Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 and 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady, 900 to 999 lbs unevenly steady. Best test on heifers 700 to 849 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for cattle today depending on flesh condition. The majority of today's offering was loads and strings of backgrounded cattle and a few consignments of replacement quality heifers. Flesh condition varied, with a few consignments in heavy flesh, most cattle in moderate to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied more than last week, from plain to attractive. An active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats and a few producers interested in replacements. Many opportunities to buy multiple loads of cattle again this week which buyers took advantage of. Fat cattle prices have exceeded expectations and feeders are anxious to fill empty pens and take advantage of this market. Quite a bit of the area saw rain on this week, grass is growing rapidly and corn planting is underway. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.63/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −109.01 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$387.63

83 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.78

vs SD average

+13.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	389.53	2,177	79
Large 1	511	350.00	1,789	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.53/cwt here — about $388 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale83 hd

387.63

—

SD average7 barns · 775 hd

392.40

−4.78

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+13.20

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−109.01

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

46 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 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,086	245.56/cwt	244.00–246.00	2,667	59
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,030	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,616	85
Steers	Large 1	500–550	511	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,789	4
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	576	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,901	20
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,111	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,544	9
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	501	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,691	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	326.36/cwt	324.00–329.00	2,033	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	357.47/cwt	346.00–360.00	1,891	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,616	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,320	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	325.92/cwt	322.00–327.00	2,158	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	2,546	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	295.99/cwt	280.00–304.00	2,303	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	278.42/cwt	265.00–289.50	2,272	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,845	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	350.97/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,029	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	279.42/cwt	272.00–287.25	2,607	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	355.43/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,200	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,887	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	407.71/cwt	400.00–411.00	2,153	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	297.53/cwt	287.00–307.00	2,151	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	282.50/cwt	273.00–288.00	2,458	439
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,459	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	335.35/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,119	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,054	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	721	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,163	11
Steers	Large 1	600–650	625	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,119	23
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	252.23/cwt	250.50–254.00	2,676	101
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	271.66/cwt	268.50–275.00	2,790	468
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,202	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	345.29/cwt	329.00–350.00	2,334	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	866	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,035	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	983	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,261	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	730	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,022	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	381.92/cwt	367.00–393.00	2,227	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,516	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	272.98/cwt	270.50–280.50	2,637	344
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,791	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,008	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	291.64/cwt	275.00–295.75	2,564	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	331.90/cwt	327.00–338.50	2,360	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	306.29/cwt	301.50–310.25	2,512	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	860	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,511	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	835	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,472	44

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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