Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent feeder cattle sales to compare to and develop an accurate price trend. Special Saturday feeder cattle sale today, the first feeder sale of the new year. Good to very good demand for this nice offering featuring many packages and quite a few loads of calves and a string of yearling steers. Most of the calves were long time weaned and had at least one round of fall shots. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate to moderate plus. A nice crowd of buyers and farmer feeders made for an active market. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.66/cwt on 356 head, up $19.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −10.98 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$485.66

▲ 19.25 vs prior sale

356 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$50.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+33.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	495.94	2,726	283
Medium and Large 1-2	575	445.80	2,565	73

One grade step is worth $50.14/cwt here — about $161 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 sale356 hd

485.66

—

SD average1 barns · 356 hd

485.66

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

+33.50

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−10.98

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

37 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,219	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	441.76/cwt	430.00–459.00	2,584	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	427.15/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,802	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	576.23/cwt	562.50–580.00	2,167	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,525	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	497.02/cwt	481.00–505.00	2,758	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	493.80/cwt	489.00–520.00	2,662	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	377.42/cwt	366.50–386.50	2,906	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	377.55/cwt	362.00–391.00	2,726	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	331.75/cwt	331.75–331.75	3,261	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,138	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	537.25/cwt	526.00–547.50	2,530	79
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	336.25/cwt	336.25–336.25	3,618	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,088	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,810	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	562	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,220	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	377.84/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,573	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	504.62/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,600	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,249	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	425.40/cwt	405.00–432.00	2,191	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	389.12/cwt	381.00–405.00	2,463	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	373.85/cwt	353.00–378.00	3,051	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	438.92/cwt	421.00–445.00	2,778	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	460.82/cwt	452.00–480.00	2,230	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,814	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	471.25/cwt	470.00–472.50	2,422	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	490.40/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,114	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	325.77/cwt	317.50–335.00	2,671	208
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	337.49/cwt	336.25–338.75	3,449	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	488.09/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,840	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	348.43/cwt	328.00–356.75	3,059	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	362.77/cwt	354.00–368.00	2,637	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	443.69/cwt	427.50–455.00	2,134	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,790	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	419.74/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,397	106

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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