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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Sat, Jan 4

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Dec 18Jan 4Jan 8 →

Receipts

3,582 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 3,537▼ 554 vs year ago 4,136 · −13.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two and a half weeks ago: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 699 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Best test on heifers 500 to 549 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Good to very good demand for this first calf offering of the new year. Many packages and loads to choose from, most of the calves weaned and preconditioned. Flesh varied quite a bit, from green, hay fed calves to long time weaned calves that had seen some corn. Quality mostly average to attractive with many weights to choose from today, from backgrounding and grass cattle to finishing type cattle. An active market with many buyers and a few farmer feeders attending the sale, even on a Saturday. The temperatures have turned colder but there is little to no snow in this area. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 8.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.85/cwt on 480 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −148.36 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$339.85

480 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.07

vs SD average

+6.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	342.83	1,910	416
Medium and Large 1-2	577	320.46	1,849	64

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale480 hd

339.85

—

SD average5 barns · 1,763 hd

345.92

−6.07

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+6.98

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−148.36

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

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.56, low $435.00, median $488.21 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	396.52/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,471	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,389	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,573	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,784	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,459	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	367.28/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,704	64
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	342.04/cwt	339.00–349.00	1,813	141
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	343.24/cwt	326.00–354.50	1,960	275
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	320.46/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,849	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	328.63/cwt	307.50–340.75	2,047	202
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	645	290.68/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,875	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	304.42/cwt	296.00–320.50	2,067	235
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	284.13/cwt	270.00–294.50	2,068	237
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	272.41/cwt	270.50–276.00	2,122	42
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	273.99/cwt	260.00–280.25	2,274	272
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	269.76/cwt	265.50–273.75	2,342	125
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,430	132
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	252.52/cwt	248.00–258.00	2,460	106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,268	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,074	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	332.32/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,429	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	324.10/cwt	314.00–333.00	1,533	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	303.76/cwt	293.00–313.50	1,622	139
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,599	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	301.78/cwt	291.00–313.00	1,738	87
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	289.11/cwt	277.00–301.00	1,810	196
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	282.45/cwt	273.00–293.00	1,884	164
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	676	269.19/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,820	49
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,741	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	273.02/cwt	253.00–277.00	1,968	104
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	258.05/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,972	176
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	814	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,872	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	249.85/cwt	244.00–252.25	2,076	187
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Large 1	646	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,583	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,939	33
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,842	14
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,050	8

This sale against other markets

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

Sat Jan 4, 2025

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

Receipts 3,582Last week 3,537Year ago 4,136

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	663	292.50	292.50
14	750–800	794	232.00	232.00
8	900–950	932	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	646	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	676	269.00–270.00	269.19
12	800–850	814	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	340.00	340.00
29	400–450	430	330.00–340.00	332.32
56	450–500	473	314.00–333.00	324.10
139	500–550	534	293.00–313.50	303.76
87	550–600	576	291.00–313.00	301.78
196	600–650	626	277.00–301.00	289.11
164	650–700	667	273.00–293.00	282.45
104	700–750	721	253.00–277.00	273.02
176	750–800	764	243.00–266.00	258.05
187	800–850	831	244.00–252.25	249.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	377	285.00	285.00
9	550–600	571	280.00	280.00
13	650–700	680	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	390.00–407.50	396.52
6	400–450	435	410.00	410.00
64	450–500	464	355.00–382.50	367.28
141	500–550	530	339.00–349.00	342.04
275	550–600	571	326.00–354.50	343.24
202	600–650	623	307.50–340.75	328.63
235	650–700	679	296.00–320.50	304.42
237	700–750	728	270.00–294.50	284.13
42	750–800	779	270.50–276.00	272.41
272	800–850	830	260.00–280.25	273.99
125	850–900	868	265.50–273.75	269.76
132	900–950	917	265.00	265.00
106	950–1000	974	248.00–258.00	252.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	373	372.50	372.50
10	400–450	442	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	472	345.00	345.00
64	550–600	577	319.00–322.00	320.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	425	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	645	287.00–292.00	290.68

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.