Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 849 steady to 3.00 higher, 850 to 999 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher, 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well tested today for comparison. A large offering this week featuring many strings and loads of finishing type cattle, mostly bought and backgrounded but a few of these were home raised also. Good to very good demand depending on flesh condition as some cattle carried quite a bit of flesh. A handful of loads and many packages of light backgrounding and grass type cattle offered which were met with very good demand. Now that grass turn out is here, and there was moisture to get the grass started, producers are determined to finish buying cattle to fill pastures. Quality varied throughout the day, but mostly average to attractive with some plainer cattle in packages. Buyers were a little more choosy this week picking through loads and taking one or two instead of all loads in a cut when offered, however, the market was still very active with buyers determined to own cattle. Warm temperatures and windy days have dried quite a bit of the moisture previously received. Corn planting is progressing rapidly. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.98/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −119.66 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$376.98

109 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$79.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

vs SD average

−1.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	411.09	2,276	62
Medium and Large 1-2	580	331.98	1,925	47

One grade step is worth $79.11/cwt here — about $350 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 sale109 hd

376.98

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SD average3 barns · 135 hd

380.12

−3.14

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−1.81

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−119.66

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 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,147	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,799	34
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	268.40/cwt	267.00–274.75	2,735	349
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	266.56/cwt	264.50–268.25	2,839	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	994	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,589	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	797	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,275	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	335.21/cwt	325.00–348.00	2,078	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	298.40/cwt	291.25–303.00	2,599	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	286.48/cwt	276.75–292.75	2,636	805
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	327.79/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,540	348
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	388.57/cwt	382.50–392.00	1,892	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	354.85/cwt	347.00–357.50	2,438	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	341.17/cwt	338.00–344.50	2,473	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	274.22/cwt	267.00–284.00	2,676	1,134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	299.03/cwt	289.00–309.50	2,306	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	311.02/cwt	306.25–316.50	2,292	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	761	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,420	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	309.70/cwt	307.50–313.25	2,555	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,909	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,868	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	391.37/cwt	378.00–395.00	2,297	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	374.79/cwt	362.00–385.00	1,949	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	331.98/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,925	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,004	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,684	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	435.04/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,232	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	325.27/cwt	319.00–331.00	2,189	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	283.93/cwt	283.00–288.00	2,365	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	360.81/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,085	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	844	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,507	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	379.46/cwt	374.00–384.00	2,322	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,313	20

How this sale compares

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