Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-11-04

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 4
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,273 head
▼ 933 vs last sale 4,206▼ 3,077 vs year ago 6,350 · −48.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 950 to 1100 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Best test on yearling heifers 900 to 950 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer calves 400 to 600 lbs mostly steady with instances 3.00 lower on 550 to 600 lbs, 601 to 650 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 450 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good demand for today's yearling offering. Quality varied again this week, from plain to attractive. More flesh overall on this weeks' yearlings with the majority out of yards, one consignment still coming off grass in light to moderate flesh. Moderate to good demand for today's calf offering. The majority of the calves came in packages today with just a couple loads. Flesh more varied than last week, from light to moderate plus. As with last week, most of the calves had full preconditioning and those without were discounted at times. All were off the cow and quality was average to attractive. An active market seen for today's offering. The temperatures have been very warm this week which has gotten rid of the snow and is helping to dry things out. There is still some corn left to be harvested but harvest has started up again with the better weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 11.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.35/cwt on 1,779 head.
Average price
$147.35
1,779 head · 758 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.44
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1652153.851,0041,311
Large 11,063129.541,378445
Medium and Large 1-2898121.501,09123
One grade step is worth $32.35/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale1,779 hd
147.35
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SD average11 barns · 27,917 hd
154.78
−7.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 1Full308173.00/cwt173.00–173.005336
Steers—Medium and Large 1344191.00/cwt191.00–191.006575
Steers—Medium and Large 1364189.91/cwt186.00–193.0069172
Steers—Medium and Large 1433182.05/cwt172.00–183.0078899
Steers—Medium and Large 1466165.15/cwt155.00–171.50770132
Steers—Medium and Large 1513163.88/cwt153.00–168.00841232
Steers—Medium and Large 1586151.50/cwt145.50–154.00888122
Steers—Medium and Large 1608152.05/cwt144.00–155.75924169
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy647137.50/cwt137.50–137.5089019
Steers—Medium and Large 1684145.00/cwt145.00–145.0099210
Steers—Medium and Large 1778142.56/cwt140.00–143.251,10948
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy785131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,03431
Steers—Medium and Large 1814140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1408
Steers—Medium and Large 1851140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,19610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2898121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,09123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy927130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,205120
Steers—Medium and Large 1935141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,31817
Steers—Medium and Large 1971135.05/cwt125.25–138.751,311211
Steers—Large 11,043128.87/cwt128.50–129.251,344110
Steers—Large 11,069130.21/cwt123.75–132.501,392323
Steers—Large 11,101117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,29412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318153.77/cwt151.00–167.0048951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358170.00/cwt170.00–170.0060946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428155.38/cwt141.00–159.5066565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462159.50/cwt159.50–159.5073765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480146.96/cwt140.50–153.5070591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519141.01/cwt134.50–147.0073291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575142.09/cwt137.00–148.00817143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620133.38/cwt133.25–133.5082733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683131.00/cwt131.00–131.0089512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy713125.25/cwt125.25–125.2589327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1744130.00/cwt130.00–130.009678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,06140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed789117.50/cwt117.50–117.5092740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,11612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868128.97/cwt128.00–129.501,11914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933122.57/cwt120.00–123.251,144344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed949117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,11526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,18915
Heifers—Large 11,018114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,16114

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.