 head.
Average price
$137.96
1,185 head · 868 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,197
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$589
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$54.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.79
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2384178.0068413thin
Medium and Large 1860138.681,1931,079
Large 11,026124.001,27393
One grade step is worth $54.00/cwt here — about −$589 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 sale1,185 hd
137.96
SD average6 barns · 6,748 hd
134.17
+3.79
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

22 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 1564175.85/cwt173.50–177.0099212
SteersMedium and Large 1980129.03/cwt128.00–129.751,264149
SteersMedium and Large 1614160.00/cwt160.00–160.009825
SteersMedium and Large 1792146.06/cwt142.00–147.001,15741
SteersLarge 11,019125.84/cwt119.50–128.701,28276
SteersMedium and Large 1723150.32/cwt145.50–154.001,08733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2384178.00/cwt178.00–178.0068413
SteersLarge 11,059115.75/cwt115.75–115.751,22617
HeifersMedium and Large 1840122.29/cwt119.75–123.501,02731
HeifersMedium and Large 1516152.50/cwt152.50–152.5078714
HeifersMedium and Large 1950106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,01213
HeifersMedium and Large 1424156.50/cwt156.50–156.5066412
HeifersMedium and Large 1732132.50/cwt132.50–132.5097011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484140.00/cwt140.00–140.0067815
HeifersLarge 11,079101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,09521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328154.00/cwt154.00–154.005059
SteersMedium and Large 1668155.03/cwt152.25–157.501,03617
SteersMedium and Large 1869135.78/cwt129.00–138.001,180319
SteersMedium and Large 1479183.50/cwt183.50–183.5087916
SteersMedium and Large 1913133.82/cwt126.50–134.501,222274
SteersMedium and Large 1440187.00/cwt187.00–187.0082313
SteersMedium and Large 1819142.83/cwt142.50–143.001,170200

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.