Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling steers not well compared. Best test on yearling heifers 900 to 949 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher. No good comparisons on spring calves. Very good demand for yearlings today with those coming off grass seeing the best demand. Several strings of grass cattle available, mostly in light to moderate flesh and attractive in quality. A few consignments of lot cattle also, some in heavy flesh, but buyers are happy to own these cattle also, just with a price adjustment. A few spring calves on offer today, these met with good to very good demand. Mostly packages of calves with just a couple loads, flesh ranged from light to moderate plus. Buyers are very choosy on vaccinations and those calves without a solid shot record are discounted. Quality varied on calves, from plain to attractive. An active market with buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. The recent advances of the futures complex have put quite a bit of enthusiasm back in the market and buyers are wanting to have cattle on hand to market in the future, which looks very bright. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 22.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $422.35/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 4 of 27 comparable sales and sits −21.21 against this barn's trailing median of $443.56.

Average price

$422.35

62 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.88

vs SD average

+24.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	422.35	2,226	62

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

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 sale62 hd

422.35

—

SD average5 barns · 2,366 hd

444.23

−21.88

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

+24.49

This barn, trailing median27 sales

443.56

−21.21

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

36 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	1,012	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,823	23
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	306.84/cwt	301.00–320.00	3,167	19
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,478	58
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,220	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	3,135	152
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,173	9
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,689	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,255	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,546	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	515.79/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,166	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	422.35/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,226	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	353.09/cwt	329.00–357.25	3,100	402
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	353.37/cwt	351.50–354.00	2,905	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	3,016	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,577	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	575.49/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,922	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	625.75/cwt	607.50–640.00	1,984	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,806	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	392.81/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,844	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	563.42/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,383	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	520.56/cwt	503.00–537.50	2,702	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	326.08/cwt	304.00–329.25	3,163	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	540.69/cwt	539.00–560.00	2,612	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	362.13/cwt	359.00–364.25	3,404	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	371.28/cwt	363.00–374.50	3,260	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	390.84/cwt	384.50–394.00	3,217	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	363.20/cwt	349.75–367.50	3,512	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,974	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,761	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	446	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,107	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	751	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,418	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,294	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	854	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,682	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	346.74/cwt	321.00–351.00	3,218	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,995	82

How this sale compares

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