Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 749 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances up to 20.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, 800 to 899 lbs not well tested this week for comparison, 900 to 1049 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower on 950 to 999 lbs. Best test on heifers 600 to 649 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 799 lbs not well compared. Very good demand for a large selection of light, backgrounding type cattle offered today. Many packages, loads, and several strings available, both home raised and backgrounded, and those with grass potential are extremely sought after to fill pastures as supplies of these type of cattle get tighter every week. Good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition, more flesh overall than seen last week. Many attractive cattle to choose from again this week and quite a few opportunities to buy multiple loads of same weight cattle in a string which buyers took advantage of. An active market overall and a very active market on loads of grass type cattle. The last week has been extremely windy and any moisture received from the previous winter weather has disappeared, these dry conditions remain a huge concern heading into grazing season. Farmers have begun field work. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 23. Have a Happy Easter!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.51/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −105.12 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$391.51

167 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$33.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.17

vs SD average

+26.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	399.91	2,157	125
Medium and Large 1-2	540	366.51	1,981	42

One grade step is worth $33.40/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale167 hd

391.51

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SD average6 barns · 952 hd

387.35

+4.17

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

+26.75

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−105.12

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

39 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	850–900	863	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,196	39
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,155	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,541	10
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,099	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,467	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,397	33
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,122	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,519	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	333.82/cwt	322.00–337.50	1,946	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	378.56/cwt	368.00–388.00	2,177	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	346.53/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,516	426
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	275.27/cwt	266.00–282.75	2,568	661
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,103	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,675	60
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,086	241.61/cwt	240.50–242.50	2,624	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	444.51/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,916	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	752	341.06/cwt	335.25–347.00	2,565	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	352.25/cwt	338.00–359.00	2,381	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	357.82/cwt	348.00–368.00	2,236	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	692	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,249	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	804	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,243	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	260.79/cwt	250.25–265.25	2,637	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,116	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	279.45/cwt	272.50–284.00	2,417	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	604	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,319	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	337.38/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,785	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	294.73/cwt	288.00–302.50	2,134	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	319.10/cwt	310.00–328.00	2,001	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	301.83/cwt	283.50–307.75	2,484	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	370.11/cwt	365.00–379.00	1,936	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	311.03/cwt	304.00–318.50	2,442	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	275.38/cwt	264.00–278.25	2,261	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	307.35/cwt	295.00–311.00	2,062	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	285.15/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,221	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	411.51/cwt	390.00–419.00	2,140	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	263.14/cwt	254.00–265.50	2,568	575
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	415.77/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,008	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	265.64/cwt	257.50–268.50	2,330	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	366.26/cwt	356.00–374.00	1,721	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	390.69/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,660	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,314	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	938	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,387	71

How this sale compares

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