Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to a winter storm, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 650 to 749 lbs and 850 to 949 lbs mostly steady, 800 to 849 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 950 to 999 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared. Best test on heifers 650 to 849 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for this large offering. Many strings, loads, and packages available including quite a few strings of backgrounded cattle. Grass and backgrounding type cattle continue to have many outlets, most of these type of cattle sold in packages today. Many big cattle to choose from, flesh ranged from moderate to some heavy, with some mud on the cattle at times due to the recent moisture. Several opportunities to buy home raised replacement heifers and there were a few producers in the seats for these. Quality mostly average to attractive today. An active market with plenty of optimism which was further fueled by a jump in the board. The rain and snow last week have given producers some hope about grass conditions and they are determined to have the cattle to fill pastures. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.56/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −111.07 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$385.56

70 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.52

vs SD average

+31.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	385.56	2,157	70

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 sale70 hd

385.56

—

SD average5 barns · 548 hd

370.04

+15.52

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+31.26

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−111.07

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

34 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	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,527	39
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	265.89/cwt	256.50–272.25	2,712	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	251.05/cwt	250.00–253.00	2,074	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	911	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,387	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,310	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	266.73/cwt	265.00–267.50	2,201	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	770	263.61/cwt	261.00–266.00	2,030	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	322.72/cwt	315.00–331.00	1,833	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	341.58/cwt	334.00–347.00	1,804	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	278.93/cwt	277.25–285.50	2,586	630
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	280.87/cwt	271.00–287.50	2,166	826
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	355.42/cwt	353.00–360.00	1,699	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	304.74/cwt	293.00–311.00	2,008	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,364	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,913	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	289.31/cwt	281.00–298.75	2,390	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	401.23/cwt	394.00–407.00	2,135	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	306.26/cwt	298.75–310.00	2,367	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	312.98/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,931	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	267.14/cwt	257.00–277.00	2,201	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	266.90/cwt	257.00–274.00	2,301	492
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,451	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	373.81/cwt	366.00–395.00	2,168	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	340.44/cwt	335.00–351.00	2,169	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	329.09/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,218	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	293.75/cwt	291.75–295.00	2,130	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	320.21/cwt	313.00–329.00	2,309	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	696	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,116	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	286.83/cwt	284.00–288.00	2,263	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	797	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,343	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	706	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,146	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	287.16/cwt	278.00–293.00	2,507	550
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	274.07/cwt	266.50–279.00	2,653	604

How this sale compares

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