Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 749 lbs 7.00 to 12.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs and 900 to 999 lbs mostly steady, other weight classes not well compared. Best test on heifers 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 750 to 799 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, other weight classes not well compared. Very good demand for cattle today. The abrupt change in weather from sub zero last week to balmy 50's this week brought a large number of cattle to town including strings and multiple loads of both backgrounded and home raised cattle as well as many packages. Many big, finishing type cattle on offer today and less greener, backgrounding type cattle with flesh condition ranging from moderate to heavy. Mostly attractive quality throughout the day. Warm weather has caused pen conditions to get sloppy and the cattle were much harder to keep clean this week. An active market with much of the optimism seen earlier in the year. Mild weather expected to continue into next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.51/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −139.13 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$357.51

195 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$2.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.69

vs SD average

+9.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	358.05	2,024	156
Medium and Large 1-2	552	355.32	1,962	39

One grade step is worth $2.74/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale195 hd

357.51

—

SD average6 barns · 1,066 hd

349.81

+7.69

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+9.27

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−139.13

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

41 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	600–650	634	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,820	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,752	13
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,209	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,358	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	274.39/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,855	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	314.46/cwt	307.00–318.00	1,811	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	333.36/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,707	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	340.32/cwt	334.50–346.00	2,090	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,105	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	664	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,241	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	394.01/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,911	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	275.25/cwt	263.00–279.75	2,541	590
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	362.17/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,967	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	270.74/cwt	266.00–276.00	2,618	477
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	296.14/cwt	284.00–303.00	2,298	772
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	316.03/cwt	309.00–326.00	2,143	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	387.61/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,977	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	276.17/cwt	270.00–283.75	2,416	622
Steers	Large 1	700–750	739	293.25/cwt	293.25–293.25	2,167	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	354.44/cwt	336.00–360.00	2,027	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	313.72/cwt	308.00–318.00	2,256	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	784	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,156	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	290.30/cwt	284.00–296.50	2,140	63
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,658	30
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,142	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,747	48
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	261.05/cwt	256.00–265.50	2,673	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	297.27/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,974	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	285.30/cwt	274.25–293.50	2,351	596
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	345.75/cwt	335.00–354.00	1,639	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	765	284.70/cwt	284.50–285.00	2,178	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	738	306.21/cwt	300.50–312.00	2,260	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	552	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,866	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	255.49/cwt	249.50–265.25	2,215	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	938	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,345	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	307.12/cwt	295.00–316.00	1,947	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	276.11/cwt	261.00–281.50	1,999	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,233	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	260.57/cwt	252.50–265.75	2,139	405
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	267.81/cwt	259.00–274.50	2,070	227

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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