Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two and a half weeks ago: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 699 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Best test on heifers 500 to 549 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Good to very good demand for this first calf offering of the new year. Many packages and loads to choose from, most of the calves weaned and preconditioned. Flesh varied quite a bit, from green, hay fed calves to long time weaned calves that had seen some corn. Quality mostly average to attractive with many weights to choose from today, from backgrounding and grass cattle to finishing type cattle. An active market with many buyers and a few farmer feeders attending the sale, even on a Saturday. The temperatures have turned colder but there is little to no snow in this area. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.85/cwt on 480 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −156.78 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$339.85

480 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.07

vs SD average

+6.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	342.83	1,910	416
Medium and Large 1-2	577	320.46	1,849	64

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.56, low $466.41, median $496.64 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale480 hd

339.85

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SD average5 barns · 1,763 hd

345.92

−6.07

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+6.98

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−156.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,842	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,939	33
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	676	269.19/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,820	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,050	8
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	814	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,872	12
Bulls	Large 1	600–650	646	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,583	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	342.04/cwt	339.00–349.00	1,813	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	343.24/cwt	326.00–354.50	1,960	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	269.76/cwt	265.50–273.75	2,342	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	328.63/cwt	307.50–340.75	2,047	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	320.46/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,849	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	367.28/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,704	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	273.99/cwt	260.00–280.25	2,274	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,459	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,430	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,573	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	272.41/cwt	270.50–276.00	2,122	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,389	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	396.52/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	303.76/cwt	293.00–313.50	1,622	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,599	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	304.42/cwt	296.00–320.50	2,067	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	284.13/cwt	270.00–294.50	2,068	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,074	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	290.68/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,875	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	289.11/cwt	277.00–301.00	1,810	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	301.78/cwt	291.00–313.00	1,738	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	252.52/cwt	248.00–258.00	2,460	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	273.02/cwt	253.00–277.00	1,968	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	282.45/cwt	273.00–293.00	1,884	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	324.10/cwt	314.00–333.00	1,533	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	332.32/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,429	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,268	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,741	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	258.05/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,972	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	249.85/cwt	244.00–252.25	2,076	187

How this sale compares

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