Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 899 lbs and 950 to 1049 lbs unevenly steady. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for a lighter offering this week. A couple backgrounded strings on offer as well as loads and packages of home raised cattle, many of these were packages of fall calves. Less flesh overall than seen last week, most cattle today in light to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. An active market especially on light, backgrounding type calves. Very hot and windy conditions the past few days have really dried the country out. Rain is forecasted for the next few days and is much needed, especially for pastures and hayfields. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 21.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.39/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −96.24 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$400.39

63 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$71.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.00

vs SD average

+15.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	406.03	2,170	58
Medium and Large 1-2	563	335.00	1,886	5thin

One grade step is worth $71.03/cwt here — about $284 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 sale63 hd

400.39

—

SD average4 barns · 782 hd

422.39

−22.00

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+15.79

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−96.24

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

36 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	850–900	883	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,472	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	270.45/cwt	265.50–273.25	2,515	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	348.50/cwt	342.00–360.00	2,004	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	291.94/cwt	290.75–294.00	2,575	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	328.96/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,102	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	317.78/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,120	29
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,119	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	2,851	54
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	277.99/cwt	275.75–278.75	2,808	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	802	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,214	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	371.59/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,765	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	298.61/cwt	291.00–299.00	2,508	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	304.46/cwt	289.00–308.50	2,220	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	475.01/cwt	467.50–485.00	2,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	435.50/cwt	430.00–442.00	2,095	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	275.46/cwt	271.00–280.00	2,520	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	425.10/cwt	412.50–428.00	2,185	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	289.53/cwt	273.00–294.00	2,279	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	737	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,410	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	346.38/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,321	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	330.05/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,403	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	368.08/cwt	358.00–379.00	2,304	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	309.66/cwt	305.00–319.50	2,567	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	276.53/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,724	533
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,006	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,369	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	332.07/cwt	327.00–334.00	2,238	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	291.75/cwt	291.75–291.75	2,398	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	293.57/cwt	291.00–297.50	1,958	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	383.34/cwt	377.50–388.00	2,005	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	374.82/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,129	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,981	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,229	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	336.31/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,816	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,443	7

How this sale compares

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