Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-09-30

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 30
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,339 head
86 vs last sale 4,253 88 vs year ago 4,251 · +2.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 750 to 850 lbs mostly steady, 851 to 1050 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher with instances up to 6.00 higher on 850 to 900 lbs. Heifers 900 to 1000 lbs steady to 2.00 higher with instances up to 4.00 higher on 950 to 1000 lbs. Good to very good demand for today's large yearling offering featuring many strings, loads and packages, packages included many home raised tested open heifers and fall calves. Many attractive cattle to choose from again this week with buyers often taking advantage of multiple load lots available to fill pens. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus. A couple consignments of spring calves offered today and met with light to moderate demand with best demand seen for the couple loads lots of steers offered. The calves were all off the cow and preconditioned. An active market seen for yearlings, light to moderate activity for calves. Mostly order buyers attending the auction today as farmers are busy with harvest. Harvest is progressing very rapidly in the area as conditions have stayed warm and dry. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 7, expecting another large run of yearlings and a few spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.28/cwt on 2,752 head.
Average price
$147.28
2,752 head · 873 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1841149.241,2562,216
Medium and Large 1-2532147.0078213thin
Large 11,017138.991,413523
One grade step is worth $10.25/cwt here — about −$157 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 sale2,752 hd
147.28
SD average8 barns · 12,918 hd
143.87
+3.41
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

35 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
SteersLarge 11,120128.37/cwt124.50–129.251,43827
HeifersLarge 11,007129.65/cwt127.75–130.501,30623
SteersLarge 11,011139.57/cwt137.75–140.001,411496
HeifersLarge 11,057125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,32710
HeifersLarge 11,159114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,32717
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy791136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2860120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,03211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532147.00/cwt147.00–147.0078213
SteersMedium and Large 1971141.88/cwt137.75–143.501,378266
HeifersMedium and Large 1331158.93/cwt158.00–160.005269
HeifersMedium and Large 1736142.63/cwt139.50–143.501,05042
HeifersMedium and Large 1931135.21/cwt129.25–136.401,259394
SteersMedium and Large 1867150.01/cwt143.00–152.751,301448
HeifersMedium and Large 1574143.05/cwt141.50–146.0082187
HeifersMedium and Large 1871132.74/cwt131.75–134.501,15666
SteersMedium and Large 1615157.00/cwt157.00–157.0096677
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671118.50/cwt118.50–118.5079519
SteersMedium and Large 1445169.00/cwt169.00–169.007525
SteersMedium and Large 1729153.47/cwt145.50–157.501,11945
HeifersMedium and Large 1778136.77/cwt133.00–140.501,06460
HeifersMedium and Large 1495147.00/cwt147.00–147.007286
SteersMedium and Large 1512171.00/cwt171.00–171.008769
SteersMedium and Large 1930143.41/cwt138.00–145.101,334543
HeifersMedium and Large 1435152.77/cwt142.00–159.0066542
HeifersMedium and Large 1624141.50/cwt141.50–141.508835
HeifersMedium and Large 1693141.54/cwt140.00–145.0098148
SteersMedium and Large 1570165.00/cwt165.00–165.0094195
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy957126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2065
SteersMedium and Large 1789152.98/cwt144.50–153.501,207223
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy873139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2139
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy571147.00/cwt147.00–147.0083915
HeifersMedium and Large 1828140.60/cwt130.50–143.401,164246
HeifersMedium and Large 1974133.16/cwt130.00–136.401,297145
SteersMedium and Large 1833150.43/cwt148.00–152.751,253412
SteersMedium and Large 1466168.85/cwt165.00–176.0078760

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.