Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2025-09-17

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
3,500 head
1,085 vs last sale 2,415 247 vs year ago 3,253 · +7.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 899 lbs and 950 to 999 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 1000 to 1049 lbs steady. Heifers 900 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearlings again this week. The majority of the offering came right off grass and included quite a few strings and many loads. Flesh condition mostly light to moderate. A few consignments of cattle out of yards, quality and flesh condition made buyers more reserved bidders on these. An active market but slightly less enthusiasm than seen in recent weeks. Lower feeder and live cattle markets again today putting some pressure on the market. Rain forecasted for the rest of the week, silage harvest is in progress. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 24.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.50/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 81.06 against this barn's trailing median of $443.56.
Average price
$362.50
12 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
29.00
vs SD average
+2.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536362.501,94312thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
474446419392median 443.5612/1702/0403/2505/1307/22
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $459.70, low $406.00, median $443.56 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
362.50
SD average2 barns · 20 hd
391.50
−29.00
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
+2.84
This barn, trailing median27 sales
443.56
−81.06
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

28 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 1400–450419460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,92719
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900889338.99/cwt332.00–340.253,014639
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000954338.00/cwt338.00–338.003,22560
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,58732
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800793388.75/cwt387.00–390.003,08317
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850820371.70/cwt364.00–376.503,04835
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850824354.16/cwt346.00–357.502,918228
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750732377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,7607
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900883324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,86111
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500450420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8906
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700683379.03/cwt377.00–381.002,58912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800795332.81/cwt325.00–341.002,64643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,94312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850849332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,81915
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950928347.99/cwt345.50–350.753,229115
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900891353.41/cwt349.50–361.003,149216
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000989351.97/cwt350.00–356.753,481421
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,53315
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650606393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,38243
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800776341.20/cwt337.50–350.002,64881
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950914336.42/cwt332.50–340.253,075304
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000965329.93/cwt318.00–334.003,184309
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900854316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,69958
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1100–11501,123300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,36921
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,047313.00/cwt313.00–313.003,27710
SteersLarge 11100–11501,103330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,640112
SteersLarge 11050–11001,095327.11/cwt321.50–330.003,58285
SteersLarge 11000–10501,015350.00/cwt345.00–354.253,553257

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.