Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Best comparable test was on steers 1000-1049 lbs bringing 8.00 higher. Lighter test on heifers with few comparable trends but a higher undertone noticed. Demand good to very good for cattle to be finished. Flesh was on the lighter side and quality mostly attractive. Bidding was active throughout with more than a few home-raised strings on offer. CME Live and Feeder Cattle contracts posted higher today adding to the firmness in the market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.75/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −100.89 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$395.75

25 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,299

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.03

vs SD average

+23.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	395.75	2,299	25

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 sale25 hd

395.75

—

SD average3 barns · 210 hd

395.78

−0.03

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

+23.83

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−100.89

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

23 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	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	375.50/cwt	375.00–376.00	2,272	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	603	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,412	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	322.74/cwt	319.00–324.00	2,650	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,602	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,637	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	322.48/cwt	322.00–330.00	2,551	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	303.01/cwt	293.50–305.00	2,815	236
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,122	247.75/cwt	247.75–247.75	2,780	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	335.64/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,333	11
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	276.91/cwt	270.50–283.50	2,960	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	395.75/cwt	393.50–402.50	2,299	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	316.82/cwt	316.00–317.50	2,411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	309.82/cwt	295.00–311.00	2,506	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	332.85/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,210	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	353.04/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,203	60
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	293.07/cwt	282.00–294.75	2,966	949
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	291.37/cwt	288.50–294.00	2,587	63
Steers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,283	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,015	25
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,435	6
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,089	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,456	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,350	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,998	10

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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