Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2026-08-19

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 19
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Aug 12Aug 19latest
Receipts
814 head
742 vs last sale 1,556 583 vs year ago 1,397 · 41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering today to compare with last week and develop an accurate price trend. A handful of loads and packages made up today's offering which was met with mostly good demand. A few cattle off grass but the majority were out of yards, flesh condition ranged from moderate to moderate plus. Quality mostly average to attractive. Market was mostly active with a few less buyers in the crowd today. The CME futures complex remains volatile and there is a great deal of uncertainty in the market, made even worse with the fall run so close. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, August 26.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
700–800 lb heifers averaged $341.00/cwt on 27 head, down $36.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits 27.74 against this barn's trailing median of $368.74.
Average price
$341.00
36.50 vs prior sale
27 head · 780 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.60
vs SD average
+20.02 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1780341.002,66027
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

31 sales
406378350322median 368.7412/1702/1104/0806/0308/19
Heifers 700–800 lb: high $391.76, low $336.20, median $368.74 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
341.00
SD average3 barns · 230 hd
323.40
+17.60
National average59 barns · 1,479 hd
320.98
+20.02
This barn, trailing median31 sales
368.74
−27.74
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

12 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,049284.50/cwt284.50–284.502,9844
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,075292.00/cwt292.00–292.003,13910
SteersLarge 11100–11501,138287.00/cwt287.00–287.003,26613
SteersLarge 11000–10501,028307.25/cwt303.50–308.503,15996
SteersLarge 11050–11001,061303.29/cwt299.50–307.003,218111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000953286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,7269
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800780341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,66027
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000973312.00/cwt312.00–312.003,03643
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900896309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,76965
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950904308.41/cwt304.75–310.002,788305
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800772357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,75621
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950916320.50/cwt320.50–320.502,93632

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.