Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 649 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 749 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, 800 to 999 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 649 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 699 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, other weight classes not well compared. Good to very good demand for another large offering of feeder cattle. Less grass and backgrounding type cattle this week and more finishing type cattle, with quite a few being backgrounded cattle from last fall. Flesh condition varied, from moderate to heavy, more flesh overall than seen last week. Buyers still discriminate for flesh condition, however, quality was quite attractive today and they are willing to overlook some extra flesh for the right kind of cattle. An active market for the offering. The area remains dry, however, there is a chance of snow this weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.05/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −118.59 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$378.05

163 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$29.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.49

vs SD average

+14.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	384.00	2,097	130
Medium and Large 1-2	574	354.61	2,034	33

One grade step is worth $29.39/cwt here — about $63 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 sale163 hd

378.05

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SD average4 barns · 744 hd

375.56

+2.49

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+14.07

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−118.59

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

37 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 1-2	500–550	549	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,790	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	275.24/cwt	265.00–280.00	2,246	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	308.53/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,947	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,736	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	346.05/cwt	332.50–352.00	1,685	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	350.21/cwt	342.50–366.00	2,168	148
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,751	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	333.86/cwt	324.00–341.00	2,264	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	279.29/cwt	270.25–290.50	2,578	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,061	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	668	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,897	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	299.98/cwt	290.50–306.00	2,472	735
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	315.06/cwt	305.75–321.00	2,294	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	395.85/cwt	390.00–409.00	2,047	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	270.32/cwt	263.25–273.25	2,638	473
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	352.73/cwt	352.50–353.00	2,102	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,088	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	377.51/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,122	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,140	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	287.17/cwt	277.50–293.25	2,513	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,254	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,632	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,705	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	405.37/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,958	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	278.61/cwt	269.00–286.00	2,145	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	296.19/cwt	287.50–307.00	2,275	284
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	359.41/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,527	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	343.37/cwt	334.00–352.00	1,834	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	823	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,350	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	286.29/cwt	273.00–296.00	2,099	542
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	817	281.11/cwt	280.00–283.00	2,297	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	299.30/cwt	290.00–307.00	2,023	630
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,489	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	269.77/cwt	262.00–272.50	2,323	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	327.42/cwt	324.50–332.50	1,906	262

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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