Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2020-11-18

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 18
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
7,969 head
▲ 3,123 vs last sale 4,846▲ 198 vs year ago 7,771 · +2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 950 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Best test on yearling heifers 750 to 800 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 900 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower. Steer calves 400 to 450 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 451 to 650 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 651 to 700 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 450 to 500 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances 10.00 higher, 501 to 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 601 to 650 lbs steady. Good demand for another large yearling offering this week. Several strings and many loads and packages of yearling steers and heifers offered, in flesh which ranged from light to heavy. Quality on yearlings also varied greatly today. Moderate to good demand for today's large calf offering featuring many, many packages and quite a few loads. Quality and flesh varied on calves, from plain to attractive, and flesh from light to moderate plus. A couple packages of weaned calves, weaned 30 to 59 days, but the majority was off the cow again this week. Most of the calves had at least one full round of fall shots, those without were discounted at times. An active market seen for this large offering. No feeder cattle sale next week due to Thanksgiving, the next feeder cattle sale will be Wednesday, December 2, and a special weaned calf sale on Saturday, December 5. Happy Thanksgiving!

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.75/cwt on 3,806 head.
Average price
$151.75
3,806 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.40
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1699152.711,0673,472
Medium and Large 1-2554149.61829182
Large 11,042132.381,379152
One grade step is worth $20.32/cwt here — about −$312 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 sale3,806 hd
151.75
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SD average9 barns · 25,917 hd
156.15
−4.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1341191.50/cwt191.50–191.506537
Steers—Medium and Large 1379192.77/cwt189.50–199.5073152
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy419166.00/cwt166.00–166.006967
Steers—Medium and Large 1432182.21/cwt174.50–188.00787194
Steers—Medium and Large 1482167.54/cwt164.00–173.00808198
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed485184.00/cwt184.00–184.0089295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486155.80/cwt154.00–158.5075754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506153.00/cwt153.00–153.0077438
Steers—Medium and Large 1521163.90/cwt159.00–170.0085495
Steers—Medium and Large 1575158.55/cwt150.50–166.75912580
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2599147.00/cwt147.00–147.0088166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614145.00/cwt145.00–145.0089014
Steers—Medium and Large 1617153.72/cwt146.25–160.00948355
Steers—Medium and Large 1669145.01/cwt138.00–148.00970438
Steers—Medium and Large 1720142.80/cwt138.50–143.501,02893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725127.00/cwt127.00–127.0092110
Steers—Medium and Large 1767143.62/cwt136.00–150.001,102211
Steers—Medium and Large 1843140.98/cwt139.50–148.251,188273
Steers—Medium and Large 1862138.56/cwt136.50–141.001,19463
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy907129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1709
Steers—Medium and Large 1926142.20/cwt138.50–143.501,317458
Steers—Medium and Large 1975142.35/cwt138.75–143.251,388344
Steers—Large 11,013135.70/cwt132.75–137.001,375107
Steers—Large 11,110124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,38245
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305153.00/cwt153.00–153.0046718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361170.11/cwt168.50–176.0061447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389157.28/cwt155.00–158.0061239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427154.84/cwt149.00–161.00661143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474149.32/cwt141.50–158.00708258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523145.40/cwt140.50–151.00760446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy523136.50/cwt136.50–136.5071418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement562151.00/cwt151.00–151.0084966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570141.45/cwt136.50–144.75806225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy593133.00/cwt133.00–133.007896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629126.00/cwt126.00–126.0079319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635136.27/cwt130.50–138.75865255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650124.00/cwt124.00–124.0080615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement686140.00/cwt140.00–140.0096072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712136.94/cwt135.00–139.00975189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1798134.42/cwt125.50–137.251,07391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813134.71/cwt131.25–137.251,095198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885128.72/cwt122.50–133.251,139493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy906119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,07814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920129.75/cwt126.25–132.001,194273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2937110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,03510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1967125.88/cwt123.00–127.501,217245
Heifers—Large 11,043115.25/cwt115.25–115.251,20233
Heifers—Large 11,090117.71/cwt115.50–118.001,28358
Heifers—Large 11,148113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,30654

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.