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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 28

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Oct 21Oct 28latest

Receipts

6,042 head

▲ 1,708 vs last sale 4,334▲ 2,302 vs year ago 3,740 · +61.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady. Best test on yearling heifers 850 to 949 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 4.00 higher on 850 to 899 lbs. Steer and heifer calves not well compared this week. Very good demand for today's large offering of yearlings. Many strings, loads, and packages on offer, a large portion of these coming off grass. Flesh condition ranged from light to moderate plus with many attractive cattle to choose from. An active market as the run of yearlings is almost over and supplies are very tight. Moderate to good demand for calves today which sold mostly in packages with just a few load lots. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. Calves had assorted shot records again this week and are sometimes discounted for lack of a good shot record. A moderate to active market on calves. Quite a few farmer feeders in the seats this week, the moisture early in the week has slowed harvest. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 4.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.37/cwt on 379 head, down $10.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −40.80 against this barn's trailing median of $441.18.

Average price

$400.37

▼ 10.55 vs prior sale

379 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$80.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.16

vs SD average

+24.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	422.23	2,281	276
Medium and Large 1-2	594	341.80	2,030	103

One grade step is worth $80.43/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale379 hd

400.37

—

SD average11 barns · 6,286 hd

437.53

−37.16

National average168 barns · 18,275 hd

375.43

+24.94

This barn, trailing median23 sales

441.18

−40.80

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $459.70, low $342.00, median $441.18 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

40 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	608.72/cwt	600.00–625.00	1,911	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	537.14/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,057	52
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,950	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	532.17/cwt	517.50–560.00	2,272	91
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	464.47/cwt	462.50–465.00	2,164	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	523.05/cwt	495.00–541.00	2,443	212
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	470.02/cwt	430.00–491.00	2,430	246
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	445.60/cwt	430.00–458.00	2,562	344
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,375	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	426.02/cwt	417.00–435.00	2,612	142
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	400.04/cwt	385.00–416.50	2,704	107
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	371.21/cwt	368.50–381.00	2,925	96
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	365.38/cwt	358.00–366.00	2,974	143
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	353.38/cwt	352.00–357.00	3,159	97
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	345.47/cwt	343.25–347.50	3,237	130
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	345.75/cwt	345.75–345.75	3,406	240
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,035	315.75/cwt	315.75–315.75	3,268	57
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,042	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,168	27
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,076	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,336	20
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,120	304.75/cwt	304.00–305.25	3,413	279
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,508	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	486.84/cwt	427.50–535.00	1,884	93
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	462.04/cwt	455.00–478.00	2,001	90
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	441.11/cwt	417.50–468.00	2,139	258
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	429.91/cwt	409.00–535.00	2,223	165
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	410.82/cwt	328.00–475.00	2,362	111
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	341.80/cwt	337.00–343.50	2,030	103
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,377	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	336.06/cwt	333.50–340.00	2,463	148
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	341.33/cwt	341.00–342.00	2,628	57
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	335.11/cwt	327.00–342.50	2,768	149
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	327.87/cwt	315.00–334.50	2,875	449
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	323.10/cwt	313.50–330.50	2,998	571
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	318.10/cwt	305.50–325.50	3,086	639
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	975	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,808	29
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,029	304.80/cwt	300.00–309.50	3,136	150
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,058	297.71/cwt	293.50–300.25	3,150	130
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,120	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,226	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,010	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,332	12

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD

Wed Oct 28, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 6,042Last week 4,334Year ago 3,740

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	1000–1050	1,042	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1000–1050	1,035	315.75	315.75
20	1050–1100	1,076	310.00	310.00
279	1100–1150	1,120	304.00–305.25	304.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	314	600.00–625.00	608.72
52	350–400	383	525.00–565.00	537.14
91	400–450	427	517.50–560.00	532.17
212	450–500	467	495.00–541.00	523.05
246	500–550	517	430.00–491.00	470.02
344	550–600	575	430.00–458.00	445.60
142	600–650	613	417.00–435.00	426.02
107	650–700	676	385.00–416.50	400.04
96	750–800	788	368.50–381.00	371.21
143	800–850	814	358.00–366.00	365.38
97	850–900	894	352.00–357.00	353.38
130	900–950	937	343.25–347.50	345.47
240	950–1000	985	345.75	345.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	402	485.00	485.00
40	450–500	466	462.50–465.00	464.47
27	550–600	582	408.00	408.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	1000–1050	1,029	300.00–309.50	304.80
130	1050–1100	1,058	293.50–300.25	297.71
5	1100–1150	1,120	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	311	485.00	485.00
93	350–400	387	427.50–535.00	486.84
90	400–450	433	455.00–478.00	462.04
258	450–500	485	417.50–468.00	441.11
165	500–550	517	409.00–535.00	429.91
111	550–600	575	328.00–475.00	410.82
36	650–700	693	343.00	343.00
148	700–750	733	333.50–340.00	336.06
57	750–800	770	341.00–342.00	341.33
149	800–850	826	327.00–342.50	335.11
449	850–900	877	315.00–334.50	327.87
571	900–950	928	313.50–330.50	323.10
639	950–1000	970	305.50–325.50	318.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	594	337.00–343.50	341.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	950–1000	975	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	402	500.00	500.00
12	500–550	533	437.50	437.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.