Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-08-05

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,343 head
556 vs last sale 787 1,343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes than last week so an accurate trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for this offering of mostly packages and loads. Similar to last week, flesh varied from light to heavy depending on where the cattle were coming from. Quality today mostly average to attractive. An active market seen for this offering. Wheat harvest is just getting a good start in the area and many producers are still putting up hay, feed supplies look to be very plentiful this year. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 12.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.68/cwt on 678 head.
Average price
$129.68
678 head · 865 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$23.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.64
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1794136.281,082491
Medium and Large 1-2782113.008845thin
Large 11,060112.341,191182
One grade step is worth $23.94/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale678 hd
129.68
SD average5 barns · 3,575 hd
134.32
−4.64
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

31 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 11,223104.92/cwt102.00–107.501,28313
SteersMedium and Large 1600170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0209
SteersMedium and Large 1673159.09/cwt152.00–162.751,07145
SteersMedium and Large 1512174.00/cwt174.00–174.008916
SteersMedium and Large 1901132.67/cwt131.00–138.501,19536
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy712137.00/cwt137.00–137.0097514
SteersMedium and Large 1765149.55/cwt147.00–151.501,14421
SteersLarge 11,031131.03/cwt124.00–131.501,351111
SteersMedium and Large 1574173.66/cwt170.50–175.5099714
SteersLarge 11,167119.25/cwt117.00–121.751,392110
SteersMedium and Large 1709149.94/cwt147.00–153.501,06311
SteersLarge 11,122118.20/cwt117.00–123.001,32630
SteersMedium and Large 1875141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,2389
SteersMedium and Large 1960126.91/cwt125.50–131.501,21883
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy881124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0927
HeifersMedium and Large 1808138.50/cwt135.00–139.001,11932
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy940115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0816
HeifersMedium and Large 1525151.68/cwt150.50–154.5079631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy782113.00/cwt113.00–113.008845
HeifersLarge 11,016117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,18953
HeifersMedium and Large 1570150.44/cwt145.50–160.0085823
HeifersMedium and Large 1859133.55/cwt126.00–136.751,147220
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,060112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,19353
HeifersMedium and Large 1676145.57/cwt143.50–146.5098420
HeifersMedium and Large 1999122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,22434
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,042113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,18553
HeifersMedium and Large 1764144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,10015
HeifersMedium and Large 1714145.39/cwt143.50–146.001,03834
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,20498.00/cwt98.00–98.001,18023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy821120.00/cwt120.00–120.0098536
HeifersMedium and Large 1634147.92/cwt144.00–149.0093833

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.