Sale reports / South Dakota / Hub City Livestock Auction / 2026-09-09

Hub City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020
Receipts
2,565 head
▲ 500 vs last sale 2,065▲ 150 vs year ago 2,415 · +6.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 950 to 1099 lbs 9.00 to 12.00 higher. Best test on heifers 950 to 999 lbs 9.00 to 11.00 higher. Another nice yearling offering this week with cattle coming both off grass and out of yards. Good to very good demand for yearlings with cattle off grass seeing the best demand. Most yearlings sold in strings and loads, packages were tested open heifers. Some heavy flesh seen on the yard cattle, cattle off grass in light to moderate flesh. A few consignments of spring calves offered and met with mostly good demand. Quality on calves average to attractive, flesh was light and all were off the cow. Shot records varied and those without all their shots sold on the bottom of the price spectrum. Some calves in town this early because grass has run out. An active market seen for this offering. A little more positivity in the industry than seen last week. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $446.35/cwt on 92 head, down $41.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −50.48 against this barn's trailing median of $496.83.
Average price
$446.35
▼ 41.86 vs prior sale
92 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,303
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs SD average
+55.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516446.352,30392
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales
538502467432median 496.8301/2102/2504/0805/1309/09
Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.56, low $446.35, median $496.83 across 22 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 sale92 hd
446.35
—
SD average1 barns · 92 hd
446.35
+0.00
National average134 barns · 6,067 hd
390.59
+55.76
This barn, trailing median22 sales
496.83
−50.48
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

26 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
SteersLarge 11000–10501,028311.09/cwt302.00–312.003,198205
SteersLarge 11100–11501,147272.25/cwt272.25–272.253,123102
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000961328.66/cwt316.25–335.503,158374
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466454.44/cwt450.00–484.002,118123
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400384506.09/cwt500.00–560.001,94396
SteersLarge 11050–11001,061305.88/cwt299.00–309.503,245315
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516446.35/cwt438.00–449.002,30392
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874345.02/cwt333.00–349.253,01587
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950947335.50/cwt335.50–335.503,17763
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425510.02/cwt490.00–516.002,16838
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305536.87/cwt505.00–555.001,63717
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367458.54/cwt444.00–470.001,68389
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,33817
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000964312.31/cwt300.00–314.003,011210
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,019297.52/cwt296.50–299.003,03260
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,147284.00/cwt284.00–284.003,2576
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,819104
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900877312.06/cwt297.00–322.002,737101
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468404.42/cwt401.00–414.001,893101
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950920300.92/cwt299.00–301.002,76899
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300271450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2209
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350334475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5874
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550547359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,96410
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800754349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,6319
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1000–10501,016287.25/cwt287.25–287.252,91861
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000981295.52/cwt289.00–303.502,899111

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.