Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-08-19

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
1,935 head
917 vs last sale 2,852 1,935 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers not well compared. Best test on heifers 700 to 750, 800 to 850 lbs, and 950 to 1000 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good to very good demand for loads, packages, and a couple strings of yearling cattle offered today. Like last week, cattle came both off grass and out of yards, however, flesh today varied less than last week with mostly moderate to moderate plus flesh seen on today's offering. A few preconditioned spring calves on offer today, these were met with good demand. Quality mostly average to attractive today. An active market seen for this offering. Wheat harvest mostly finished in this area, some of the drier areas have started chopping corn. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 26.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.99/cwt on 960 head.
Average price
$140.99
960 head · 800 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,129
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$667
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$15.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.20
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2439146.006415thin
Medium and Large 1793141.451,122914
Large 11,004130.251,30841
One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about −$667 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 sale960 hd
140.99
SD average6 barns · 4,412 hd
134.79
+6.20
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

30 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 1308184.79/cwt184.00–185.0056916
HeifersMedium and Large 1684150.15/cwt142.50–151.501,027101
HeifersMedium and Large 1864131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1325
HeifersMedium and Large 1811138.73/cwt136.50–140.001,12591
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy987116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,14510
HeifersMedium and Large 1785139.43/cwt134.50–143.501,09553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439146.00/cwt146.00–146.006415
HeifersLarge 11,004130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,30841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,07616
SteersLarge 11,052132.28/cwt122.50–133.601,39268
SteersMedium and Large 1866146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,26423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510160.00/cwt160.00–160.008165
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,085116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,26734
SteersMedium and Large 1969134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,30617
SteersMedium and Large 1909138.91/cwt135.50–140.251,26386
SteersMedium and Large 1741154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,14710
BullsMedium and Large 1405182.00/cwt182.00–182.0073733
BullsMedium and Large 1297203.00/cwt203.00–203.0060315
HeifersMedium and Large 1382170.00/cwt170.00–170.0064921
HeifersMedium and Large 1963133.84/cwt132.25–133.901,289322
HeifersMedium and Large 1909132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,20716
HeifersMedium and Large 1730142.64/cwt140.00–146.001,041154
HeifersMedium and Large 1590147.75/cwt147.75–147.7587216
HeifersMedium and Large 1614148.71/cwt141.50–151.75913109
SteersMedium and Large 1838144.33/cwt142.50–150.251,20953
SteersMedium and Large 1525176.00/cwt176.00–176.009245
SteersMedium and Large 1774149.47/cwt147.00–151.001,15736
SteersMedium and Large 1633168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0634
SteersMedium and Large 1667155.20/cwt154.00–159.001,03525
SteersLarge 11,031134.65/cwt133.75–135.251,388299

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.