Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 799 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 800 to 899 lbs not well compared, 900 to 1049 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher. Best test on heifers 550 to 699 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher except 600 to 649 lbs not well compared, instances up to 15.00 higher on 650 to 699 lbs, 700 to 749 lbs and 850 to 899 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, 750 to 849 lbs mostly steady on a narrow comparison. Good to very good demand for feeder cattle today. Quite a few loads and multiple loads of bigger, finishing type cattle and mostly packages of lighter grass and backgrounding types. These lighter cattle are still very sought after, however, this week's offering lacked the loads of stand out grass type cattle seen last week. Flesh varied on bigger cattle, but mostly moderate plus to heavy, with cattle being both home raised and backgrounded. A few consignments of fall calves with almost all of these coming off the cow. An active market seen for this offering. Some parts of the country received rain the beginning of the week but in small amounts, most areas are still very dry. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.45/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −112.18 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$384.45

152 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.96

vs SD average

+10.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	384.45	2,141	152

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 sale152 hd

384.45

—

SD average4 barns · 356 hd

380.49

+3.96

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+10.43

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−112.18

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

43 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	550–600	576	345.30/cwt	335.00–348.00	1,989	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	321.19/cwt	313.00–326.00	2,152	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	284.84/cwt	277.00–296.00	2,227	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	272.23/cwt	272.00–275.00	2,374	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,697	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	385.46/cwt	378.00–393.00	2,182	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	335.55/cwt	323.00–347.00	2,191	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,020	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	364.66/cwt	348.00–370.00	2,275	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,762	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,789	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	426.73/cwt	412.00–437.50	1,967	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	303.21/cwt	297.00–309.50	2,471	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,163	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	288.69/cwt	284.50–291.75	2,659	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	288.83/cwt	280.00–296.75	2,510	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	269.13/cwt	260.00–274.75	2,627	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	449.57/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,587	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,125	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	316.93/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,981	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	352.65/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,703	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,033	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	299.33/cwt	292.00–307.00	2,209	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,693	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	761	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,306	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	336.50/cwt	330.00–359.00	1,770	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	266.67/cwt	257.50–272.50	2,435	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	275.27/cwt	274.50–276.00	2,310	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	922	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,494	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	2,473	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,807	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	882	2,527.11/head	2,480.00–2,540.00	2,527	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	842	2,469.44/head	2,460.00–2,480.00	2,469	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	802	291.03/cwt	290.00–293.00	2,334	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	315.05/cwt	306.50–328.00	2,435	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,604	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,977	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	332.58/cwt	316.00–340.00	2,378	77
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	270.64/cwt	265.25–273.75	2,755	363
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	756	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,276	9

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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