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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 14

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Receipts

2,344 head

▼ 3,355 vs last sale 5,699▼ 1,554 vs year ago 3,898 · −39.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 899 lbs and 950 to 1049 lbs unevenly steady. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for a lighter offering this week. A couple backgrounded strings on offer as well as loads and packages of home raised cattle, many of these were packages of fall calves. Less flesh overall than seen last week, most cattle today in light to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. An active market especially on light, backgrounding type calves. Very hot and windy conditions the past few days have really dried the country out. Rain is forecasted for the next few days and is much needed, especially for pastures and hayfields. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 21.

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 $400.39/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −87.82 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$400.39

63 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$71.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.00

vs SD average

+15.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	406.03	2,170	58
Medium and Large 1-2	563	335.00	1,886	5thin

One grade step is worth $71.03/cwt here — about $284 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 sale63 hd

400.39

—

SD average4 barns · 782 hd

422.39

−22.00

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+15.79

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−87.82

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

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	475.01/cwt	467.50–485.00	2,028	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	435.50/cwt	430.00–442.00	2,095	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	425.10/cwt	412.50–428.00	2,185	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,886	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	374.82/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,129	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	368.08/cwt	358.00–379.00	2,304	71
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	346.38/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,321	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	332.07/cwt	327.00–334.00	2,238	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	330.05/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,403	60
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	291.75/cwt	291.75–291.75	2,398	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	309.66/cwt	305.00–319.50	2,567	85
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,369	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	291.94/cwt	290.75–294.00	2,575	196
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	275.46/cwt	271.00–280.00	2,520	20
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	276.53/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,724	533
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	277.99/cwt	275.75–278.75	2,808	250
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,119	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	2,851	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,443	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	371.59/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,765	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	383.34/cwt	377.50–388.00	2,005	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	336.31/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,816	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,812	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	348.50/cwt	342.00–360.00	2,004	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	328.96/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,102	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,006	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	317.78/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,120	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	293.57/cwt	291.00–297.50	1,958	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,981	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	304.46/cwt	289.00–308.50	2,220	90
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	737	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,410	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	289.53/cwt	273.00–294.00	2,279	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	802	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,214	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	298.61/cwt	291.00–299.00	2,508	78
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,229	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,472	29
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	270.45/cwt	265.50–273.25	2,515	105

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 2,344Last week 5,699Year ago 3,898

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	475	362.50–382.50	371.59
33	500–550	523	377.50–388.00	383.34
57	550–600	575	342.00–360.00	348.50
58	600–650	639	325.00–336.00	328.96
29	650–700	667	312.00–320.00	317.78
90	700–750	729	289.00–308.50	304.46
36	750–800	787	273.00–294.00	289.53
78	800–850	840	291.00–299.00	298.61
29	850–900	883	280.00	280.00
105	900–950	930	265.50–273.25	270.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	802	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
42	700–750	737	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	444	325.00	325.00
16	500–550	540	332.50–340.00	336.31
5	550–600	561	323.00	323.00
29	600–650	647	310.00	310.00
25	650–700	667	291.00–297.50	293.57
8	700–750	715	277.00	277.00
10	850–900	874	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	467.50–485.00	475.01
11	450–500	481	430.00–442.00	435.50
36	500–550	514	412.50–428.00	425.10
22	550–600	568	372.50–385.00	374.82
71	600–650	626	358.00–379.00	368.08
47	650–700	670	341.00–362.00	346.38
60	700–750	728	327.00–340.00	330.05
85	800–850	829	305.00–319.50	309.66
196	850–900	882	290.75–294.00	291.94
20	900–950	915	271.00–280.00	275.46
533	950–1000	985	275.00–280.00	276.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
250	1000–1050	1,010	275.75–278.75	277.99
54	1100–1150	1,119	254.75	254.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	563	335.00	335.00
15	650–700	674	327.00–334.00	332.07
16	800–850	822	291.75	291.75
9	850–900	852	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.