Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 899 lbs and 950 to 999 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher on 850 to 899 lbs, 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady, 1000 to 1049 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers not well compared. Very good demand for this offering. Like last week, most of the cattle offered were big, finishing types selling in loads and strings. Several loads and packages of replacement heifers in the mix and these are easy to sell as turn out time is here. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to heavy. An active market with buyers interested in multiple loads to fill pens. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $509.56/cwt on 34 head, up $19.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 25 comparable sales and sits +12.92 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$509.56

▲ 19.14 vs prior sale

34 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.51

vs SD average

+22.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	509.56	2,876	34

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 sale34 hd

509.56

—

SD average3 barns · 118 hd

498.04

+11.51

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+22.01

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+12.92

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 1Fleshy	650–700	693	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,737	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	793	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,815	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	408.70/cwt	400.00–414.00	2,751	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,412	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	318.19/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,966	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	353.71/cwt	341.00–360.50	3,410	806
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	402.63/cwt	394.50–420.00	3,124	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	370.81/cwt	357.00–382.50	3,252	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	427.81/cwt	424.00–436.00	3,076	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	896	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,127	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	671	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,899	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	392.14/cwt	388.00–400.00	3,231	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,867	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	505.71/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,903	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	359.74/cwt	351.50–366.50	3,317	404
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	338.17/cwt	324.00–350.00	2,962	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,439	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,889	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	444.52/cwt	430.00–459.00	2,854	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	831	3,023.51/head	2,885.00–3,140.00	3,024	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	362.64/cwt	360.50–364.00	3,057	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	353.21/cwt	349.00–362.00	2,840	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	438.55/cwt	436.00–442.50	2,592	50
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	337.76/cwt	334.50–342.50	3,462	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	465.69/cwt	459.00–469.00	3,046	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,500	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	384.17/cwt	370.00–393.00	2,797	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	364.86/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,857	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	417.85/cwt	397.50–433.00	2,586	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	883	3,050.66/head	2,970.00–3,230.00	3,051	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	758	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	76

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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