Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 799 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers 500 to 699 lbs unevenly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Good to very good demand for many packages, loads, and multiple loads offered today. More finishing type cattle available this week but also still plenty of lighter green cattle for backgrounding and grass programs. Overall, more flesh on the cattle than last week as some of these bigger cattle have been fed hard. Cattle remain clean and open haired with lot conditions staying fairly dry. An active market for this offering with plenty of interested bidders, however this week lacked some of the bullish attitude seen previously. A few inches of snow fell this past week and temps have gotten cold with windchills below zero, more snow expected for the weekend and even colder temps next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.31/cwt on 408 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −139.32 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$357.31

408 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$4.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.66

vs SD average

+14.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	358.53	2,034	306
Medium and Large 1-2	557	353.68	1,969	102

One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale408 hd

357.31

—

SD average6 barns · 1,670 hd

360.98

−3.66

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+14.93

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−139.32

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	721	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,824	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	649	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,837	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	786	258.61/cwt	255.50–260.00	2,033	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	940	244.72/cwt	244.00–245.00	2,300	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	331.34/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,872	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	277.97/cwt	270.00–282.25	2,007	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	444.98/cwt	427.50–452.50	1,807	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	399.40/cwt	381.00–403.00	2,013	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	414.07/cwt	402.00–419.00	1,971	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	332.05/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,969	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,962	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	281.13/cwt	279.00–289.00	2,080	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	350.35/cwt	340.50–362.50	2,032	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	274.38/cwt	263.00–282.75	2,404	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	274.96/cwt	268.00–279.50	2,530	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	304.26/cwt	298.00–309.00	2,224	463
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	310.50/cwt	303.50–318.50	2,090	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,597	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,544	31
Steers	Large 1	700–750	704	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	295.59/cwt	283.00–300.50	2,300	524
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	332.11/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,072	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	287.84/cwt	277.00–295.50	2,360	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	265.59/cwt	264.25–268.00	2,584	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,848	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	732	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,562	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	765	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,234	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	741	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,116	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	689	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,977	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	759	278.54/cwt	277.00–279.50	2,114	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	262.87/cwt	262.00–266.50	2,408	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	268.22/cwt	263.50–270.00	2,189	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	310.70/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,936	460
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,880	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	316.77/cwt	314.00–327.50	1,673	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	344.44/cwt	333.00–358.00	1,822	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	290.88/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,972	415
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	362.27/cwt	353.00–370.00	1,750	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	272.99/cwt	270.50–276.75	2,091	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,288	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	387.80/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,637	49

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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