Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 699 lbs and 800 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 lower, 700 to 799 lbs and 950 to 999 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Heifers 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 749 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower. A very large offering of feeder cattle today met with moderate to good demand. Many loads, packages, and multiple loads of cattle, both home raised and backgrounded, most average to attractive in quality. Cattle which carried light to moderate flesh were easy to sell but those carrying quite a bit of flesh were a tough sell, and there were many of these fleshy cattle in today's offering. Some tag seen at times as yards are muddy with recent warm weather. A moderate to active market with plenty of buyers and farmers in the seats but the recent volatility in the futures complex has buyers being very cautious in procuring cattle. Cooler weather expected for the end of the week and weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 18.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $503.49/cwt on 128 head, up $6.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 25 comparable sales and sits +6.86 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$503.49

▲ 6.86 vs prior sale

128 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.48

vs SD average

+31.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	503.49	2,729	128

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale128 hd

503.49

—

SD average6 barns · 692 hd

501.02

+2.48

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+31.29

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+6.86

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

43 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	750–800	781	329.13/cwt	328.50–330.00	2,571	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	833	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,591	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	891	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,771	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	380.66/cwt	364.00–390.00	2,577	333
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	633	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,184	14
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,138	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	3,021	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,019	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	420.66/cwt	396.00–436.00	2,785	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	482.05/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,772	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	327.91/cwt	316.00–333.50	3,161	539
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	554.68/cwt	542.50–559.00	2,535	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	519.65/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,687	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	395.62/cwt	377.00–405.00	2,860	501
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	346.61/cwt	334.50–358.00	3,047	581
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	431.37/cwt	422.00–437.00	2,735	109
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	311.16/cwt	310.75–312.00	3,211	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	356.80/cwt	344.00–367.50	2,961	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	370.73/cwt	357.00–385.00	2,888	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	339.20/cwt	327.00–352.75	3,107	1,200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	330.53/cwt	323.00–338.00	2,892	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,398	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	496.37/cwt	483.00–510.00	2,194	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	892	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,899	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,800	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	939	320.22/cwt	318.00–321.50	3,007	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	361.44/cwt	352.50–374.00	2,657	316
Steers	Large 1	750–800	781	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,726	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,724	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	400.49/cwt	381.00–413.00	2,499	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	423.11/cwt	407.00–446.00	2,399	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	826	356.03/cwt	349.00–362.50	2,941	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,543	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	768	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,842	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,312	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	328.76/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,702	400
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,174	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	529.90/cwt	522.50–535.00	1,886	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	345.70/cwt	336.00–353.00	2,710	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,354	40
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,171	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	3,109	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	493.07/cwt	479.00–509.00	2,258	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,552	68

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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