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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 9

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Mar 26Apr 9Apr 16 →

Receipts

6,445 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 6,442▲ 1,939 vs year ago 4,506 · +43.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to a winter storm, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 650 to 749 lbs and 850 to 949 lbs mostly steady, 800 to 849 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 950 to 999 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared. Best test on heifers 650 to 849 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for this large offering. Many strings, loads, and packages available including quite a few strings of backgrounded cattle. Grass and backgrounding type cattle continue to have many outlets, most of these type of cattle sold in packages today. Many big cattle to choose from, flesh ranged from moderate to some heavy, with some mud on the cattle at times due to the recent moisture. Several opportunities to buy home raised replacement heifers and there were a few producers in the seats for these. Quality mostly average to attractive today. An active market with plenty of optimism which was further fueled by a jump in the board. The rain and snow last week have given producers some hope about grass conditions and they are determined to have the cattle to fill pastures. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 16.

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 $385.56/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −102.65 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$385.56

70 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.52

vs SD average

+31.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	385.56	2,157	70

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale70 hd

385.56

—

SD average5 barns · 548 hd

370.04

+15.52

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+31.26

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−102.65

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

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	401.23/cwt	394.00–407.00	2,135	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	373.81/cwt	366.00–395.00	2,168	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	340.44/cwt	335.00–351.00	2,169	144
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	329.09/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,218	176
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	696	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,116	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	320.21/cwt	313.00–329.00	2,309	248
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	306.26/cwt	298.75–310.00	2,367	120
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	789	286.83/cwt	284.00–288.00	2,263	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	266.73/cwt	265.00–267.50	2,201	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	289.31/cwt	281.00–298.75	2,390	325
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	834	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,310	38
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	287.16/cwt	278.00–293.00	2,507	550
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,364	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	911	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,387	35
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	278.93/cwt	277.25–285.50	2,586	630
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	274.07/cwt	266.50–279.00	2,653	604
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,015	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,527	39
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	265.89/cwt	256.50–272.25	2,712	238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	355.42/cwt	353.00–360.00	1,699	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	341.58/cwt	334.00–347.00	1,804	64
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	322.72/cwt	315.00–331.00	1,833	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	312.98/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,931	146
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	304.74/cwt	293.00–311.00	2,008	212
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,913	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	706	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,146	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	293.75/cwt	291.75–295.00	2,130	252
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	770	263.61/cwt	261.00–266.00	2,030	49
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	280.87/cwt	271.00–287.50	2,166	826
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	797	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,343	47
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	267.14/cwt	257.00–277.00	2,201	325
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	826	251.05/cwt	250.00–253.00	2,074	41
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	266.90/cwt	257.00–274.00	2,301	492
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,451	102

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 Apr 9, 2025

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

Receipts 6,445Last week 6,442Year ago 4,506

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	1000–1050	1,015	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
238	1000–1050	1,020	256.50–272.25	265.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	696	304.00	304.00
17	750–800	789	284.00–288.00	286.83
38	800–850	834	277.00	277.00
35	900–950	911	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	800–850	825	265.00–267.50	266.73
19	850–900	874	270.50	270.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	532	394.00–407.00	401.23
40	550–600	580	366.00–395.00	373.81
144	600–650	637	335.00–351.00	340.44
176	650–700	674	321.00–340.00	329.09
248	700–750	721	313.00–329.00	320.21
120	750–800	773	298.75–310.00	306.26
325	800–850	826	281.00–298.75	289.31
550	850–900	873	278.00–293.00	287.16
630	900–950	927	277.25–285.50	278.93
604	950–1000	968	266.50–279.00	274.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	738	280.00	280.00
49	750–800	770	261.00–266.00	263.61
41	800–850	826	250.00–253.00	251.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	478	353.00–360.00	355.42
64	500–550	528	334.00–347.00	341.58
37	550–600	568	315.00–331.00	322.72
146	600–650	617	300.00–322.00	312.98
212	650–700	659	293.00–311.00	304.74
252	700–750	725	291.75–295.00	293.75
826	750–800	771	271.00–287.50	280.87
325	800–850	824	257.00–277.00	267.14
492	850–900	862	257.00–274.00	266.90
102	900–950	923	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	669	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	700–750	706	304.00	304.00
47	750–800	797	294.00	294.00

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.