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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 21

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 14May 21May 28 →

Receipts

2,168 head

▼ 176 vs last sale 2,344▼ 589 vs year ago 2,757 · −21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: different weight classes than last week with best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs mostly steady on a narrow comparison. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring mostly loads including several loads of replacement heifers. The recent widespread moisture has relieved much of the stress on grass conditions and producers are feeling more open to procuring replacements. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to some heavy flesh today. A mostly active market seen for this offering. Cooler than normal temps the last few days and much needed moisture with most areas seeing several inches. Yards and lots are very sloppy, some cattle are out on grass but many producers are still getting cattle out. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 28.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 3 of 22 comparable sales and sits −81.52 against this barn's trailing median of $441.52.

Average price

$360.00

4 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.66

vs SD average

+25.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	360.00	1,976	4thin

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 sale4 hd

360.00

—

SD average4 barns · 347 hd

368.66

−8.66

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

+25.74

This barn, trailing median22 sales

441.52

−81.52

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

22 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $459.70, low $342.00, median $441.52 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,179	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,237	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,214	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	355.49/cwt	342.50–361.00	2,336	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	693	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,349	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	754	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,330	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,512	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	307.21/cwt	302.00–307.50	2,544	76
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	300.39/cwt	296.00–303.25	2,625	151
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	287.57/cwt	283.25–291.00	2,666	366
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	277.80/cwt	271.00–278.50	2,692	121
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,018	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,754	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,976	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	329.33/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,216	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	307.44/cwt	296.00–309.00	2,186	111
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	286.29/cwt	285.00–287.00	2,262	81
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	286.46/cwt	281.00–289.00	2,338	195
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	2,534.31/head	2,425.00–2,610.00	2,534	144
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	278.75/cwt	278.75–278.75	2,450	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	887	2,585.79/head	2,500.00–2,620.00	2,586	123
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	905	2,580.00/head	2,580.00–2,580.00	2,580	116
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	272.44/cwt	264.50–278.75	2,487	108
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,092	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,501	100
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,100	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,519	22

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 2,168Last week 2,344Year ago 2,757

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	693	339.00	339.00
8	750–800	754	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,018	270.50	270.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	501	435.00	435.00
11	550–600	584	383.00	383.00
5	600–650	600	369.00	369.00
20	650–700	657	342.50–361.00	355.49
72	750–800	767	327.50	327.50
76	800–850	828	302.00–307.50	307.21
151	850–900	874	296.00–303.25	300.39
366	900–950	927	283.25–291.00	287.57
121	950–1000	969	271.00–278.50	277.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	1050–1100	1,092	229.00	229.00
22	1100–1150	1,100	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	549	360.00	360.00
23	650–700	673	320.00–332.00	329.33
111	700–750	711	296.00–309.00	307.44
81	750–800	790	285.00–287.00	286.29
195	800–850	816	281.00–289.00	286.46
64	850–900	879	278.75	278.75
108	900–950	913	264.50–278.75	272.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
144	800–850	831	2,425.00–2,610.00	2,534.31
123	850–900	887	2,500.00–2,620.00	2,585.79
116	900–950	905	2,580.00	2,580.00

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.