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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 23

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30 →

Receipts

4,550 head

▼ 1,343 vs last sale 5,893▼ 1,595 vs year ago 6,145 · −26.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 799 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 800 to 899 lbs not well compared, 900 to 1049 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher. Best test on heifers 550 to 699 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher except 600 to 649 lbs not well compared, instances up to 15.00 higher on 650 to 699 lbs, 700 to 749 lbs and 850 to 899 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, 750 to 849 lbs mostly steady on a narrow comparison. Good to very good demand for feeder cattle today. Quite a few loads and multiple loads of bigger, finishing type cattle and mostly packages of lighter grass and backgrounding types. These lighter cattle are still very sought after, however, this week's offering lacked the loads of stand out grass type cattle seen last week. Flesh varied on bigger cattle, but mostly moderate plus to heavy, with cattle being both home raised and backgrounded. A few consignments of fall calves with almost all of these coming off the cow. An active market seen for this offering. Some parts of the country received rain the beginning of the week but in small amounts, most areas are still very dry. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 30.

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 $384.45/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −103.76 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$384.45

152 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.96

vs SD average

+10.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	384.45	2,141	152

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 sale152 hd

384.45

—

SD average4 barns · 356 hd

380.49

+3.96

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+10.43

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−103.76

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

43 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	353	449.57/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,587	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,789	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	426.73/cwt	412.00–437.50	1,967	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,977	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,125	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,762	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	385.46/cwt	378.00–393.00	2,182	101
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	596	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,020	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	364.66/cwt	348.00–370.00	2,275	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,163	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	335.55/cwt	323.00–347.00	2,191	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	332.58/cwt	316.00–340.00	2,378	77
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	756	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,276	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	315.05/cwt	306.50–328.00	2,435	186
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	303.21/cwt	297.00–309.50	2,471	402
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	288.83/cwt	280.00–296.75	2,510	486
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	288.69/cwt	284.50–291.75	2,659	248
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	922	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,494	31
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	269.13/cwt	260.00–274.75	2,627	204
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,018	270.64/cwt	265.25–273.75	2,755	363
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,604	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,697	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	352.65/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,703	46
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	336.50/cwt	330.00–359.00	1,770	110
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	345.30/cwt	335.00–348.00	1,989	186
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,693	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,807	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	316.93/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,981	59
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	321.19/cwt	313.00–326.00	2,152	245
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	727	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,999	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	299.33/cwt	292.00–307.00	2,209	165
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	761	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,306	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	284.84/cwt	277.00–296.00	2,227	325
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	802	291.03/cwt	290.00–293.00	2,334	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,033	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	275.27/cwt	274.50–276.00	2,310	143
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	842	2,469.44/head	2,460.00–2,480.00	2,469	98
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	272.23/cwt	272.00–275.00	2,374	127
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	882	2,527.11/head	2,480.00–2,540.00	2,527	128
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	266.67/cwt	257.50–272.50	2,435	59
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	2,473	66

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 4,550Last week 5,893Year ago 6,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	404	420.00	420.00
46	450–500	483	350.00–364.00	352.65
110	500–550	526	330.00–359.00	336.50
186	550–600	576	335.00–348.00	345.30
59	600–650	625	310.00–333.00	316.93
245	650–700	670	313.00–326.00	321.19
165	700–750	738	292.00–307.00	299.33
325	750–800	782	277.00–296.00	284.84
143	800–850	839	274.50–276.00	275.27
127	850–900	872	272.00–275.00	272.23
59	900–950	913	257.50–272.50	266.67
66	950–1000	952	259.75	259.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	399	402.00	402.00
10	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
25	550–600	588	288.00	288.00
9	650–700	665	305.00	305.00
7	800–850	823	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	619	292.00	292.00
6	700–750	727	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	761	303.00	303.00
98	800–850	842	2,460.00–2,480.00	2,469.44
29	800–850	802	290.00–293.00	291.03
128	850–900	882	2,480.00–2,540.00	2,527.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	353	445.00–455.00	449.57
11	400–450	426	420.00	420.00
44	450–500	461	412.00–437.50	426.73
33	500–550	522	407.00	407.00
101	550–600	566	378.00–393.00	385.46
63	600–650	624	348.00–370.00	364.66
23	650–700	653	323.00–347.00	335.55
77	700–750	715	316.00–340.00	332.58
186	750–800	773	306.50–328.00	315.05
402	800–850	815	297.00–309.50	303.21
486	850–900	869	280.00–296.75	288.83
248	900–950	921	284.50–291.75	288.69
204	950–1000	976	260.00–274.75	269.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	335.00	335.00
11	550–600	596	339.00	339.00
16	600–650	638	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	756	301.00	301.00
31	900–950	922	270.50	270.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	493	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
363	1000–1050	1,018	265.25–273.75	270.64

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.