Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 950 to 999 lbs 18.00 to 20.00 lower, yearling heifers not well compared. Steer calves 500 to 599 lbs 26.00 to 30.00 lower. Heifer calves 500 to 549 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower on a narrow comparison, 550 to 599 lbs 10.00 lower. Good demand for yearlings today with best demand seen for those few yearlings still coming off grass in light to moderate flesh. A few strings and quite a few loads of yearlings on offer with about one third of these coming off grass. Yard cattle in moderate plus to heavy flesh at times. Moderate to good demand for calves. Similar to last week, there was quite a variation in calf quality and combined with vaccination history determined how much interest buyers had in purchasing calves. Some are willing to take a chance on an unvaccinated calf but for quite a bit less money. Mostly packages of calves today with just a few loads, the majority coming off the cow. A mostly active market on yearlings, moderate to active on calves. Both live and feeder cattle futures posted decent gains today but so much of the earlier confidence has been shaken and buyers and farmer feeders are very cautious about procuring calves in this uncertain market. Corn harvest is chugging away with much of the corn needing to be dried as it comes off the field. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $459.07/cwt on 588 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −37.56 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$459.07

588 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$43.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.07

vs SD average

+29.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	468.82	2,552	456
Medium and Large 1-2	571	425.40	2,427	132

One grade step is worth $43.42/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale588 hd

459.07

—

SD average11 barns · 12,183 hd

464.14

−5.07

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+29.35

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−37.56

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

45 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	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	335.75/cwt	335.75–335.75	3,028	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	415.82/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,988	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	452.92/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,880	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,058	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	418.24/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,455	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,747	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	562	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,670	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	539.42/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,384	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,397	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,604	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,592	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	406.69/cwt	382.50–415.00	2,554	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	433.51/cwt	415.00–447.50	2,471	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,325	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	479.60/cwt	467.00–502.50	2,527	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	455.27/cwt	435.00–471.00	2,577	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	622	335.23/cwt	332.00–338.00	2,085	21
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	348.75/cwt	348.75–348.75	3,515	56
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	299.14/cwt	294.00–299.50	3,165	122
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	323.53/cwt	317.50–330.50	3,297	109
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,040	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	3,115	18
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,081	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,416	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,247	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,704	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	341.32/cwt	340.50–343.75	2,860	245
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,158	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,047	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,263	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,748	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,044	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	443.12/cwt	422.50–462.50	2,349	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	345.54/cwt	331.00–354.50	3,386	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,204	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	413.26/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,752	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,293	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	394.20/cwt	369.00–407.00	2,614	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	387.48/cwt	387.00–388.00	2,720	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	331.09/cwt	330.00–332.00	3,208	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	412.33/cwt	385.00–425.00	2,152	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,896	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,111	26

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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