Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-04-01

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 1
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
5,590 head
▼ 466 vs last sale 6,056▲ 5,590 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 701 to 850 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower, 851 to 1050 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 750 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower, 751 to 800 lbs not well compared today, 801 to 850 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 lower. Moderate demand for today's large offering of many packages, loads, and a few strings with best demand seen for cattle which were light and green enough to go to summer grass. Overall quality less attractive than last week with more plain to average quality cattle included in today's offering. Flesh condition varied, from light to heavy, and slick hided cattle in heavy flesh were met with light demand. A moderate market for today's offering with the variation and uncertainty of the futures markets putting pressure on the market today. Snowfall predicted for the area this evening which will affect producers trying to calve and make lots muddy again. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 8.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.83/cwt on 3,583 head.
Average price
$125.83
3,583 head · 827 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.57
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1813126.661,0303,301
Medium and Large 1-2730119.7387544
Large 11,026115.381,184238
One grade step is worth $11.28/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale3,583 hd
125.83
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SD average6 barns · 12,756 hd
130.40
−4.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445152.00/cwt152.00–152.006768
Steers—Medium and Large 1462165.31/cwt159.00–169.0076425
Steers—Medium and Large 1566166.91/cwt154.00–170.5094580
Steers—Medium and Large 1630148.10/cwt141.00–153.5093384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662127.00/cwt127.00–127.0084115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy677128.04/cwt126.00–137.0086752
Steers—Medium and Large 1691150.53/cwt141.50–157.501,040215
Steers—Medium and Large 1727140.46/cwt135.50–148.501,021349
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy737124.00/cwt124.00–124.0091438
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy764116.46/cwt114.00–120.0089091
Steers—Medium and Large 1772130.25/cwt123.00–140.251,006516
Steers—Medium and Large 1826123.68/cwt117.75–128.251,022276
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy848106.75/cwt106.75–106.7590570
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy858110.18/cwt109.50–111.0094575
Steers—Medium and Large 1880117.94/cwt114.25–125.001,038923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2888102.25/cwt102.25–102.2590821
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy921109.02/cwt107.00–110.501,00499
Steers—Medium and Large 1923119.21/cwt116.00–122.251,100237
Steers—Medium and Large 1983116.10/cwt115.00–118.501,141171
Steers—Large 11,026115.38/cwt115.00–115.501,184238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1402156.00/cwt156.00–156.0062714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470142.19/cwt136.00–145.0066839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530132.61/cwt126.50–138.0070329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577135.00/cwt135.00–135.0077927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy587129.50/cwt129.50–129.5076024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637134.55/cwt125.00–139.50857126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy666119.50/cwt119.50–119.507968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668128.92/cwt124.00–135.00861299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711123.26/cwt121.00–124.5087675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716113.00/cwt113.00–113.0080915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy739109.50/cwt109.00–110.00809134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement751126.00/cwt126.00–126.0094659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779114.14/cwt110.50–119.00889104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement796980.00/cwt980.00–980.007,80159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817112.43/cwt108.00–113.50919286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy82492.00/cwt92.00–92.0075811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement8681,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.009,20162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy87396.74/cwt96.00–97.0084534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878108.50/cwt108.50–108.5095327

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.