Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 10.00 higher except 800 to 849 lbs not well compared, 950 to 999 lbs 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. A nice line up of feeders again this week. Several backgrounded strings as well as loads and packages of home raised cattle on offer, including a few replacement heifers. Similar to recent weeks, light fleshed cattle for backgrounding and replacement heifers see very good demand, finishing type cattle see good to very good demand depending on flesh. A mostly mild winter has made it fairly easy for cattle to gain and some cattle are carrying quite a bit of flesh. A few inches of snow mixed with temps in the 40's and 50's this week have made yards muddy again, most cattle showed some tag from these conditions. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats again this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $496.64/cwt on 267 head, up $4.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 25 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$496.64

▲ 4.32 vs prior sale

267 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$38.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs SD average

+21.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	503.09	2,838	222
Medium and Large 1-2	587	464.80	2,728	45

One grade step is worth $38.29/cwt here — about $110 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 sale267 hd

496.64

—

SD average6 barns · 1,149 hd

498.34

−1.70

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+21.08

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+0.00

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

34 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 1Replacement	800–850	806	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	799	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,589	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	731	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,661	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	626	383.99/cwt	380.00–386.00	2,404	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,251	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	361.24/cwt	346.00–368.50	2,782	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	390.39/cwt	383.00–406.00	2,623	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	455.62/cwt	434.00–477.00	2,875	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	355.28/cwt	340.00–366.75	3,098	744
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	389.03/cwt	368.00–402.50	3,011	623
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	526.29/cwt	520.00–539.00	2,710	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	369.61/cwt	360.00–373.25	2,990	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	997	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,160	64
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	322.18/cwt	311.00–323.50	3,264	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	494.69/cwt	490.00–516.00	2,879	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	350.15/cwt	346.00–354.25	3,190	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	434.68/cwt	421.00–440.50	2,899	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	338.19/cwt	324.50–346.00	3,321	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	480.59/cwt	470.00–482.50	2,225	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,241	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,307	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	464.80/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,728	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	418.70/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,634	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	749	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,809	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,825	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	417.77/cwt	402.50–423.00	2,243	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	551.74/cwt	550.00–553.00	2,626	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	409.60/cwt	388.00–420.00	2,929	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	323.85/cwt	323.00–325.00	2,633	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	465.20/cwt	431.00–477.50	2,433	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	383.44/cwt	368.00–392.00	2,772	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	437.99/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,466	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	761	3,189.09/head	3,050.00–3,230.00	3,189	86

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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