Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-07-29

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 29
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
787 head
574 vs last sale 1,361 787 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering with different weight classes to compare to last week and develop an accurate price trend. Good to very good demand for today's light offering of packages and loads. Flesh was quite varied today, from light to heavy, as cattle came both off grass and out of yards. Varied quality as well, from plain to attractive. An active market with plenty of buyers attending the auction today. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.55/cwt on 412 head.
Average price
$147.55
412 head · 818 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,207
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$244
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$47.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.65
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1741154.301,144350
Medium and Large 1-2434154.006684thin
Large 11,305106.361,38858
One grade step is worth $47.94/cwt here — about −$244 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 sale412 hd
147.55
SD average5 barns · 6,910 hd
133.90
+13.65
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

17 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 1708158.06/cwt150.00–159.001,11940
SteersLarge 11,420100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,42011
HeifersMedium and Large 1891134.75/cwt126.50–135.351,201131
HeifersMedium and Large 1974127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,23760
HeifersMedium and Large 1735141.75/cwt141.75–141.751,04234
HeifersMedium and Large 1524150.36/cwt149.00–151.0078826
HeifersMedium and Large 1639140.50/cwt140.50–140.5089818
HeifersMedium and Large 1593144.00/cwt144.00–144.0085415
SteersMedium and Large 1639161.60/cwt160.00–164.001,03335
SteersMedium and Large 1786149.60/cwt141.00–152.001,176139
SteersMedium and Large 1956127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2196
SteersMedium and Large 1693164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,13879
SteersLarge 11,278107.85/cwt107.85–107.851,37847
SteersMedium and Large 1929133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,23820
SteersMedium and Large 1508172.50/cwt172.00–173.0087616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434154.00/cwt154.00–154.006684
SteersMedium and Large 1823137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,13415

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.