Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-02-26

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 26
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,723 head
▼ 2,492 vs last sale 7,215▲ 4,723 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 701 to 900 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower. Heifers 500 to 750 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 751 to 800 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for today's large offering of packages and loads which sold on a moderate to active market. A couple packages and loads of replacement quality heifers met with good demand. Flesh today mostly moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times, slightly less flesh overall than last week. Quality similar to last week with many attractive quality cattle to choose from. Several days of losses on the CME feeder and live cattle futures this week put some pressure on the market today. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 4.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.16/cwt on 2,559 head.
Average price
$145.16
2,559 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.85
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1738145.491,0742,445
Medium and Large 1-2652143.1493486
Large 11,059122.501,29728
One grade step is worth $22.99/cwt here — about −$223 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 sale2,559 hd
145.16
—
SD average8 barns · 18,268 hd
148.01
−2.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1391185.00/cwt185.00–185.007236
Steers—Medium and Large 1418177.80/cwt169.00–181.0074315
Steers—Medium and Large 1471177.01/cwt171.00–181.0083417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483164.00/cwt164.00–164.0079217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526157.00/cwt157.00–157.008269
Steers—Medium and Large 1530172.10/cwt165.00–176.0091278
Steers—Medium and Large 1567169.86/cwt163.50–176.00963123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585157.81/cwt156.00–160.0092343
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615148.50/cwt148.50–148.5091314
Steers—Medium and Large 1629158.68/cwt152.00–165.00998230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636146.50/cwt146.50–146.5093218
Steers—Medium and Large 1670155.34/cwt149.50–161.501,041278
Steers—Medium and Large 1721145.57/cwt141.00–150.501,050441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,00522
Steers—Medium and Large 1772139.62/cwt135.00–145.251,078405
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772124.00/cwt124.00–124.0095720
Steers—Medium and Large 1833133.85/cwt129.00–136.001,115426
Steers—Medium and Large 1863131.48/cwt129.25–135.001,135210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy892127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,13320
Steers—Medium and Large 1919130.62/cwt126.50–131.001,200139
Steers—Large 11,059122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,29728
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386155.00/cwt155.00–155.005985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395139.00/cwt139.00–139.005495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428157.64/cwt151.00–160.5067555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468151.54/cwt151.00–152.0070913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475134.00/cwt134.00–134.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529135.00/cwt135.00–135.0071411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy536140.00/cwt140.00–140.007506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540150.73/cwt143.00–155.50814110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572132.50/cwt132.50–132.507585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577143.87/cwt140.00–148.50830164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623140.32/cwt134.00–145.75874234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629127.50/cwt127.50–127.5080223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy637128.00/cwt128.00–128.0081510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669140.73/cwt133.00–144.00941339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy670123.00/cwt123.00–123.0082418
Heifers—Large 1694115.00/cwt115.00–115.007988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725130.07/cwt124.00–132.50943310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement737140.72/cwt138.50–142.001,03786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773129.99/cwt126.00–133.001,005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy777121.00/cwt121.00–121.0094017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809123.35/cwt122.50–123.7599835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871123.25/cwt123.25–123.251,07417

This sale against other markets

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.