Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: a lighter offering with different weight classes than last week, best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Lower undertones noted on heifers. A couple strings, quite a few loads, and many packages in today's offering. Lighter cattle to grass or background see very good demand, good to very good demand for finishing types depending on flesh condition. Flesh on bigger cattle mostly moderate to heavy, backgrounding type cattle in mostly light to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied quite a bit on packages, loads lots mostly average to attractive in quality. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats today exhibiting slightly more caution procuring cattle than seen last week. Much corn has been planted and the area is in need of rain. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $497.06/cwt on 19 head, down $12.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 25 comparable sales and sits +0.42 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$497.06

▼ 12.50 vs prior sale

19 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.37

vs SD average

+23.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	497.06	2,710	19thin

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 sale19 hd

497.06

—

SD average4 barns · 657 hd

508.42

−11.37

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+23.36

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

+0.42

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

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	401.99/cwt	401.00–403.00	2,987	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	3,185	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	346.75/cwt	346.75–346.75	3,291	65
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	318.42/cwt	318.00–318.75	3,433	279
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,517	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	380.22/cwt	367.00–389.00	2,726	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	3,148	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	422.90/cwt	408.00–437.00	2,910	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	441.49/cwt	434.00–460.00	2,490	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	326.33/cwt	326.25–326.50	3,009	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,788	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	484.16/cwt	477.50–490.00	2,692	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	344.70/cwt	339.00–346.00	3,385	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	376.72/cwt	375.75–383.50	3,149	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	434.12/cwt	408.00–439.00	3,108	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,810	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	407.09/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,483	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	357.94/cwt	346.00–369.00	2,763	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	395.27/cwt	392.00–400.00	2,719	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	329.56/cwt	319.00–336.00	2,841	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	416.32/cwt	406.00–420.00	2,440	33

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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