Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 749 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher, 750 to 949 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 7.00 higher on 750 to 799 lbs. Heifers 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs fully steady, 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs unevenly steady. Similar to recent weeks, very good demand for grass and backgrounding type cattle, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Another large offering this week with many packages and loads but also many multiple loads of same weight cattle, quite a few of these being home raised. Despite the lack of moisture seen this winter and spring, buyers are very determined to get cattle bought for grass and these kind of cattle get fewer as grass time gets closer making for a very active market on these cattle as buyers furiously compete for them. An active market on finishing type cattle which were mostly attractive in quality but had some extra flesh at times. Very little moisture seen from the system that passed through over the weekend, the dry conditions are a major concern for producers. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.49/cwt on 399 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −120.14 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$376.49

399 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.01

vs SD average

+19.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	376.49	2,129	399

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 sale399 hd

376.49

—

SD average6 barns · 1,470 hd

375.49

+1.01

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+19.33

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−120.14

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

38 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	750–800	782	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,002	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	839	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,089	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	644	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,816	7
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	266.24/cwt	255.00–270.00	2,220	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	250.99/cwt	249.00–253.00	2,276	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	347.87/cwt	338.00–352.50	2,352	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,035	10
Steers	Large 1	700–750	738	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,170	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	274.78/cwt	270.00–276.50	2,566	691
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	426.55/cwt	422.50–432.00	2,001	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	261.51/cwt	253.00–265.50	2,589	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	365.13/cwt	355.00–369.00	2,242	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	608	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,946	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,616	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	328.44/cwt	317.00–335.25	2,332	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,758	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	390.53/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,082	154
Steers	Large 1	600–650	600	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,932	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	279.72/cwt	272.00–291.00	2,165	374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	312.75/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,948	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	295.18/cwt	279.00–299.25	2,409	494
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	297.80/cwt	281.00–310.00	2,302	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	733	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,129	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,194	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	288.27/cwt	279.50–297.00	1,954	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	353.93/cwt	351.50–360.00	1,869	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	282.20/cwt	270.50–288.75	2,464	738
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	367.67/cwt	352.50–375.00	2,155	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	285.99/cwt	276.00–293.00	2,039	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	802	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,318	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	276.32/cwt	274.53–279.00	2,379	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	352.81/cwt	349.00–373.00	1,736	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	311.66/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,770	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	633	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,962	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	360.65/cwt	360.65–360.65	1,403	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	333.26/cwt	323.00–343.00	1,920	32

How this sale compares

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