Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling steers not well compared, best test on yearling heifers 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Good to very good demand for yearling cattle today. Both grass and yard cattle in the offering including several strings of heifers off grass. Quality on packages varied with a few more plain cattle in the mix, loads and packages mostly average to attractive. Grass cattle in light to moderate flesh, lot cattle in moderate to heavy. The first offering of spring calves today which were met with good to very good demand with best demand for a reputation ranch which sells on this sale every year. Most calves were off the cow and had varied preconditioning, or some calves had no work done at all. Price spreads reflect calves having no vaccinations. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus on calves. An active market for this Customer Appreciation BBQ sale. Both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today. Many are still very busy with fall work. Beans harvest is moving quickly and some corn harvest has started. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 15.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $449.06/cwt on 203 head. That ranks 20 of 27 comparable sales and sits +5.50 against this barn's trailing median of $443.56.

Average price

$449.06

203 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$386

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

$79.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.54

vs SD average

+64.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	451.40	2,421	197
Medium and Large 1-2	547	372.00	2,035	6thin

One grade step is worth $79.40/cwt here — about $386 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

27 sales

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 sale203 hd

449.06

—

SD average7 barns · 729 hd

426.51

+22.54

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

+64.67

This barn, trailing median27 sales

443.56

+5.50

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

44 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	1,029	302.13/cwt	297.00–306.00	3,109	14
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,458	51
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	296.87/cwt	295.00–305.00	3,215	21
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,156	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,537	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,787	182
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	326.96/cwt	310.00–329.75	3,051	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	377.78/cwt	372.00–386.00	2,391	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	357.28/cwt	352.50–362.50	2,601	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,101	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	387.71/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,156	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,001	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	475.44/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,864	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,793	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	468.70/cwt	417.50–495.00	2,522	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	460.37/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,053	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	446.89/cwt	426.00–451.00	2,833	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	323.84/cwt	307.00–329.75	3,177	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	357.47/cwt	356.00–365.00	2,474	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,068	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,440	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	322.30/cwt	314.00–324.50	2,885	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	441.54/cwt	400.00–462.50	2,106	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,973	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	386.91/cwt	381.00–410.00	2,844	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,035	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	339.07/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,855	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,175	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,319	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	479	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,467	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,691	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,713	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	352.47/cwt	347.00–363.50	2,897	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	358.83/cwt	343.00–361.00	3,319	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	549.00/cwt	549.00–549.00	2,558	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,223	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,053	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,116	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,848	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	543	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,639	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	992	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	3,318	236

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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