Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: steer calves 450 to 499 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs 20.00 to 30.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs and 750 to 849 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 10.00 higher on 550 to 599 lbs, other weight classes not well compared. Best test on heifer calves 550 to 599 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 600 to 699 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Very good demand for today's large offering of feeder cattle. Most of the offering was home raised and long time weaned and vaccinated with many packages, loads, and a few multiple load cuts available. Many attractive cattle to choose from in mostly moderate to moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh and fill seen at times. An active market with many buyers and farmer feeder in the seats determined to own cattle. Many producers like to wait until the new year to start filling pens for grass programs and are now ready to do so. Temperatures have been mild for January making good feeding conditions aside from some mud. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 14.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $517.56/cwt on 508 head, up $31.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 25 comparable sales and sits +20.92 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$517.56

▲ 31.90 vs prior sale

508 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$9.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.53

vs SD average

+51.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	517.99	2,817	486
Medium and Large 1-2	510	508.00	2,591	22

One grade step is worth $9.99/cwt here — about $226 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 sale508 hd

517.56

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SD average2 barns · 1,139 hd

500.03

+17.53

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+51.23

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+20.92

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	341.87/cwt	321.00–350.00	2,649	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,124	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	532.31/cwt	516.00–567.50	2,779	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	337.68/cwt	335.50–339.00	3,259	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,088	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	420.21/cwt	405.50–430.00	2,845	496
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	310.25/cwt	310.25–310.25	3,189	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,984	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	545.90/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,927	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	397.39/cwt	375.00–412.00	2,492	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	572.14/cwt	545.00–579.00	2,666	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,712	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,101	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,250	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	501.45/cwt	482.50–517.50	2,427	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	357.56/cwt	340.25–361.00	3,064	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	486.87/cwt	462.00–505.00	2,761	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,591	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	354.51/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,957	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	451.43/cwt	420.00–467.00	2,839	445
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,111	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,439	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	402.04/cwt	377.00–414.00	2,915	492
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	374.99/cwt	363.00–380.75	3,064	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	423.88/cwt	400.00–442.50	2,425	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	375.65/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,923	440
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	510.43/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,185	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	367.40/cwt	350.00–375.50	2,660	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	341.08/cwt	322.00–343.00	2,957	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,884	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	467.96/cwt	438.00–483.00	2,485	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	747	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,734	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	333.26/cwt	327.00–337.00	2,729	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	1,898	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	388.79/cwt	379.00–391.00	2,582	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	464.21/cwt	450.00–497.50	2,242	77

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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