Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2021-06-09

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,489 head
▲ 748 vs last sale 2,741▼ 635 vs year ago 4,124 · −15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher with an instance up to 9.00 higher on 900 to 950 lbs, 951 to 1000 lbs and 1050 to 1100 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 6.00 higher on 951 to 1000 lbs. Best test on heifers 650 to 700 lbs, 750 to 800 lbs and 900 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good demand for another large offering this week. Many loads and multiple loads offered as well as many packages including more fall calves. Several consignments in town due to the drought again this week. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Quality mostly average to attractive today. An active market with a good crowd of buyers. Temperatures have been in the 90's all week with no rainfall for most of the area. Grass conditions are deteriorating rapidly and many producers are hauling water to pastures. More high temps are expected for the next week as well. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.77/cwt on 1,881 head.
Average price
$135.77
1,881 head · 904 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$564
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$41.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.63
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464165.007667thin
Medium and Large 1874137.901,2061,581
Large 11,076123.621,330293
One grade step is worth $41.38/cwt here — about −$564 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 sale1,881 hd
135.77
—
SD average5 barns · 11,021 hd
147.40
−11.63
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1—1,039115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,19526
SteersLarge 1—1,091123.28/cwt123.00–123.501,345184
SteersLarge 1—1,000125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,25358
SteersLarge 1—1,106123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,36051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008285
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—891124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,10517
SteersMedium and Large 1—920136.20/cwt130.50–141.201,253177
HeifersMedium and Large 1—828127.08/cwt122.50–130.501,052192
HeifersMedium and Large 1—956120.05/cwt119.00–121.101,148119
SteersMedium and Large 1—967128.15/cwt125.25–136.001,239489
SteersMedium and Large 1—715156.61/cwt147.50–158.001,12053
SteersMedium and Large 1—468173.00/cwt173.00–173.008105
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620143.41/cwt141.50–144.0088931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—395147.00/cwt147.00–147.0058114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—764132.94/cwt126.00–136.501,016156
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734135.10/cwt129.00–138.7599288
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—530161.50/cwt161.50–161.5085653
SteersMedium and Large 1—884138.87/cwt131.50–141.201,228322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—643132.00/cwt132.00–132.008497
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—464165.00/cwt165.00–165.007667
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535145.80/cwt143.50–151.0078014
SteersMedium and Large 1—822143.95/cwt136.25–147.751,183294
SteersMedium and Large 1—589162.90/cwt159.00–166.0095939
HeifersMedium and Large 1—687142.02/cwt136.50–144.25976124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—584146.74/cwt141.00–154.5085796
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484153.45/cwt147.00–154.5074328
HeifersMedium and Large 1—920120.79/cwt118.50–122.501,111159
SteersMedium and Large 1—627157.64/cwt155.00–161.5098832
HeifersMedium and Large 1—882121.16/cwt120.25–121.501,06994
SteersMedium and Large 1—775143.29/cwt139.50–145.251,110129
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—907127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,15224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—446148.00/cwt148.00–148.0066014

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.