Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Saturday Weaned Calf sale today, compared to Wednesday's regular feeder cattle sale: steer calves 450 to 549 lbs 20.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs not well compared, 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifer calves 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 7.00 higher. Good to very good demand for calves today. Many packages in this offering with just a handful of loads, all long time weaned and fully preconditioned. Quality was average to attractive overall and flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus with some fill seen at times. An active market with a nice crowd of buyers and farmer feeders for this off day sale. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, December 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $460.30/cwt on 288 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −36.34 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$460.30

288 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$32.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.73

vs SD average

+31.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	461.90	2,526	274
Medium and Large 1-2	564	429.00	2,420	14thin

One grade step is worth $32.90/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale288 hd

460.30

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SD average8 barns · 4,435 hd

448.57

+11.73

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+31.15

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−36.34

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

29 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 1Fleshy	550–600	563	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,061	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,832	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	429.41/cwt	425.00–432.50	1,662	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	376.32/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,337	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	404.41/cwt	387.50–415.00	2,119	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	350.13/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,531	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	372.12/cwt	365.00–381.50	2,850	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	354.82/cwt	344.00–361.00	2,941	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,280	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	520.08/cwt	512.00–530.00	2,190	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	470.63/cwt	455.00–484.00	2,527	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	404.99/cwt	390.00–413.50	2,722	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	489.51/cwt	475.00–502.50	1,674	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,250	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	505.42/cwt	495.00–522.50	2,340	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	639	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,467	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,560	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	390.32/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,834	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	442.14/cwt	432.50–453.00	2,516	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	403.43/cwt	395.00–416.00	1,949	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	415.69/cwt	395.00–431.00	2,556	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	338.37/cwt	330.00–342.25	2,605	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,136	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	393.90/cwt	385.00–403.00	2,265	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	353.21/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,405	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	608	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,462	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	743	364.25/cwt	364.00–366.00	2,706	80

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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