Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 949 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 lower except 850 to 899 lbs not well compared, instances up to 16.00 lower on 900 to 949 lbs. Best test on heifers 650 to 749 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances to 20.00 lower on 700 to 749 lbs. A large offering of feeder cattle featuring many loads and packages of home raised cattle and several strings and loads of backgrounded cattle. Good demand for finishing and backgrounding cattle depending on flesh condition, very good demand for replacement quality heifers. Similar to recent weeks, flesh condition varied greatly, from moderate to heavy. Market activity moderate to active. Most of the bidders today were order buyers, even on replacement heifers, fewer farmer feeders in attendance this week. Much better weather than last week to get cattle to market, and quite a few cattle in town today that couldn't make it in last weeks' weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.32/cwt on 145 head, down $25.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 25 comparable sales and sits −4.32 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$492.32

▼ 25.36 vs prior sale

145 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$52.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.24

vs SD average

+5.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	497.78	2,811	130
Medium and Large 1-2	598	445.00	2,661	15thin

One grade step is worth $52.78/cwt here — about $149 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 sale145 hd

492.32

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SD average6 barns · 1,193 hd

500.56

−8.24

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+5.30

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−4.32

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

41 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	600–650	640	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,256	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	872	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	365.94/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,536	19
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,894	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	370.61/cwt	355.00–383.00	2,672	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	347.26/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,688	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	384.96/cwt	373.00–396.50	3,014	475
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,605	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,414	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	366.13/cwt	356.50–379.25	3,043	512
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,661	15
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	321.72/cwt	315.00–335.50	3,259	403
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	344.29/cwt	334.00–350.00	3,164	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	336.57/cwt	317.00–355.50	3,285	578
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	474.00/cwt	455.00–481.00	2,906	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	681	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	501.50/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,658	30
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	3,243	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	431.45/cwt	412.00–437.00	2,934	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	357.05/cwt	350.00–365.00	3,106	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	396.74/cwt	382.00–410.00	2,900	389
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	781	377.19/cwt	370.00–394.50	2,946	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	496.66/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,856	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	878	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,990	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	742	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	784	3,060.00/head	3,060.00–3,060.00	3,060	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	815	3,031.31/head	2,785.00–3,250.00	3,031	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	528.68/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,331	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	925	315.71/cwt	315.50–318.00	2,920	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	463.52/cwt	450.00–482.50	2,429	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	410.85/cwt	390.00–437.50	2,539	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	393.10/cwt	383.00–405.00	2,669	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	802	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,008	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	300.66/cwt	295.00–301.50	2,922	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	605	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,698	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	437.37/cwt	427.50–447.00	2,528	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	327.95/cwt	325.25–334.00	2,866	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,485	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,219	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,799	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	342.52/cwt	324.00–347.00	2,798	349

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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