Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, other weight classes of steers not well compared. Best test on heifers 850 to 899 lbs mostly steady. Another large offering featuring mostly big cattle selling in strings and loads, a few packages of lighter cattle thrown in. Very good demand for light cattle to background, there are not many of these around this time of year. Good to very good demand for big cattle. Flesh and quality mostly attractive today. An active market with buyers wanting to fill empty pens while there is still a supply of feeder cattle to be had. A fairly quiet day today on the futures complex. The area has been getting some nice rains and grass and crop conditions are looking good so far. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.21/cwt on 25 head, up $2.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 25 comparable sales and sits −8.43 against this barn's trailing median of $496.64.

Average price

$488.21

▲ 2.93 vs prior sale

25 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−29.70

vs SD average

+29.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	488.21	2,737	25

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 sale25 hd

488.21

—

SD average4 barns · 209 hd

517.91

−29.70

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+29.16

This barn, trailing median25 sales

496.64

−8.43

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

28 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	600–650	633	455.16/cwt	442.50–476.00	2,881	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	329.76/cwt	326.00–330.00	3,001	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	354.14/cwt	346.50–357.50	3,311	428
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,693	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	401.50/cwt	401.50–401.50	3,063	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	443.86/cwt	425.00–459.00	2,335	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	443.37/cwt	439.00–444.00	2,585	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	333.11/cwt	324.00–338.00	2,938	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	372.96/cwt	364.00–377.00	2,831	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	830	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,959	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	950	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,140	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	912	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,101	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,094	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,706	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	387.36/cwt	379.00–390.00	2,634	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,899	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	476.98/cwt	472.00–490.00	2,766	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	415.34/cwt	392.00–422.50	2,974	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	336.87/cwt	333.00–337.50	2,836	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	348.82/cwt	338.25–356.75	3,384	810
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	379.47/cwt	370.00–385.00	3,127	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	371.64/cwt	354.50–375.75	3,207	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,644	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	799	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,721	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	985	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,241	13
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	326.42/cwt	325.00–327.25	3,467	83
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,147	49
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,121	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	3,116	15

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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