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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 28

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 21May 28Jun 4 →

Receipts

2,600 head

▲ 432 vs last sale 2,168▲ 425 vs year ago 2,175 · +19.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 lbs mostly steady and 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers not well compared as many heifers last week were replacements sold by the head. Good to very good demand for finishing type cattle today depending on flesh condition, very good demand for lighter, backgrounding and grass type cattle, especially those selling in load lots. Many loads to choose from, sometimes a couple loads to a cut. Flesh varied with some cattle carrying quite a bit of flesh and also some fill seen at times. A little mud on the cattle with the recent rains and muddy lot conditions. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. An active market seen for this offering. Customer appreciation sale next Wednesday, June 4, expecting around 4000 head.

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 $383.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −105.21 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$383.00

19 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.91

vs SD average

+8.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	383.00	2,160	19thin

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 sale19 hd

383.00

—

SD average3 barns · 216 hd

418.91

−35.91

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+8.86

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−105.21

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

27 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,764	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,160	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,139	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,317	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,256	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	346.44/cwt	327.00–349.00	2,456	97
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,271	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	329.89/cwt	321.50–337.50	2,553	127
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	307.58/cwt	307.00–308.00	2,399	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	299.70/cwt	297.00–303.00	2,470	121
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	296.63/cwt	292.75–302.50	2,634	209
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	292.85/cwt	289.00–293.75	2,685	74
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	278.46/cwt	273.75–283.00	2,707	531
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	270.32/cwt	265.50–272.50	2,741	88
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,086	254.40/cwt	249.00–260.50	2,763	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,515	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,796	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,783	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	339.88/cwt	336.00–343.00	1,856	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	342.80/cwt	340.00–346.00	1,975	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	325.82/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,020	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	313.94/cwt	310.00–319.00	2,113	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	312.49/cwt	309.00–316.00	2,203	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	288.52/cwt	283.00–294.00	2,213	94
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	291.13/cwt	281.00–297.50	2,419	319
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	288.81/cwt	275.50–291.50	2,573	214
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	273.07/cwt	257.00–275.00	2,531	149

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 2,600Last week 2,168Year ago 2,175

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	400.00	400.00
15	450–500	478	373.00	373.00
22	500–550	546	336.00–343.00	339.88
41	550–600	576	340.00–346.00	342.80
37	600–650	620	319.00–330.00	325.82
17	650–700	673	310.00–319.00	313.94
10	700–750	705	309.00–316.00	312.49
94	750–800	767	283.00–294.00	288.52
319	800–850	831	281.00–297.50	291.13
214	850–900	891	275.50–291.50	288.81
149	900–950	927	257.00–275.00	273.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	436	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	735	309.00	309.00
29	750–800	780	307.00–308.00	307.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	564	383.00	383.00
7	600–650	611	350.00	350.00
9	650–700	662	350.00	350.00
97	700–750	709	327.00–349.00	346.44
127	750–800	774	321.50–337.50	329.89
121	800–850	824	297.00–303.00	299.70
209	850–900	888	292.75–302.50	296.63
74	900–950	917	289.00–293.75	292.85
531	950–1000	972	273.75–283.00	278.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	490	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	693	325.50	325.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	1000–1050	1,014	265.50–272.50	270.32
72	1050–1100	1,086	249.00–260.50	254.40

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.