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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 30

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Receipts

3,950 head

▼ 600 vs last sale 4,550▲ 558 vs year ago 3,392 · +16.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 and 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady, 900 to 999 lbs unevenly steady. Best test on heifers 700 to 849 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for cattle today depending on flesh condition. The majority of today's offering was loads and strings of backgrounded cattle and a few consignments of replacement quality heifers. Flesh condition varied, with a few consignments in heavy flesh, most cattle in moderate to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied more than last week, from plain to attractive. An active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats and a few producers interested in replacements. Many opportunities to buy multiple loads of cattle again this week which buyers took advantage of. Fat cattle prices have exceeded expectations and feeders are anxious to fill empty pens and take advantage of this market. Quite a bit of the area saw rain on this week, grass is growing rapidly and corn planting is underway. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 7.

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 $387.63/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −100.58 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$387.63

83 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.78

vs SD average

+13.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	389.53	2,177	79
Large 1	511	350.00	1,789	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.53/cwt here — about $388 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale83 hd

387.63

—

SD average7 barns · 775 hd

392.40

−4.78

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+13.20

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−100.58

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

46 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,516	24
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,887	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	5
Steers	500–550	Large 1	511	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,789	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	407.71/cwt	400.00–411.00	2,153	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	537	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,054	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	381.92/cwt	367.00–393.00	2,227	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	355.43/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,200	25
Steers	600–650	Large 1	625	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,119	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	632	335.35/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,119	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	345.29/cwt	329.00–350.00	2,334	113
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	331.90/cwt	327.00–338.50	2,360	88
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	721	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,163	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,459	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,202	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	306.29/cwt	301.50–310.25	2,512	105
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	291.64/cwt	275.00–295.75	2,564	253
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	279.42/cwt	272.00–287.25	2,607	310
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	272.98/cwt	270.50–280.50	2,637	344
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	271.66/cwt	268.50–275.00	2,790	468
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,030	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,616	85
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,061	252.23/cwt	250.50–254.00	2,676	101
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,086	245.56/cwt	244.00–246.00	2,667	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,320	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,616	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,845	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,791	7
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	501	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,691	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,719	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	357.47/cwt	346.00–360.00	1,891	35
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	576	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,901	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	350.97/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,029	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	326.36/cwt	324.00–329.00	2,033	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	325.92/cwt	322.00–327.00	2,158	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,008	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	297.53/cwt	287.00–307.00	2,151	213
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,022	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	295.99/cwt	280.00–304.00	2,303	178
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	278.42/cwt	265.00–289.50	2,272	212
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	835	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,472	44
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	860	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,511	104
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	866	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,035	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	282.50/cwt	273.00–288.00	2,458	439
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	2,546	51
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	983	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,261	19
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,111	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,544	9

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 3,950Last week 4,550Year ago 3,392

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	1000–1050	1,030	254.00	254.00
59	1050–1100	1,086	244.00–246.00	245.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	511	350.00	350.00
23	600–650	625	339.00	339.00
468	1000–1050	1,027	268.50–275.00	271.66
101	1050–1100	1,061	250.50–254.00	252.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	311	487.50	487.50
36	350–400	389	485.00	485.00
5	450–500	460	420.00	420.00
23	500–550	528	400.00–411.00	407.71
42	550–600	583	367.00–393.00	381.92
25	600–650	619	347.00–365.00	355.43
113	650–700	676	329.00–350.00	345.29
88	700–750	711	327.00–338.50	331.90
13	750–800	752	327.00	327.00
105	800–850	820	301.50–310.25	306.29
253	850–900	879	275.00–295.75	291.64
310	900–950	933	272.00–287.25	279.42
344	950–1000	966	270.50–280.50	272.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	537	382.50	382.50
21	600–650	632	330.00–341.00	335.35
11	700–750	721	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	778	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	501	337.50	337.50
20	550–600	576	330.00	330.00
9	1100–1150	1,111	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	250–300	290	455.00	455.00
22	350–400	359	450.00	450.00
6	450–500	473	390.00	390.00
35	500–550	529	346.00–360.00	357.47
21	550–600	578	350.00–352.50	350.97
31	600–650	623	324.00–329.00	326.36
50	650–700	662	322.00–327.00	325.92
213	700–750	723	287.00–307.00	297.53
178	750–800	778	280.00–304.00	295.99
212	800–850	816	265.00–289.50	278.42
439	850–900	870	273.00–288.00	282.50
51	950–1000	980	259.75	259.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	730	277.00	277.00
20	850–900	866	235.00	235.00
19	950–1000	983	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	362.50	362.50
4	500–550	525	327.50	327.50
26	650–700	667	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	800–850	835	296.00	296.00
104	850–900	860	292.00	292.00

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.