Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-09-09

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,533 head
▲ 661 vs last sale 2,872▲ 2,577 vs year ago 956 · +269.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 850 lbs and 951 to 1050 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 901 to 950 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Best test on heifers 750 to 800 lbs and 850 to 950 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large yearling offering, the majority of which was three long strings off grass. Quality and flesh both mostly attractive today, most cattle in light to moderate flesh. An active market with many buyers attending the auction. Cooler weather this week with much of the area seeing a freeze last night. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 16.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.30/cwt on 1,823 head.
Average price
$136.30
1,823 head · 929 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$19.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1918137.031,2581,514
Large 11,008133.601,347253
Medium and Large 1-2811132.881,07841
Large 1-21,016118.001,19915thin
One grade step is worth $19.03/cwt here — about $59 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 sale1,823 hd
136.30
—
SD average4 barns · 3,279 hd
134.27
+2.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1695152.25/cwt152.25–152.251,05824
Steers—Medium and Large 1713150.07/cwt148.75–150.751,07052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2747135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,01010
Steers—Medium and Large 1790145.10/cwt143.50–145.751,14614
Steers—Medium and Large 1822143.09/cwt138.75–146.501,176175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,11424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2866120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0447
Steers—Medium and Large 1889138.41/cwt135.00–139.751,230398
Steers—Medium and Large 1914138.44/cwt134.00–139.501,26588
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy968124.37/cwt123.75–125.001,204120
Steers—Medium and Large 1981134.90/cwt131.85–137.001,323643
Steers—Large 11,008133.60/cwt131.75–135.751,347253
Steers—Large 1-21,016118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,19915
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624143.50/cwt143.50–143.5089519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678142.50/cwt142.50–142.5096612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686135.50/cwt135.50–135.5093018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727141.66/cwt139.50–143.001,03053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783137.36/cwt134.00–140.001,076323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816136.86/cwt136.50–137.251,11729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862133.42/cwt127.50–136.501,150696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1911131.77/cwt129.25–132.901,200292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1962125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2039

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.