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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 12

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Feb 5Feb 12Feb 19 →

Receipts

4,908 head

▼ 1,504 vs last sale 6,412▼ 2,751 vs year ago 7,659 · −35.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 849 lbs unevenly steady except 600 to 649 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifers 500 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 lower, 650 to 799 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for a today's large offering of loads and packages of mostly home raised cattle. Many attractive quality cattle to choose from, including several loads of reputation replacement heifers which saw very good demand. Similar to last week, flesh varied as there were many light fleshed grass and backgrounding cattle as well as finishing types which had seen some corn. An active market with the normal crowd of buyers and a few less farmer feeders in the seats and, like last week, not quite as bullish as the uncertain futures market of the past week has put some pressure on feeder cattle. Very cold temperatures have arrived along with dangerous windchills, some areas have gotten snow but not in great amounts. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 19.

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 $357.87/cwt on 312 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −130.34 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$357.87

312 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$5.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.93

vs SD average

+19.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	358.93	2,061	251
Medium and Large 1-2	528	353.50	1,866	61

One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about $195 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 sale312 hd

357.87

—

SD average5 barns · 1,251 hd

358.80

−0.93

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

+19.20

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−130.34

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

37 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	393	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,660	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	406.46/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,760	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,719	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	392.56/cwt	386.00–409.00	1,884	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	398.97/cwt	382.00–405.00	2,059	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	353.50/cwt	345.00–362.00	1,866	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	559	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,887	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	350.98/cwt	344.00–361.00	2,060	203
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	319.84/cwt	311.00–337.00	2,005	230
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,961	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	315.15/cwt	305.00–332.00	2,130	485
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,982	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	696	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,074	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	304.03/cwt	292.50–308.75	2,168	419
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	744	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,113	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	288.60/cwt	277.00–297.00	2,216	419
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	279.65/cwt	272.00–285.00	2,296	393
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	273.88/cwt	265.50–278.00	2,399	86
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	268.85/cwt	268.25–271.50	2,447	136
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,567	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,370	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	346.93/cwt	337.50–357.50	1,478	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	331.74/cwt	326.00–342.50	1,579	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	501	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,503	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	324.20/cwt	311.00–340.00	1,722	117
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	317.96/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,796	145
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	295.71/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,881	136
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	649	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,791	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	290.70/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,936	480
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,851	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	271.75/cwt	259.00–283.00	1,957	206
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	726	2,429.93/head	2,175.00–2,700.00	2,430	124
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	262.88/cwt	256.50–270.50	2,003	147
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	784	2,136.09/head	2,085.00–2,160.00	2,136	52
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	811	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	74
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	253.50/cwt	245.00–257.25	2,063	177
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,194	13

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 Feb 12, 2025

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

Receipts 4,908Last week 6,412Year ago 7,659

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	501	300.00	300.00
10	600–650	649	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	362.50	362.50
24	400–450	426	337.50–357.50	346.93
22	450–500	476	326.00–342.50	331.74
117	500–550	531	311.00–340.00	324.20
145	550–600	565	300.00–320.00	317.96
136	600–650	636	285.00–306.00	295.71
480	650–700	666	283.00–310.00	290.70
206	700–750	720	259.00–283.00	271.75
147	750–800	762	256.50–270.50	262.88
177	800–850	814	245.00–257.25	253.50
13	900–950	903	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
124	700–750	726	2,175.00–2,700.00	2,429.93
52	750–800	784	2,085.00–2,160.00	2,136.09
74	800–850	811	2,475.00	2,475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	678	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	422.50	422.50
35	400–450	433	405.00–407.50	406.46
32	450–500	480	386.00–409.00	392.56
43	500–550	516	382.00–405.00	398.97
203	550–600	587	344.00–361.00	350.98
230	600–650	627	311.00–337.00	319.84
485	650–700	676	305.00–332.00	315.15
419	700–750	713	292.50–308.75	304.03
419	750–800	768	277.00–297.00	288.60
393	800–850	821	272.00–285.00	279.65
86	850–900	876	265.50–278.00	273.88
136	900–950	910	268.25–271.50	268.85
59	950–1000	958	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	471	365.00	365.00
61	500–550	528	345.00–362.00	353.50
14	650–700	693	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	559	337.50	337.50
15	600–650	641	306.00	306.00
17	650–700	696	298.00	298.00
49	700–750	744	284.00	284.00

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.