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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 7

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 30May 7May 14 →

Receipts

5,699 head

▲ 1,749 vs last sale 3,950▲ 2,899 vs year ago 2,800 · +103.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 849 steady to 3.00 higher, 850 to 999 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher, 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well tested today for comparison. A large offering this week featuring many strings and loads of finishing type cattle, mostly bought and backgrounded but a few of these were home raised also. Good to very good demand depending on flesh condition as some cattle carried quite a bit of flesh. A handful of loads and many packages of light backgrounding and grass type cattle offered which were met with very good demand. Now that grass turn out is here, and there was moisture to get the grass started, producers are determined to finish buying cattle to fill pastures. Quality varied throughout the day, but mostly average to attractive with some plainer cattle in packages. Buyers were a little more choosy this week picking through loads and taking one or two instead of all loads in a cut when offered, however, the market was still very active with buyers determined to own cattle. Warm temperatures and windy days have dried quite a bit of the moisture previously received. Corn planting is progressing rapidly. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 13.

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 $376.98/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −111.23 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$376.98

109 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$79.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

vs SD average

−1.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	411.09	2,276	62
Medium and Large 1-2	580	331.98	1,925	47

One grade step is worth $79.11/cwt here — about $350 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 sale109 hd

376.98

—

SD average3 barns · 135 hd

380.12

−3.14

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−1.81

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−111.23

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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,019	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,909	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	435.04/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,232	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	331.98/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,925	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	391.37/cwt	378.00–395.00	2,297	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	379.46/cwt	374.00–384.00	2,322	107
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,313	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	354.85/cwt	347.00–357.50	2,438	257
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	341.17/cwt	338.00–344.50	2,473	285
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	327.79/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,540	348
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	309.70/cwt	307.50–313.25	2,555	320
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	298.40/cwt	291.25–303.00	2,599	360
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	286.48/cwt	276.75–292.75	2,636	805
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	274.22/cwt	267.00–284.00	2,676	1,134
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	994	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,589	25
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,019	268.40/cwt	267.00–274.75	2,735	349
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,065	266.56/cwt	264.50–268.25	2,839	224
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,147	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,799	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	388.57/cwt	382.50–392.00	1,892	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,684	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	374.79/cwt	362.00–385.00	1,949	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,868	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	360.81/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,085	91
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,004	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	335.21/cwt	325.00–348.00	2,078	201
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	633	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,931	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	325.27/cwt	319.00–331.00	2,189	180
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	311.02/cwt	306.25–316.50	2,292	190
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	761	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,420	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	299.03/cwt	289.00–309.50	2,306	147
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	797	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,275	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	283.93/cwt	283.00–288.00	2,365	26
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	844	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,507	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,428	4

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 May 7, 2025

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

Receipts 5,699Last week 3,950Year ago 2,800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1100–1150	1,147	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
349	1000–1050	1,019	267.00–274.75	268.40
224	1050–1100	1,065	264.50–268.25	266.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	950–1000	994	260.50	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	460.00	460.00
28	500–550	513	432.50–445.00	435.04
34	550–600	587	378.00–395.00	391.37
107	600–650	612	374.00–384.00	379.46
257	650–700	687	347.00–357.50	354.85
285	700–750	725	338.00–344.50	341.17
348	750–800	775	325.00–330.00	327.79
320	800–850	825	307.50–313.25	309.70
360	850–900	871	291.25–303.00	298.40
805	900–950	920	276.75–292.75	286.48
1,134	950–1000	976	267.00–284.00	274.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	444	430.00	430.00
47	550–600	580	330.00–345.00	331.98
20	600–650	646	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	633	305.00	305.00
10	750–800	797	285.50	285.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	487	382.50–392.00	388.57
31	500–550	520	362.00–385.00	374.79
91	550–600	578	350.00–380.00	360.81
201	600–650	620	325.00–348.00	335.21
180	650–700	673	319.00–331.00	325.27
190	700–750	737	306.25–316.50	311.02
147	750–800	771	289.00–309.50	299.03
26	800–850	833	283.00–288.00	283.93
4	850–900	883	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	761	318.00	318.00
16	800–850	844	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	488	345.00	345.00
32	500–550	543	344.00	344.00
13	550–600	593	338.00	338.00

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.