Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: steers 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 749 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher on 700 to 749 lbs, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared, 800 to 849 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 549 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs not well compared, 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Very good demand for today's large offering, cattle with grass potential saw excellent demand. Many loads and packages to choose from, most of these completely vaccinated and long time weaned. Like Saturday, flesh condition varied as producers all feed cattle differently. Market active to very active on these attractive calves with many buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. Many producers wait to procure grass cattle until the new year and now are competing to get cattle to fill their pens. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 15.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.26/cwt on 629 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −137.37 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$359.26

629 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$35.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.74

vs SD average

+17.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	360.38	1,966	609
Medium and Large 1-2	547	325.35	1,780	20

One grade step is worth $35.03/cwt here — about $187 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 sale629 hd

359.26

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SD average6 barns · 2,837 hd

348.52

+10.74

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+17.18

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−137.37

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

42 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	341.78/cwt	321.00–350.50	2,126	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	376.38/cwt	354.00–384.00	1,972	369
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	282.14/cwt	273.00–291.00	2,226	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,538	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	270.40/cwt	264.00–274.00	2,328	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	391.53/cwt	372.50–396.00	1,883	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	363.57/cwt	361.00–366.00	1,792	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,919	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	325.35/cwt	310.00–344.00	1,780	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	320.76/cwt	302.00–331.00	2,168	411
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	277.95/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,315	408
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,573	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,445	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,439	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	306.10/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,204	500
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	297.93/cwt	279.00–302.00	1,871	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	354.88/cwt	342.00–368.00	1,689	230
Heifers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,250	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,600	50
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,232	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,563	49
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,189	204.92/cwt	204.50–205.00	2,436	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	493	335.87/cwt	331.00–338.00	1,656	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	335.77/cwt	328.00–344.00	1,944	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	407.25/cwt	400.00–412.00	1,706	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,237	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,528	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	755	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,042	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	719	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,020	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	297.24/cwt	296.50–298.00	2,033	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	332.57/cwt	314.00–338.00	1,753	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	293.95/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,693	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,798	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	358.45/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,516	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	327.55/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,441	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	298.11/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,601	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	317.71/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,846	384
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	377.81/cwt	374.00–391.00	1,481	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	293.02/cwt	278.00–303.00	1,954	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	273.15/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,980	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	367.06/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,208	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,902	19

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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