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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 850 lbs and 951 to 1050 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 901 to 950 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Best test on heifers 750 to 800 lbs and 850 to 950 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large yearling offering, the majority of which was three long strings off grass. Quality and flesh both mostly attractive today, most cattle in light to moderate flesh. An active market with many buyers attending the auction. Cooler weather this week with much of the area seeing a freeze last night. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.30/cwt on 1,823 head.

Average price

$136.30

1,823 head · 929 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2

$19.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	918	137.03	1,258	1,514
Large 1	1,008	133.60	1,347	253
Medium and Large 1-2	811	132.88	1,078	41
Large 1-2	1,016	118.00	1,199	15thin

One grade step is worth $19.03/cwt here — about $59 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 sale1,823 hd

136.30

—

SD average4 barns · 3,279 hd

134.27

+2.03

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

22 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	—	911	131.77/cwt	129.25–132.90	1,200	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	141.66/cwt	139.50–143.00	1,030	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	136.86/cwt	136.50–137.25	1,117	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	895	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	930	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	966	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	133.42/cwt	127.50–136.50	1,150	696
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,203	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	137.36/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,076	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	968	124.37/cwt	123.75–125.00	1,204	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	138.41/cwt	135.00–139.75	1,230	398
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,016	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,199	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	143.09/cwt	138.75–146.50	1,176	175
Steers	Large 1	—	1,008	133.60/cwt	131.75–135.75	1,347	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	138.44/cwt	134.00–139.50	1,265	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,114	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	150.07/cwt	148.75–150.75	1,070	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,010	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,058	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,044	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	145.10/cwt	143.50–145.75	1,146	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	134.90/cwt	131.85–137.00	1,323	643

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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