Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2025-05-28

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 28
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,600 head
432 vs last sale 2,168 425 vs year ago 2,175 · +19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 lbs mostly steady and 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers not well compared as many heifers last week were replacements sold by the head. Good to very good demand for finishing type cattle today depending on flesh condition, very good demand for lighter, backgrounding and grass type cattle, especially those selling in load lots. Many loads to choose from, sometimes a couple loads to a cut. Flesh varied with some cattle carrying quite a bit of flesh and also some fill seen at times. A little mud on the cattle with the recent rains and muddy lot conditions. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. An active market seen for this offering. Customer appreciation sale next Wednesday, June 4, expecting around 4000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $383.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 113.64 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.
Average price
$383.00
19 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,160
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
35.91
vs SD average
+8.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564383.002,16019thin
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
538509481452median 496.6412/1702/0403/1804/2906/17
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 sale19 hd
383.00
SD average3 barns · 216 hd
418.91
−35.91
National average120 barns · 5,578 hd
374.14
+8.86
This barn, trailing median25 sales
496.64
−113.64
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673313.94/cwt310.00–319.002,11317
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850831291.13/cwt281.00–297.502,419319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,2716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450436347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,51511
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650611350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1397
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000972278.46/cwt273.75–283.002,707531
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550546339.88/cwt336.00–343.001,85622
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900891288.81/cwt275.50–291.502,573214
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900888296.63/cwt292.75–302.502,634209
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950927273.07/cwt257.00–275.002,531149
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620325.82/cwt319.00–330.002,02037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800780307.58/cwt307.00–308.002,39929
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,76411
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750709346.44/cwt327.00–349.002,45697
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950917292.85/cwt289.00–293.752,68574
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850824299.70/cwt297.00–303.002,470121
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800767288.52/cwt283.00–294.002,21394
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576342.80/cwt340.00–346.001,97541
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800774329.89/cwt321.50–337.502,553127
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,16019
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700662350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3179
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,78315
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750705312.49/cwt309.00–316.002,20310
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450449400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7965
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700693325.50/cwt325.50–325.502,25612
SteersLarge 11000–10501,014270.32/cwt265.50–272.502,74188
SteersLarge 11050–11001,086254.40/cwt249.00–260.502,76372

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.