Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light offering last week with few comparable weight classes, best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs 10.00 lower, 1050 to 1099 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers not well compared. Today's large offering consisted mostly of big, finishing type cattle selling in loads and strings and weaned and preconditioned fall calves selling in packages. Good to very good demand for cattle today, especially those lighter calves to background. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to heavy. A active market seen for this offering despite some volatility in the futures complex again. Widespread rain over the area over the weekend which was very much needed. Farmers are still planting both corn and beans and many cattle are out on grass. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 27.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $487.35/cwt on 80 head, down $9.70 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 25 comparable sales and sits −9.28 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$487.35

▼ 9.70 vs prior sale

80 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.57

vs SD average

+12.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	487.35	2,754	80

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 sale80 hd

487.35

—

SD average2 barns · 250 hd

508.93

−21.57

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+12.87

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−9.28

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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	3,347	56
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	320.25/cwt	320.25–320.25	3,286	226
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	317.35/cwt	315.50–328.00	3,418	362
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,175	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	3,593	53
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	331.40/cwt	324.00–333.75	3,410	487
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,433	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	478.73/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,552	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	387.45/cwt	369.50–398.50	2,770	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	362.13/cwt	352.00–368.75	3,190	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	534.60/cwt	530.00–537.50	2,518	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	469.47/cwt	468.00–470.00	2,826	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	3,180	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	934	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	444.53/cwt	428.00–449.00	2,921	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	334.07/cwt	323.00–339.00	2,906	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	401.68/cwt	393.00–408.00	2,711	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	481.80/cwt	477.00–485.00	2,770	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	351.67/cwt	336.00–358.00	2,880	368
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	420.22/cwt	406.00–429.00	2,652	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	605.55/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	376.40/cwt	365.00–378.00	2,831	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	506.48/cwt	498.00–521.00	2,689	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	425.87/cwt	418.00–449.00	3,105	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	367.25/cwt	367.25–367.25	3,324	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	309.10/cwt	303.50–310.00	3,060	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	329.21/cwt	319.50–335.50	3,262	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	454.25/cwt	443.00–480.00	2,603	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	548	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,521	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	410.39/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,803	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	942	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,944	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,618	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	512.05/cwt	492.50–520.00	2,432	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	329.20/cwt	329.00–331.00	2,979	75

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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