Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 699 lbs, 750 to 799 lbs, and 850 to 899 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs, 800 to 849 lbs, and 900 to 999 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 799 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 4.00 higher on 700 to 749 lbs, 650 to 699 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Very good demand for another large offering this week. A few multiple loads but mostly single loads and many packages of both home raised and backgrounded cattle, many of these being the bigger, finishing type. Flesh varied with some heavy flesh seen at times but quality was quite attractive and buyers were willing overlook some extra flesh for the right kind of cattle. Some mud on the cattle again this week as pen conditions are sloppy in places. An active market with plenty of eager bidders in the seats, both live and feeder cattle futures ended the day on a positive note. Another very large offering expected for next Wednesday, March 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.84/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −129.80 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$366.84

95 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.28

vs SD average

+17.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	366.84	2,006	95

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale95 hd

366.84

—

SD average6 barns · 1,047 hd

370.12

−3.28

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+17.56

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−129.80

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

36 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	Large 1	1150–1200	1,180	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,537	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	245.21/cwt	240.00–251.00	2,011	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	298.94/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,833	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,165	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,971	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,106	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	305.52/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,053	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,465	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	285.76/cwt	284.50–287.00	1,772	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	717	256.40/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,838	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	764	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,914	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	363.62/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,054	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	293.77/cwt	281.00–303.25	2,286	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	275.77/cwt	271.00–286.50	2,385	787
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	344.61/cwt	329.00–349.50	2,154	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	269.95/cwt	267.00–272.25	2,519	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	280.96/cwt	267.00–285.50	2,290	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	328.42/cwt	323.50–332.50	2,177	137
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	247.24/cwt	244.75–250.25	2,534	146
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	2,592	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	372.89/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,913	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	261.65/cwt	256.50–272.25	2,546	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	301.67/cwt	295.00–311.00	2,175	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	282.41/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,926	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	263.18/cwt	256.00–274.50	2,032	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	710	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,109	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	766	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,378	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	822	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,376	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	870	264.50/cwt	263.00–267.00	2,301	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	327.50/cwt	314.00–333.00	1,719	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	252.09/cwt	243.25–255.50	2,218	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	279.59/cwt	272.00–285.00	2,038	374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	299.60/cwt	297.50–308.00	1,696	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	370.27/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,529	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	243.15/cwt	240.00–243.50	2,210	71

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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