Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances up to 25.00 lower, 950 to 1049 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared. Very good demand for yearling cattle today. This offering included several strings of fancy steers and heifers coming off grass as well as many packages of tested open heifers. Flesh on grass cattle mostly light to moderate. A few loads and packages of yard cattle again this week, flesh varied from moderate to some heavy flesh at times. A couple packages of spring calves in town, these were met with mostly good demand with just a few buyers interested, most operations are not quite ready for spring calves yet. Both weaned and unweaned calves, most with at least one round of shots. An active market seen for this offering. A few places getting ready to begin silage harvest but much of the corn crop is not quite ready yet. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 17.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.71/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −18.93 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$477.71

18 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+31.26

vs SD average

+64.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	477.71	2,494	18thin

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 sale18 hd

477.71

—

SD average3 barns · 108 hd

446.45

+31.26

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+64.19

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−18.93

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

32 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	311.32/cwt	309.00–314.00	3,160	70
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,254	5
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,165	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,994	17
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,611	162
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,111	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,655	108
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	351.14/cwt	341.00–354.00	3,568	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,962	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	351.51/cwt	350.00–354.00	3,223	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,418	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	484.18/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,077	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,886	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,458	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	335.59/cwt	321.00–341.00	2,913	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,596	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	543.37/cwt	530.00–552.50	2,049	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,071	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	334.57/cwt	319.75–335.75	3,055	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	355.74/cwt	348.50–358.75	3,444	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	328.47/cwt	312.00–332.25	3,209	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	383.30/cwt	376.00–391.50	3,055	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	477.71/cwt	465.00–487.50	2,494	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	353.57/cwt	350.50–355.25	3,108	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	355.44/cwt	347.00–359.50	2,890	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,688	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	832	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,754	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	498	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	964	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,152	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,398	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	361.83/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,688	26

How this sale compares

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