Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steers calves 450 to 499 lbs and 550 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 18.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs and 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady, yearling steers 1000 to 1049 lbs 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 450 to 549 lbs 20.00 to 25.00 higher, yearling heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for yearlings and calves. One long string of steers and several loads from other consignors made up a nice yearling offering. Flesh ran from moderate to heavy with quality mostly attractive. Many packages and quite a few loads of calves today. A couple weaned consignments but the majority of calves are still coming off the cow. Flesh on calves varied as some calves are getting fed a little better with their cows than others, cold weather has come and caused a little stress on these calves. Most calves had at least one full round of shots in the fall. An active market with a better attitude than before the holidays as the board has had a few more positive days to give buyers and producers a little hope again. Very cold windchills are expected for tonight and much of the area received quite a bit of snow over the holiday last week, winter is here. Special Weaned calf sale on Saturday, December 6, and regular feeder cattle sale on Wednesday, December 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.77/cwt on 524 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −60.87 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$435.77

524 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$41.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.20

vs SD average

+6.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	444.20	2,460	418
Medium and Large 1-2	556	402.53	2,239	106

One grade step is worth $41.67/cwt here — about $221 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 sale524 hd

435.77

—

SD average3 barns · 1,129 hd

435.57

+0.20

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+6.62

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−60.87

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 1	1000–1050	1,023	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	3,028	58
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,151	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	3,211	14
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	322.19/cwt	320.00–326.25	3,299	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	671	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,349	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,848	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	507.38/cwt	500.00–512.50	1,619	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	382.10/cwt	367.50–395.00	2,178	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	413.05/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,189	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	3,176	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	406.40/cwt	402.50–412.50	1,516	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	439.32/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,038	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	443.52/cwt	427.00–462.50	1,903	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	491.18/cwt	467.50–501.00	2,358	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	421.46/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,638	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	590.37/cwt	585.00–592.50	1,895	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	539.17/cwt	517.50–552.50	2,011	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,601	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	446.17/cwt	433.00–462.50	2,396	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	329.91/cwt	327.75–334.00	3,065	478
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	513.64/cwt	499.00–520.00	2,121	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	329.88/cwt	329.75–330.00	2,939	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	402.97/cwt	401.00–404.50	2,652	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	441.48/cwt	427.00–468.00	2,547	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	437.58/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,127	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	408.92/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,122	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	327.83/cwt	320.00–338.00	2,062	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	396.37/cwt	392.00–407.00	2,347	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	373.23/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,336	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,472	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	367.69/cwt	349.00–379.00	2,239	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,778	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	319.04/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,847	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	366.93/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,912	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	400.56/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,843	41

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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