Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 799 lbs and 850 to 899 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower on 750 to 799 lbs, 800 to 849 lbs and 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher on 800 to 849 lbs. Heifers 600 to 699 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 700 to 749 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. A very large offering of home raised and backgrounded cattle this week including quite a few home raised replacement quality heifers. Very good demand for light fleshed backgrounding or grass type cattle and replacement heifers, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Many strings, loads and packages of attractive cattle available in varied flesh condition, from light to heavy. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats with a few farmers interested in replacements. Many producers are in the thick of calving. Warm temps this week have dried out pen and yard conditions. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 1.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.26/cwt on 265 head, down $9.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −11.38 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$485.26

▼ 9.27 vs prior sale

265 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$42.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs SD average

+7.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	488.77	2,742	243
Medium and Large 1-2	576	446.47	2,572	22

One grade step is worth $42.30/cwt here — about $170 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 sale265 hd

485.26

—

SD average4 barns · 538 hd

487.50

−2.24

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+7.17

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−11.38

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

35 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	500–550	519	443.55/cwt	427.50–462.00	2,302	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	350.08/cwt	350.00–351.50	2,731	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	527.10/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,282	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,960	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	415.64/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,610	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	424.46/cwt	410.00–433.00	2,487	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	335.59/cwt	324.50–346.75	3,218	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	428.26/cwt	417.50–436.00	2,916	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	439.02/cwt	437.50–440.00	2,586	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	531.40/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,535	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	381.70/cwt	368.00–396.00	2,989	787
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	506.06/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,723	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	360.20/cwt	348.00–367.50	3,101	689
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	473.74/cwt	456.00–485.00	2,752	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	355.13/cwt	347.00–358.00	3,289	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,891	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,146	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,722	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	368.43/cwt	359.00–388.25	3,006	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,686	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	780	2,950.03/head	2,875.00–2,975.00	2,950	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	405.43/cwt	394.00–427.00	2,935	648
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	917	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,989	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	960	313.68/cwt	310.00–320.50	3,011	240
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	313.75/cwt	313.75–313.75	3,319	38
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,283	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	332.71/cwt	322.00–355.00	2,725	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	460.46/cwt	451.00–470.00	2,906	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	374.47/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,726	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	382.02/cwt	374.00–394.00	2,602	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	473.89/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,218	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	807	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,970	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	738	3,077.16/head	2,900.00–3,150.00	3,077	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	674	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,683	6

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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