Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Yearling steers not well compared this week, best test on yearling heifers 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Best test on steer calves 550 to 599 lbs 20.00 to 25.00 higher, best test on heifer calves 500 to 549 lbs 20.00 higher. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves today. Several strings of yearling steers and heifers featuring multiple loads as well as packages and loads made up a nice yearling offering. Flesh mostly moderate plus to heavy. Many, many packages and loads of calves in today's offering. Just under half of the offering was weaned, from long time weaned to just a couple weeks. Flesh ranged from light to heavy with some fill seen at times. Some tag on the calves as the warmer weather has created muddy yard conditions. Quality was mostly average to attractive and most of the calves were fully preconditioned. An active market with buyers and farmer feeders determined to get cattle bought before the holiday break. Much warmer temps have arrived and melted almost all the snow and ice and these milder temps are expected thru Christmas. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2025, next feeder cattle sale will be a special feeder cattle sale on Saturday, January 3, 2026 , with the regular sale on Wednesday, January 7. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.41/cwt on 637 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −30.23 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$466.41

637 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$45.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.33

vs SD average

+22.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	474.38	2,616	526
Medium and Large 1-2	559	428.64	2,395	111

One grade step is worth $45.74/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale637 hd

466.41

—

SD average5 barns · 2,512 hd

468.73

−2.33

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+22.31

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−30.23

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

53 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 1Full	400–450	423	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,832	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	626	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,332	14
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	3,029	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,874	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,548	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	529	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,169	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	516.34/cwt	492.50–532.50	2,236	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,175	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	448	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,554	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	525.69/cwt	512.50–537.50	2,481	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	340.91/cwt	327.50–349.50	3,184	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	527.78/cwt	517.50–533.00	2,006	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	496.86/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,594	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	417.13/cwt	390.00–429.00	2,795	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	370.98/cwt	366.00–374.00	3,046	119
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	3,384	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	447.39/cwt	420.00–462.50	2,371	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	461.28/cwt	447.00–477.00	2,634	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	425.75/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,708	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,605	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	476.29/cwt	457.50–487.50	1,996	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	597	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,394	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	335.76/cwt	324.50–340.00	3,274	567
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,165	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,936	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	401.08/cwt	377.50–410.50	2,876	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	440.70/cwt	422.00–462.50	2,283	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	453.10/cwt	445.00–467.50	2,166	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	292.94/cwt	291.75–303.00	2,885	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	400.84/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,501	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,803	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	406.55/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,147	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	370.62/cwt	357.00–376.00	2,465	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	308.71/cwt	304.00–318.00	2,328	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	314.49/cwt	314.00–316.00	2,591	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	304.83/cwt	303.00–305.00	2,868	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	344.99/cwt	343.00–349.00	2,467	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	497.68/cwt	470.00–507.50	1,692	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	624	401.09/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,503	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	414.08/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,398	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	823	348.96/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,872	39
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,039	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,117	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	585	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,603	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	458.04/cwt	443.00–472.50	1,974	104
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	333.65/cwt	324.50–336.75	3,440	404
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	484.72/cwt	480.00–502.50	1,876	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	463	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,084	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	305	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	583	437.87/cwt	437.50–438.00	2,553	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,881	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,549	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	708	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,620	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,445	14

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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