Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearlings not well compared. Best test on steer calves 500 to 649 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 500 to 599 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearlings today. Still a few yearlings coming off grass, including today's feature string of 500 steers. The market is very active on these light to moderate fleshed cattle as supplies are almost at an end. Dry lot yearlings also see good demand as many would rather feed these than a bawling calf. Good demand for calves today. Most coming off the cow but a few weaned packages, weaned from 14 days and over. Varied flesh condition on calves, but mostly light to moderate plus. A few more creep fed calves this week. Many attractive calves to choose from, both in loads and packages to be put together. An active market with more optimism than seen last week even though the futures complex had a negative day. Weather remains very nice for this time of year, really nice conditions for cattle with quite a few cows still out on grass or grazing stalks. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 19. This will be the last feeder cattle sale before Thanksgiving.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.17/cwt on 685 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −50.47 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$446.17

685 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$56.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.97

vs SD average

+21.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	447.97	2,519	663
Medium and Large 1-2	589	391.78	2,308	22

One grade step is worth $56.19/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale685 hd

446.17

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SD average8 barns · 10,733 hd

439.20

+6.97

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+21.30

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−50.47

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

35 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	1050–1100	1,091	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,957	10
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	278.25/cwt	277.00–279.50	2,860	102
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	345.75/cwt	345.75–345.75	3,509	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,323	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	391.16/cwt	378.00–394.00	2,511	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	430.42/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,451	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	361.80/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,279	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	378.12/cwt	350.00–386.50	2,117	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	354.04/cwt	346.25–357.25	3,452	600
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	348.70/cwt	334.00–357.50	3,093	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	476.91/cwt	455.00–496.00	1,803	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	334.76/cwt	334.00–336.00	2,266	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	476.65/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,455	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	283.13/cwt	282.00–297.50	2,763	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	435.12/cwt	415.00–441.50	2,545	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	425.28/cwt	415.00–443.00	2,624	537
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	421.12/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,975	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	343.01/cwt	341.00–344.00	2,651	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	481.81/cwt	460.00–502.50	2,279	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	513	436.98/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,242	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	3,270	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	448.46/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,991	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	394.83/cwt	390.00–397.00	2,716	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,360	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,703	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,325	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	391.78/cwt	387.50–407.50	2,308	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	385.23/cwt	372.50–400.00	2,046	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	306.41/cwt	301.00–325.00	2,405	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	382.22/cwt	375.50–390.75	2,771	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	524.26/cwt	522.50–527.50	2,118	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	291.36/cwt	291.00–300.00	2,640	463
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	509.77/cwt	500.00–527.50	1,952	37

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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