Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 699 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers 500 to 549 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 699 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Good to very good demand for loads and packages today. Calves were all weaned and preconditioned and most all were home raised. Flesh varied but cattle carrying excess flesh still sell very well if they are the right kind. Lighter fleshed backgrounding and grass types still have plenty of outlets as buyers and farmer feeders compete to fill pens and pastures for summer. An active market with plenty of buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. February live cattle reached over 2.00 today further fueling the enthusiasm that has been present all marketing season. The very cold weather has broken and the next week looks much warmer with temps in the 30's, very good conditions for feeding cattle. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 29.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.66/cwt on 296 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −126.98 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$369.66

296 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$53.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.64

vs SD average

+28.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	371.29	2,029	287
Medium and Large 1-2	550	317.50	1,746	9thin

One grade step is worth $53.79/cwt here — about $283 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale296 hd

369.66

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SD average8 barns · 3,277 hd

351.02

+18.64

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+28.72

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−126.98

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

35 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	297.17/cwt	284.00–304.50	2,006	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	300.91/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,893	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	347.80/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,499	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	352.87/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,662	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	331.61/cwt	321.00–348.00	1,751	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	2,177	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	358.13/cwt	337.00–367.00	2,034	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	310.38/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,968	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,178	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	301.26/cwt	288.00–313.25	2,178	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,746	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	278.62/cwt	274.00–284.00	2,059	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	277.06/cwt	262.50–283.75	2,275	429
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	311.72/cwt	295.00–320.00	2,085	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	335.15/cwt	321.50–345.75	2,111	411
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	392.16/cwt	374.00–402.00	2,016	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,975	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	279.58/cwt	278.75–280.50	2,480	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	271.78/cwt	267.00–274.00	2,522	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	287.26/cwt	275.00–298.00	2,212	490
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	324.77/cwt	318.00–332.00	1,832	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	405.37/cwt	402.50–407.00	1,747	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	759	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,156	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,973	9
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,167	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,812	37
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,585	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	271.74/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,875	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,645	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	265.51/cwt	263.50–270.00	2,050	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,648	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	283.38/cwt	269.50–286.50	2,066	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	299.09/cwt	282.00–309.50	1,741	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	702	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,046	41

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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