Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 999 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Best test on heifers 700 to 799 lbs mostly steady. Big finishing type cattle selling in strings and loads made up the majority of today's large offering which was met with good to very good demand. Both home raised and backgrounded cattle available with many opportunities to buy several loads of same weight cattle to fill pens. Many attractive cattle to choose from in flesh ranging from moderate to heavy. Some tag on the cattle as recent snow and rain has lots and yards muddy again. Replacement heifers saw very good demand again this week. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 15.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $497.02/cwt on 46 head, down $26.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 25 comparable sales and sits +0.38 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$497.02

▼ 26.54 vs prior sale

46 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.87

vs SD average

+6.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	497.02	2,893	46

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 sale46 hd

497.02

—

SD average2 barns · 106 hd

484.15

+12.87

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+6.19

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+0.38

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

30 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	650–700	662	404.95/cwt	403.00–413.00	2,681	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	351.59/cwt	343.00–360.50	2,908	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	334.05/cwt	331.25–337.50	3,120	367
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,251	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,423	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,963	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	461.89/cwt	451.00–463.00	2,956	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	497.02/cwt	487.00–511.00	2,893	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	447.47/cwt	426.00–459.00	2,962	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	418.42/cwt	404.00–440.50	3,046	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	374.94/cwt	370.00–384.50	3,082	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	383.35/cwt	381.00–385.00	2,986	12
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,531	60
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	332.51/cwt	332.00–332.75	3,392	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	351.84/cwt	339.50–361.75	3,283	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	366.00/cwt	360.00–375.00	3,232	946
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	345.75/cwt	332.50–348.75	3,350	951
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	598.20/cwt	585.00–605.00	2,728	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	822	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	3,263	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	907	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,120	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	778	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	856	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	829	3,162.28/head	3,100.00–3,230.00	3,162	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	888	351.17/cwt	345.00–352.25	3,118	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	418.74/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,684	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	359.14/cwt	347.50–370.00	2,765	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	381.10/cwt	373.00–394.00	2,771	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	340.95/cwt	324.00–344.75	2,949	675
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	429.06/cwt	426.00–440.00	2,527	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	470.78/cwt	464.00–485.00	2,514	35

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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