Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 950 to 999 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, 1000 to 1099 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers not well compared. Good demand for yearlings this week with best demand for those light fleshed yearlings off grass. Quite a few strings and loads again this week including some of the same consignors as last week as they gather from different areas. A few loads and packages of feedlot cattle, flesh ranged from moderate to heavy with some tag at times. Many packages of tested open heifers coming off grass that buyers could put together and make loads. Quite a bit of variation of quality again this week, from plain to attractive. A single consignment of spring calves offered and met with moderate demand, most yards are not ready to take on calves yet. An active market seen for this offering. Producers are busy with harvest, both bean and silage harvest are going quickly. Many fields are wet from rains two weeks ago making it harder to get around and get loads out. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 8, the customer appreciation sale which will include both yearlings and spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.50/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −83.14 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$413.50

24 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.17

vs SD average

−9.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	436.00	2,341	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	391.00	2,194	12thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale24 hd

413.50

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SD average4 barns · 304 hd

440.67

−27.17

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−9.15

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−83.14

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

27 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 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,005	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,940	57
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,117	316.47/cwt	309.50–319.00	3,535	280
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	342.03/cwt	325.50–346.25	3,519	425
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	346.25/cwt	346.25–346.25	3,677	216
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	868	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,734	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	297.09/cwt	290.00–309.00	3,078	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	355.31/cwt	353.50–355.75	3,287	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	346.51/cwt	346.00–347.00	3,444	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	350.47/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,909	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,341	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	391.50/cwt	391.50–391.50	2,971	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,194	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	3,180	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	327.89/cwt	317.00–337.25	3,187	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	372.67/cwt	364.00–374.50	3,216	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,607	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,068	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	334.47/cwt	326.00–337.25	3,154	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,246	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,880	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	932	308.30/cwt	306.00–310.50	2,873	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	869	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,772	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,729	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,975	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,646	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,860	7

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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