Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 750 to 1049 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher except 800 to 849 lbs not well compared, instances up to 15.00 higher on 750 to 799 lbs. Best test on heifers 750 to 799 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher on a narrow comparison. Very good demand for all classes of cattle today. Many finishing type cattle on offer again this week, most selling in loads and strings, in moderate to heavy flesh. Quality on loads mostly average to attractive, more plain to average cattle featured in packages. An active market with buyers eager to own cattle as cash fat cattle saw sales of 257.00 earlier in the week and the futures complex has shown strong momentum this week as well. There is much enthusiasm for the fall marketing season again and buyers are determined to have cattle on hand. Cooler weather this week with some much needed rainfall in some areas. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.41/cwt on 53 head, down $15.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 25 comparable sales and sits −6.22 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$490.41

▼ 15.41 vs prior sale

53 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$90.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.89

vs SD average

+9.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	529.83	2,946	30
Large 1	595	439.00	2,612	23

One grade step is worth $90.83/cwt here — about $334 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 sale53 hd

490.41

—

SD average5 barns · 810 hd

505.30

−14.89

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+9.39

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−6.22

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

34 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	685	395.13/cwt	376.00–399.00	2,707	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,226	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,289	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	342.05/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,993	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	371.04/cwt	364.00–381.00	2,850	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	462.16/cwt	458.00–470.00	2,477	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,845	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	411.70/cwt	408.00–428.00	3,034	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	346.83/cwt	341.00–350.50	3,413	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	461.81/cwt	440.00–465.00	3,080	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	534.94/cwt	525.00–545.00	2,889	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	393.20/cwt	380.00–395.00	3,205	75
Steers	Large 1	850–900	895	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,927	5
Steers	Large 1	750–800	794	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,985	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	418.37/cwt	404.00–422.00	3,192	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	363.98/cwt	358.00–366.50	3,232	285
Steers	Large 1	550–600	595	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,612	23
Steers	Large 1	800–850	849	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	3,116	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,217	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	832	2,990.00/head	2,990.00–2,990.00	2,990	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	522.17/cwt	510.00–528.00	3,029	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,794	6
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,108	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,518	51
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	345.30/cwt	343.50–348.00	3,488	480
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	357.31/cwt	340.00–363.75	2,916	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,482	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	359.84/cwt	351.50–370.00	3,336	558
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	380.60/cwt	376.00–383.00	2,984	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	364.59/cwt	362.00–369.00	2,457	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	444.69/cwt	427.50–457.50	2,579	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	384.79/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,840	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	411.27/cwt	409.00–415.00	2,607	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	3,030	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	821	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,972	13

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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