Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 850 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 lower, 950 to 1000 lbs 2.00 lower. Best test on heifers 850 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Good demand for today's yearling offering featuring one long string of spayed heifers off grass, and many loads and packages. Cattle both off grass and out of yards again today, most in light to moderate plus flesh. Quality was mostly attractive today. An active market with mostly order buyers attending the auction. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 9.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.45/cwt on 1,433 head.

Average price

$132.45

1,433 head · 870 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$136

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$13.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.81

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	867	132.66	1,150	1,410
Large 1	1,079	119.23	1,286	23

One grade step is worth $13.43/cwt here — about −$136 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 sale1,433 hd

132.45

—

SD average8 barns · 7,165 hd

133.26

−0.81

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

26 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	154.66/cwt	153.50–155.00	786	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	124.07/cwt	120.25–129.00	1,086	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	136.72/cwt	135.00–141.00	931	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	136.89/cwt	132.50–140.00	1,075	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	846	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,028	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,017	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	981	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,140	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	133.41/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,115	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	933	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,232	427
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	899	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,142	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	140.25/cwt	137.00–143.25	1,151	179
Steers	Large 1	—	1,030	125.95/cwt	123.00–128.75	1,297	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	125.97/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,158	144
Steers	Large 1	—	1,064	128.38/cwt	127.50–128.50	1,366	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	144.44/cwt	144.00–146.25	1,054	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,040	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	911	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	135.77/cwt	134.50–138.25	1,176	233
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,148	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,332	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,234	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	844	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,146	260
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,003	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,231	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	126.70/cwt	125.50–128.00	1,162	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	857	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,163	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	142.29/cwt	140.50–143.50	1,096	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	133.13/cwt	133.00–133.20	1,322	180

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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