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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 8

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Jan 4Jan 8Jan 15 →

Receipts

5,595 head

▲ 2,013 vs last sale 3,582▼ 339 vs year ago 5,934 · −5.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: steers 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 749 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher on 700 to 749 lbs, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared, 800 to 849 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 549 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs not well compared, 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Very good demand for today's large offering, cattle with grass potential saw excellent demand. Many loads and packages to choose from, most of these completely vaccinated and long time weaned. Like Saturday, flesh condition varied as producers all feed cattle differently. Market active to very active on these attractive calves with many buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. Many producers wait to procure grass cattle until the new year and now are competing to get cattle to fill their pens. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 15.

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 $359.26/cwt on 629 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −128.95 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$359.26

629 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$35.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.74

vs SD average

+17.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	360.38	1,966	609
Medium and Large 1-2	547	325.35	1,780	20

One grade step is worth $35.03/cwt here — about $187 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 sale629 hd

359.26

—

SD average6 barns · 2,837 hd

348.52

+10.74

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+17.18

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−128.95

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

42 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,631	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,445	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	407.25/cwt	400.00–412.00	1,706	60
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	391.53/cwt	372.50–396.00	1,883	87
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	363.57/cwt	361.00–366.00	1,792	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	376.38/cwt	354.00–384.00	1,972	369
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	325.35/cwt	310.00–344.00	1,780	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	335.77/cwt	328.00–344.00	1,944	240
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,919	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	341.78/cwt	321.00–350.50	2,126	425
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	320.76/cwt	302.00–331.00	2,168	411
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	684	297.24/cwt	296.50–298.00	2,033	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	719	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,020	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	306.10/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,204	500
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	282.14/cwt	273.00–291.00	2,226	273
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	277.95/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,315	408
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	270.40/cwt	264.00–274.00	2,328	104
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,439	19
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,538	55
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,573	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	367.06/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,208	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	351	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,237	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	377.81/cwt	374.00–391.00	1,481	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	358.45/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,516	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	327.55/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,441	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	354.88/cwt	342.00–368.00	1,689	230
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,528	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	493	335.87/cwt	331.00–338.00	1,656	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	332.57/cwt	314.00–338.00	1,753	144
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	298.11/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,601	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	293.95/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,693	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	317.71/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,846	384
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	297.93/cwt	279.00–302.00	1,871	274
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	293.02/cwt	278.00–303.00	1,954	144
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,798	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	273.15/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,980	127
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	755	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,042	52
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,902	19
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,189	204.92/cwt	204.50–205.00	2,436	48
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,232	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,563	49
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,250	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,600	50

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

Wed Jan 8, 2025

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

Receipts 5,595Last week 3,582Year ago 5,934

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	386	422.50	422.50
60	400–450	419	400.00–412.00	407.25
87	450–500	481	372.50–396.00	391.53
369	500–550	524	354.00–384.00	376.38
240	550–600	579	328.00–344.00	335.77
425	600–650	622	321.00–350.50	341.78
411	650–700	676	302.00–331.00	320.76
500	700–750	720	291.00–312.00	306.10
273	750–800	789	273.00–291.00	282.14
408	800–850	833	270.00–282.00	277.95
104	850–900	861	264.00–274.00	270.40
19	900–950	910	268.00	268.00
55	950–1000	976	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	410	352.50	352.50
47	450–500	493	361.00–366.00	363.57
20	500–550	547	310.00–344.00	325.35
25	600–650	613	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,015	253.50	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	684	296.50–298.00	297.24
14	700–750	719	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	329	357.50–375.00	367.06
35	350–400	392	374.00–391.00	377.81
40	400–450	423	350.00–365.00	358.45
230	450–500	476	342.00–368.00	354.88
144	500–550	527	314.00–338.00	332.57
384	550–600	581	300.00–332.00	317.71
274	600–650	628	279.00–302.00	297.93
144	650–700	667	278.00–303.00	293.02
127	700–750	725	255.00–278.00	273.15
19	750–800	770	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1150–1200	1,189	204.50–205.00	204.92
49	1200–1250	1,232	208.00	208.00
50	1250–1300	1,250	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	493	331.00–338.00	335.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	351	352.50	352.50
36	400–450	440	327.00–330.00	327.55
15	450–500	485	315.00	315.00
81	500–550	537	296.00–300.00	298.11
17	550–600	576	290.00–297.50	293.95
17	650–700	689	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	750–800	755	270.50	270.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	550–600	565	340.00	340.00

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.