Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2025-08-13

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 13
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,522 head
171 vs last sale 2,351 639 vs year ago 1,883 · +33.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported last week due to light receipts, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs steady on a narrow comparison, 950 to 999 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Best test on heifers 900 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Very good demand for cattle today with best demand seen for cattle off grass and light cattle. A few packages and many loads and strings, both out of yards and off grass. Flesh varied quite a bit, from light to some heavy flesh on yard cattle. Quality mostly average to attractive. An active market with plenty of interest in buying multiple loads when offered. Despite some volatility in the futures complex, buyers remain extremely optimistic and want to keep pens full and take advantage of this record setting market. Timely rains have kept crops and grass growing nicely. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $431.00/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 8 of 27 comparable sales and sits 8.21 against this barn's trailing median of $439.21.
Average price
$431.00
48 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.17
vs SD average
+60.88 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623431.002,68548
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

27 sales
479454430405median 439.2112/1702/0403/2505/1307/22
Steers 600–700 lb: high $464.54, low $419.25, median $439.21 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
431.00
SD average2 barns · 63 hd
421.83
+9.17
National average149 barns · 7,289 hd
370.12
+60.88
This barn, trailing median27 sales
439.21
−8.21
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

18 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 1950–1000981320.88/cwt320.50–322.003,148236
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726348.69/cwt347.00–349.002,53171
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,42629
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000984322.35/cwt317.50–328.253,172551
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900860353.07/cwt346.00–356.503,036173
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721393.28/cwt388.00–396.002,836118
SteersLarge 11000–10501,046305.25/cwt305.25–305.253,19356
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900864331.64/cwt321.00–335.002,865343
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950940324.43/cwt322.00–325.253,050248
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950927328.52/cwt319.00–343.003,045114
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,68548
SteersLarge 11100–11501,140309.32/cwt307.25–310.003,526133
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,004308.00/cwt308.00–308.003,09222
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,094294.50/cwt294.50–294.503,22219
HeifersLarge 11150–12001,192246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,93213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900854316.50/cwt316.50–316.502,70378
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000979301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,94759
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy900–950910300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,73030

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.