Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 699 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 700 to 899 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 500 to 549 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 16.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs not well compared, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. A large offering of loads and packages again this week. Very good demand for cattle suitable for grass or backgrounding programs, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Flesh condition similar to last week, from moderate to heavy, with some fill seen at times. One consignment of backgrounded cattle today with the rest being home raised, long time weaned and vaccinated. An active market with mostly order buyers and not as many farmer feeders in the seats this week. Temperatures have warmed up considerably and this nicer weather is expected to continue for the next week or more. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.03/cwt on 190 head, up $17.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 25 comparable sales and sits +17.39 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$514.03

▲ 17.54 vs prior sale

190 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$60.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.81

vs SD average

+31.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	517.87	2,824	178
Medium and Large 1-2	596	457.00	2,724	12thin

One grade step is worth $60.87/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale190 hd

514.03

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SD average6 barns · 1,304 hd

492.22

+21.81

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+31.00

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+17.39

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

38 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	600–650	618	423.72/cwt	404.00–442.00	2,619	404
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,244	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	368.48/cwt	366.50–374.00	2,808	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,853	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	350.75/cwt	350.00–351.50	2,859	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	437.38/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,524	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	396.98/cwt	386.00–404.75	3,077	494
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	502.48/cwt	489.00–520.00	2,829	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	402.51/cwt	389.50–416.50	2,938	721
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,398	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	536.31/cwt	520.00–562.00	2,810	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	571.22/cwt	567.00–590.00	2,690	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	457.67/cwt	443.00–470.00	2,870	509
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,943	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	321.71/cwt	314.00–330.00	3,291	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,535	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	370.50/cwt	369.00–373.50	3,242	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	356.95/cwt	355.00–362.50	3,309	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,186	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	428.68/cwt	421.00–449.00	2,898	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	865	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	3,118	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,322	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,750	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	379.12/cwt	363.00–384.00	3,109	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	774	371.27/cwt	371.00–373.00	2,874	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	739	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,854	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	489.19/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,397	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,724	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	427.15/cwt	427.00–427.50	2,708	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	376.35/cwt	369.00–387.00	2,736	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	737	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,059	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,062	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	462.37/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,469	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	807	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,849	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	864	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,093	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	457.74/cwt	456.00–460.00	2,252	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	389.61/cwt	375.00–412.00	2,645	223

How this sale compares

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