Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Best test on heifers 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for cattle today. A smaller offering due to the extremely cold weather, the promise of temps in the 40's by the end of the weekend had quite a few producers holding their cattle another week. Not quite as many greener, backgrounding type of cattle this week, overall flesh today mostly moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Quality was average to attractive and the cattle were clean and open haired. An active market with the normal crowd of buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.87/cwt on 204 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −130.76 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$365.87

204 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$32.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.31

vs SD average

+24.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	368.71	2,027	186
Medium and Large 1-2	564	336.61	1,899	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.09/cwt here — about $128 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 sale204 hd

365.87

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SD average7 barns · 1,029 hd

360.56

+5.31

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+24.66

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−130.76

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,962	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	345.07/cwt	331.00–353.50	2,136	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	319.42/cwt	310.50–333.00	2,124	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	278.17/cwt	257.00–278.75	2,676	310
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	2,717	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	281.08/cwt	274.00–287.75	2,445	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	295.31/cwt	286.50–300.50	2,162	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	248.48/cwt	246.75–249.50	2,274	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,859	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	360.23/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,538	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	262.94/cwt	255.00–269.00	2,040	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	342.38/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,821	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	272.89/cwt	259.50–277.00	2,522	188
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,655	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,351	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,964	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	431.63/cwt	430.00–433.00	1,916	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	269.45/cwt	268.00–280.50	2,271	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	294.19/cwt	279.00–300.00	2,283	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	682	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,094	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	367.56/cwt	354.00–370.50	2,044	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	343.57/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,615	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	866	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,234	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	323.30/cwt	322.00–326.00	2,040	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,024	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	309.93/cwt	302.00–328.00	1,791	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	376.08/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,918	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	251.63/cwt	240.00–254.50	2,154	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	256.44/cwt	256.00–256.50	2,118	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	299.71/cwt	297.50–301.00	1,891	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	286.27/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,955	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	271.94/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,961	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	765	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,127	64

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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