Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs and 1050 to 1099 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 900 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to very good demand for cattle coming off grass and mostly good demand for cattle out of yards. A couple long strings and packages of tested opens made up most of the grass offering, a couple short strings and individual loads made up the yard cattle. Flesh on grass cattle light to moderate, moderate to some heavy flesh on yard cattle. The market was mostly active with buyers taking multiple loads of cattle quite often, however, conditions remain dismal as the futures complex continues to fall off and outgoing fat cattle bring far less than anticipated. Some yearlings are coming off grass due to dry conditions as grass has run out. Silage harvest is heavily underway. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 9.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $342.00/cwt on 10 head, down $4.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −52.92 against this barn's trailing median of $394.92.

Average price

$342.00

▼ 4.54 vs prior sale

10 head · 789 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.58

vs SD average

+10.59 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	789	342.00	2,698	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

30 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $425.87, low $342.00, median $394.92 across 30 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 sale10 hd

342.00

—

SD average4 barns · 72 hd

345.58

−3.58

National average123 barns · 4,421 hd

331.41

+10.59

This barn, trailing median30 sales

394.92

−52.92

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

13 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	950–1000	964	323.31/cwt	321.25–324.75	3,117	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	319.10/cwt	314.00–324.75	2,980	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	295.14/cwt	290.00–302.50	2,881	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	317.63/cwt	314.00–322.00	2,624	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	332.35/cwt	323.00–336.50	2,230	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	306.55/cwt	305.75–307.75	2,817	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,515	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,667	9
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	294.54/cwt	284.00–296.50	3,143	364
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,143	280.75/cwt	280.75–280.75	3,209	153
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	298.77/cwt	296.50–301.00	3,036	120
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,790	4

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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