Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-10-21

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,238 head
1,900 vs last sale 6,138 1,372 vs year ago 5,610 · 24.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 850 to 1050 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearling heifers 700 to 750 lbs and 800 to 850 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Calves too lightly tested this week for comparison. Good demand for another large yearling offering this week. Still quite a few of the yearlings coming off grass this week, slightly more flesh overall than last week on yearlings. Quality varied more this week, from plain to attractive. Light to moderate demand for today's calf consignment. Calves average to attractive in quality and with slightly more flesh overall than last week. Most calves were off the cow, however there were a couple of consignments that had been weaned less than 7 days and these calves are discounted as this is a prime time for sickness. A moderate to active market seen for this offering. A large area of the mid west is under a winter storm warning which also put some pressure on the market today. Many producers are scrambling to get cattle off grass before the storm hits. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.39/cwt on 3,298 head.
Average price
$141.39
3,298 head · 850 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,201
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.08
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1785143.891,1292,448
Large 11,039134.421,396839
Medium and Large 1-2940117.001,10011thin
One grade step is worth $26.89/cwt here — about $29 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 sale3,298 hd
141.39
SD average12 barns · 27,119 hd
150.47
−9.08
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

36 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
HeifersLarge 11,059115.27/cwt113.00–115.501,22166
SteersLarge 11,067129.48/cwt128.50–132.251,382213
SteersLarge 11,029136.10/cwt132.25–137.001,400626
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy948114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,08530
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006767
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full393144.50/cwt144.50–144.505688
HeifersMedium and Large 1864127.08/cwt124.25–130.001,098156
HeifersMedium and Large 1809134.63/cwt130.50–135.851,089160
SteersMedium and Large 1736150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1049
SteersMedium and Large 1639142.50/cwt142.50–142.5091110
SteersMedium and Large 1364187.58/cwt186.00–189.0068319
SteersMedium and Large 1470163.67/cwt154.50–168.5076935
HeifersMedium and Large 1915125.87/cwt124.00–126.501,15289
SteersMedium and Large 1586146.36/cwt140.00–150.00858120
SteersMedium and Large 1674142.68/cwt136.50–147.50962129
SteersMedium and Large 1812143.84/cwt142.25–151.501,168131
SteersMedium and Large 1437167.65/cwt154.00–178.00733172
SteersMedium and Large 1891137.93/cwt134.50–142.001,229189
SteersMedium and Large 1770144.84/cwt139.50–152.001,115195
HeifersMedium and Large 1381165.00/cwt165.00–165.0062917
HeifersMedium and Large 1668134.53/cwt131.00–136.5089920
HeifersMedium and Large 1434147.50/cwt147.50–147.5064022
SteersMedium and Large 1516153.54/cwt144.00–163.50792303
SteersMedium and Large 1969136.71/cwt132.00–140.251,325480
SteersMedium and Large 1927137.49/cwt130.00–140.751,275649
HeifersMedium and Large 1631126.20/cwt125.50–127.0079624
HeifersMedium and Large 1517134.66/cwt134.50–135.0069630
HeifersMedium and Large 1593136.20/cwt135.00–136.5080830
HeifersMedium and Large 1792135.19/cwt130.00–137.001,07149
HeifersMedium and Large 1488148.19/cwt140.50–150.0072353
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full844124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,04715
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full652135.50/cwt135.50–135.5088319
HeifersMedium and Large 1716137.73/cwt132.00–141.00986121
HeifersMedium and Large 1969127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,23161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2940117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,10011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380132.25/cwt132.25–132.2550312

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.