Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling cattle too lightly tested today for comparison. Best test on steer calves 500 to 599 lbs 20.00 lower with instances up to 40.00 lower on 550 to 599 lbs, 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 699 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for both yearlings and calves today. A light yearling offering with a few cattle still coming off grass in light to moderate flesh and the rest out of yards with flesh ranging from moderate plus to heavy. Yearling quality less attractive overall than last week. A nice offering of spring calves with many loads and packages available including some packages of weaned calves. Flesh varied, but mostly light to moderate plus. A few consignments without full preconditioning which sell at the bottom end of the price spectrum or at a discount as the majority of the calves today had a full shot record. A moderate market with another day of limit losses on the futures complex adding to the uncertainty of the market. Buyers are unsure what price to give for calves as the value changes so rapidly, all the earlier confidence from late summer and fall has gone. Corn harvest is starting to wrap up. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.17/cwt on 342 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −64.47 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$432.17

342 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,384

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$28.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.06

vs SD average

+13.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	435.25	2,416	305
Medium and Large 1-2	523	406.79	2,128	37

One grade step is worth $28.46/cwt here — about $289 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 sale342 hd

432.17

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SD average9 barns · 7,863 hd

460.23

−28.06

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+13.07

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−64.47

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

39 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	1,003	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,708	65
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,297	116
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	275.35/cwt	273.50–281.00	2,877	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,616	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	566	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,547	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	893	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,500	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	455.39/cwt	437.50–482.50	2,163	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	450.38/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,684	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,439	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,808	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	400.05/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,488	457
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	366.83/cwt	330.00–375.00	2,278	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	389.12/cwt	370.00–399.00	2,603	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	376.73/cwt	356.00–380.50	2,859	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	332.36/cwt	323.00–337.00	2,602	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	354.14/cwt	351.50–380.00	2,408	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	416.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,411	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	838	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,413	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	456.12/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,907	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	591	455.32/cwt	415.00–477.50	2,691	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	636	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,417	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	328.20/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,235	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,747	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	368.42/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,376	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	454.57/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,400	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	907	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,512	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	352.64/cwt	337.00–380.00	2,056	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	418.08/cwt	400.00–437.50	1,986	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	435.38/cwt	430.00–462.50	1,859	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	980	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,666	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	377.93/cwt	366.00–380.50	2,687	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	307.38/cwt	304.00–308.00	2,643	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	454	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,095	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	382.73/cwt	367.50–397.50	1,986	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,860	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,978	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	406.79/cwt	392.50–412.50	2,128	37

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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