Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-05-27

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
4,246 head
▼ 1,584 vs last sale 5,830▲ 211 vs year ago 4,035 · +5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 1000 lbs mostly steady except 750 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher and 850 to 900 lbs not well compared. Best test on heifers 650 to 750 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 751 to 800 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for another large offering of packages, loads, and strings today. Lighter cattle, including fall calves, continue to see very good demand as there are more options for these cattle and much feed inventory to be had. Replacement heifers also continue to sell with very good demand. Quality today similar to last week with many attractive quality cattle to choose from. Slightly more flesh on the cattle than last week with more in moderate to moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh at times. An active market for the offering with good buyer attendance, a few less producers this week as many are trying to wrap up spring planting. Dry weather predicted for the area for the next week with temps climbing to the low 90's. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 3.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.21/cwt on 2,800 head.
Average price
$129.21
2,800 head · 884 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,143
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.00
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1862130.901,1282,531
Large 11,099113.381,246269
One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about −$118 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 sale2,800 hd
129.21
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SD average4 barns · 6,766 hd
131.21
−2.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1443186.00/cwt186.00–186.008244
Steers—Medium and Large 1483179.20/cwt178.00–181.0086624
Steers—Medium and Large 1530174.33/cwt168.00–179.5092437
Steers—Medium and Large 1579167.37/cwt164.25–172.5096973
Steers—Medium and Large 1602162.50/cwt162.50–162.5097813
Steers—Medium and Large 1665150.13/cwt145.00–151.5099852
Steers—Medium and Large 1729146.64/cwt141.75–151.001,069220
Steers—Medium and Large 1780143.18/cwt140.50–146.251,117218
Steers—Medium and Large 1836138.76/cwt137.25–141.001,160259
Steers—Medium and Large 1867130.80/cwt124.00–136.751,13471
Steers—Medium and Large 1921122.39/cwt118.50–126.751,1271,091
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy930116.10/cwt114.00–116.751,08087
Steers—Medium and Large 1966118.69/cwt114.00–120.251,147382
Steers—Large 11,085113.56/cwt110.75–115.001,232199
Steers—Large 11,129114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,29652
Steers—Large 11,165107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,25218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430148.50/cwt148.50–148.506398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482147.32/cwt146.50–148.5071020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516145.00/cwt145.00–145.007488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561145.91/cwt140.00–151.0081990
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622139.85/cwt136.00–143.0087083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684136.20/cwt131.00–140.00932153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714133.91/cwt126.50–138.50956184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784119.83/cwt117.00–125.75939106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement7851,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.008,04670
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808122.10/cwt118.00–124.25987129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement8491,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.008,74519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1851115.00/cwt115.00–115.0097954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement9161,112.12/cwt1,075.00–1,120.0010,18757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935111.75/cwt111.75–111.751,04510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1977112.10/cwt112.10–112.101,09564
Heifers—Large 11,000110.75/cwt110.75–110.751,10839

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.