Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher on 850 to 900 lbs. Best test on heifers 850 to 900 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for another large yearling offering. Quite a few strings offered today, most of these attractive in quality and flesh and coming off grass. A few packages and loads of lot cattle in moderate to heavy flesh offered as well. An active market seen for this offering. Feed inventories in the area are looking very plentiful and most of the area is done with silage harvest. Some wet corn harvest has started. Next feeder cattle sale is next Wednesday, September 23.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.67/cwt on 2,548 head.

Average price

$143.67

2,548 head · 890 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$31.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.26

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	878	145.08	1,273	2,358
Large 1	1,038	132.30	1,373	127
Medium and Large 1-2	979	113.75	1,114	12thin
Large 1-2	1,083	113.75	1,232	51

One grade step is worth $31.33/cwt here — about $41 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 sale2,548 hd

143.67

—

SD average8 barns · 10,678 hd

138.41

+5.26

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

32 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
Steers	Large 1	—	1,076	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,334	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,139	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	918	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,248	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	828	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	132.71/cwt	127.50–136.60	1,163	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	811	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	993	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	132.75/cwt	129.00–137.50	982	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	985	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	1,106	60
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,081	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	1,097	19
Steers	Large 1	—	1,029	134.23/cwt	129.50–134.75	1,381	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	142.61/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,311	552
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	149.27/cwt	145.50–150.00	1,218	543
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	919	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,181	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	138.12/cwt	136.75–139.50	1,341	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	130.31/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,274	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	914	140.10/cwt	140.10–140.10	1,281	58
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,111	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,355	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	137.80/cwt	136.00–138.75	1,120	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	831	141.51/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,176	272
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,186	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	1,385	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	136.68/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,051	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	754	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,054	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	886	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,178	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	149.60/cwt	147.50–154.00	1,186	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	732	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,028	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	979	113.75/cwt	113.75–113.75	1,114	12
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,083	113.75/cwt	113.75–113.75	1,232	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	145.74/cwt	141.50–151.25	1,285	690

How this sale compares

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