Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 650 to 999 lbs mostly steady except 700 to 749 lbs not well compared, instances up to 10.00 higher on 650 to 699 lbs. Best test on heifers 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for feeder cattle again this week, very good demand for replacement heifers. Similar to last week, flesh condition varied, from light to some heavy flesh at times. Many loads, multiple loads, and packages to choose from, mostly average to attractive in quality. An active market seen for this offering. Winter weather expected for the rest of the week and into the weekend with areas seeing freezing rain, snow or both and wind. Many producers are calving and preparing for this bout of weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 8. Happy Easter!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $523.56/cwt on 64 head, up $38.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 25 comparable sales and sits +26.93 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$523.56

▲ 38.30 vs prior sale

64 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$354

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

$33.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.90

vs SD average

+40.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	528.85	2,869	54
Medium and Large 1-2	508	495.00	2,515	10thin

One grade step is worth $33.85/cwt here — about $354 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 sale64 hd

523.56

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SD average6 barns · 817 hd

502.67

+20.90

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+40.38

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+26.93

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

37 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	800–850	843	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,698	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	977	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,745	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	391.61/cwt	370.00–402.00	2,596	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	354.08/cwt	344.50–368.00	2,758	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,100	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	331.88/cwt	331.00–333.00	2,911	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	545.30/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,852	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	451.39/cwt	432.00–470.00	2,839	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	380.20/cwt	366.00–389.00	3,114	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	324.10/cwt	318.50–347.50	3,189	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	362.58/cwt	345.00–367.50	3,169	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	348.35/cwt	339.00–356.25	3,243	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,833	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,882	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,790	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	393.54/cwt	391.50–399.00	2,605	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	386.68/cwt	375.00–398.00	3,012	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	807	2,888.29/head	2,875.00–2,950.00	2,888	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	426.09/cwt	419.00–446.00	2,889	159
Steers	Large 1	650–700	651	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,611	20
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	328.49/cwt	318.25–334.25	3,360	698
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,355	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	471.60/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,429	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	414.11/cwt	401.00–424.00	2,953	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	789	2,885.00/head	2,885.00–2,885.00	2,885	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	337.62/cwt	333.00–354.00	2,775	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	859	3,195.84/head	2,925.00–3,300.00	3,196	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	429.75/cwt	421.00–438.00	2,510	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	913	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,940	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	398.00/cwt	382.50–424.00	2,488	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	372.82/cwt	359.50–386.00	2,695	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,309	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,219	38

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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