Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 750 to 899 lbs 7.00 to 15.00 higher with instances up to 20.00 higher on 750 to 799 lbs, 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 600 to 799 lbs 6.00 to 15.00 higher. Good demand for packages and loads featured in today's offering of feeder cattle. Quality similar to last week, from average to attractive, but less flesh overall than seen last week. A few more greener, backgrounding or grass type cattle in the mix today. An active market with buyers still being cautious, but a bit more positive than last week. A winter storm over the weekend left some snow and cold temperatures but this weekend has temps in the 70's forecasted, quite a swing in weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $494.53/cwt on 57 head, down $8.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 25 comparable sales and sits −2.10 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$494.53

▼ 8.96 vs prior sale

57 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$4.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.46

vs SD average

+22.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	494.97	2,816	52
Medium and Large 1-2	519	490.00	2,543	5thin

One grade step is worth $4.97/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale57 hd

494.53

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SD average7 barns · 527 hd

486.07

+8.46

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+22.41

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−2.10

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

31 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	900–950	946	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,829	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,154	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	312.74/cwt	312.00–313.00	2,902	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	326.16/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,668	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	345.26/cwt	344.00–347.00	2,472	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,489	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	360.35/cwt	346.00–372.50	3,135	619
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	536.95/cwt	536.00–540.00	2,588	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,918	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	492.57/cwt	478.00–504.00	2,827	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	441.52/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,786	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,760	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	356.66/cwt	344.00–374.75	2,903	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,229	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,385	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	402.71/cwt	396.00–413.00	2,900	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	398.86/cwt	370.00–406.50	3,031	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	447.42/cwt	440.00–456.00	2,336	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	444.49/cwt	429.00–458.50	2,565	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	649	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,602	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,881	46
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	332.52/cwt	328.50–333.50	3,432	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	391.35/cwt	382.00–403.00	2,669	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	345.47/cwt	330.00–352.00	3,203	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	419.96/cwt	400.00–431.00	2,608	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	365.60/cwt	356.00–380.00	2,691	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	353.91/cwt	343.50–359.00	2,729	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	320.84/cwt	311.00–327.00	2,772	147

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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