Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-08-12

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,852 head
1,509 vs last sale 1,343 2,852 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes than last week with limited comparisons again this week, best test on heifers 850 to 900 lbs mostly steady, steers not well compared. Good to very good demand for this offering of strings, loads, and packages. As in recent weeks, flesh condition today varied from light to heavy as cattle are coming both off grass and out of feed yards. Mostly average to attractive quality again this week. An active market with many buyers attending the auction today. Wheat harvest in the area continues and is making good progress. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 19.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.09/cwt on 1,777 head.
Average price
$137.09
1,777 head · 830 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$429
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.71
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2449160.6572265
Medium and Large 1845136.191,1511,712
One grade step is worth $24.45/cwt here — about −$429 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 sale1,777 hd
137.09
SD average5 barns · 4,667 hd
133.38
+3.71
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
SteersMedium and Large 1625169.72/cwt162.00–173.501,06135
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy741139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,03035
SteersMedium and Large 1685158.77/cwt156.00–168.751,088103
SteersLarge 11,081121.62/cwt121.50–122.251,31556
SteersMedium and Large 1759147.24/cwt146.00–153.001,11848
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492176.50/cwt176.50–176.5086841
SteersLarge 1Fleshy883125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,10814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2378175.00/cwt175.00–175.0066222
SteersMedium and Large 1911142.81/cwt141.00–143.751,30132
HeifersMedium and Large 1718144.98/cwt143.25–146.001,04190
HeifersMedium and Large 1920128.09/cwt120.25–129.251,178404
HeifersMedium and Large 1456162.00/cwt162.00–162.0073942
HeifersMedium and Large 1882134.15/cwt127.25–134.501,183272
HeifersMedium and Large 1581146.10/cwt143.50–147.0084916
HeifersMedium and Large 1967131.95/cwt120.00–132.801,276263
HeifersMedium and Large 1524159.86/cwt157.50–161.5083814
HeifersMedium and Large 1785140.34/cwt132.00–144.001,102185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489160.00/cwt160.00–160.0078244
SteersMedium and Large 1825144.68/cwt141.00–148.751,194146
SteersMedium and Large 1518187.18/cwt185.00–188.5097019
SteersMedium and Large 1746157.64/cwt151.00–159.501,176133
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy890127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,13550
SteersMedium and Large 1873142.02/cwt141.00–143.001,240111
HeifersMedium and Large 1627151.00/cwt151.00–151.009475
HeifersMedium and Large 1813135.71/cwt132.50–137.501,103127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366162.00/cwt162.00–162.0059321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy733131.05/cwt129.50–131.5096152
HeifersMedium and Large 1678146.65/cwt142.00–150.50994118
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC889142.90/cwt142.90–142.901,270124

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.