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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 19

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Feb 12Feb 19Feb 26 →

Receipts

2,928 head

▼ 1,980 vs last sale 4,908▼ 4,450 vs year ago 7,378 · −60.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Best test on heifers 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for cattle today. A smaller offering due to the extremely cold weather, the promise of temps in the 40's by the end of the weekend had quite a few producers holding their cattle another week. Not quite as many greener, backgrounding type of cattle this week, overall flesh today mostly moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Quality was average to attractive and the cattle were clean and open haired. An active market with the normal crowd of buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 26.

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 $365.87/cwt on 204 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −122.34 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$365.87

204 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$32.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.31

vs SD average

+24.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	368.71	2,027	186
Medium and Large 1-2	564	336.61	1,899	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.09/cwt here — about $128 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 sale204 hd

365.87

—

SD average7 barns · 1,029 hd

360.56

+5.31

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+24.66

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−122.34

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

35 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 1-2	386	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,351	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	431.63/cwt	430.00–433.00	1,916	66
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,964	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	376.08/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,918	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	367.56/cwt	354.00–370.50	2,044	161
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,962	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	345.07/cwt	331.00–353.50	2,136	69
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	323.30/cwt	322.00–326.00	2,040	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	319.42/cwt	310.50–333.00	2,124	95
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,024	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	295.31/cwt	286.50–300.50	2,162	175
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	294.19/cwt	279.00–300.00	2,283	330
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	269.45/cwt	268.00–280.50	2,271	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	866	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,234	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	281.08/cwt	274.00–287.75	2,445	138
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	272.89/cwt	259.50–277.00	2,522	188
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	278.17/cwt	257.00–278.75	2,676	310
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,655	42
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,056	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	2,717	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	360.23/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,538	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	343.57/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,615	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	342.38/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,821	158
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	309.93/cwt	302.00–328.00	1,791	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	299.71/cwt	297.50–301.00	1,891	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	682	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,094	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	286.27/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,955	121
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	694	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,832	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	271.94/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,961	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	765	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,127	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,859	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	262.94/cwt	255.00–269.00	2,040	101
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	256.44/cwt	256.00–256.50	2,118	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	251.63/cwt	240.00–254.50	2,154	46
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	248.48/cwt	246.75–249.50	2,274	93

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 2,928Last week 4,908Year ago 7,378

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	544	320.00	320.00
13	550–600	572	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	400–450	444	430.00–433.00	431.63
54	450–500	479	410.00	410.00
25	500–550	510	360.00–380.00	376.08
161	550–600	556	354.00–370.50	367.56
69	600–650	619	331.00–353.50	345.07
95	650–700	665	310.50–333.00	319.42
175	700–750	732	286.50–300.50	295.31
330	750–800	776	279.00–300.00	294.19
66	800–850	843	268.00–280.50	269.45
138	850–900	870	274.00–287.75	281.08
188	900–950	924	259.50–277.00	272.89
310	950–1000	962	257.00–278.75	278.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1000–1050	1,039	255.50	255.50
56	1050–1100	1,056	257.25	257.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	631	322.00–326.00	323.30
17	650–700	693	292.00	292.00
21	850–900	866	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	400–450	427	355.00–362.50	360.23
65	450–500	470	343.00–350.00	343.57
158	500–550	532	330.00–347.00	342.38
41	550–600	578	302.00–328.00	309.93
57	600–650	631	297.50–301.00	299.71
121	650–700	683	280.00–292.00	286.27
38	700–750	721	261.00–274.00	271.94
101	750–800	776	255.00–269.00	262.94
68	800–850	826	256.00–256.50	256.44
46	850–900	856	240.00–254.50	251.63
93	900–950	915	246.75–249.50	248.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	694	264.00	264.00
22	750–800	765	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	682	307.00	307.00
64	750–800	765	278.00	278.00

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.