Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900-999 lbs 16.00-20.00 higher. Best test on heifers 900 to 949 lbs 7.00 higher on a narrow comparison. Demand good today especially so on cattle coming right off grass. Flesh conditions mostly on the lighter side. Sale mostly consisted of large, uniform loads. Quality attractive with a few packages of average cattle thrown in. Very active bidding on the bigger loads offered where options to buy were offered. Cattle rally continued today on the CME cattle futures contracts with most contract months scoring new highs. Demand remains exceptionally high for feeders with all this support in the cattle complex.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $357.83/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −37.09 against this barn's trailing median of $394.92.

Average price

$357.83

23 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$12.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.65

vs SD average

−5.36 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	772	362.00	2,795	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	714	350.00	2,499	8thin

One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about $296 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

30 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $425.87, low $357.00, median $394.92 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

357.83

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SD average5 barns · 273 hd

367.47

−9.65

National average138 barns · 6,493 hd

363.19

−5.36

This barn, trailing median30 sales

394.92

−37.09

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

14 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 1	1000–1050	1,018	336.23/cwt	335.00–337.50	3,423	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	331.56/cwt	328.00–331.75	3,040	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	311.14/cwt	310.50–319.50	2,978	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,695	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,795	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	342.31/cwt	341.50–342.50	3,368	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,536	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,499	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	344.65/cwt	332.50–347.50	3,188	400
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,815	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,920	6
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,144	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,340	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	320.29/cwt	316.00–321.50	3,321	18

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.

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