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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 27

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Aug 20Aug 27Sep 3 →

Receipts

1,718 head

▲ 321 vs last sale 1,397▲ 868 vs year ago 850 · +102.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs 7.00 to 12.00 higher and 950 to 999 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, both on a narrow comparison. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for this offering with best demand seen for cattle off grass. About two thirds of the offering was out of yards and these cattle carried some heavy flesh and tag at times. Grass cattle in mostly light to moderate flesh. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. A couple packages of spring born calves offered, these were met with light to moderate demand as most yards are not quite ready to take on calves. Calves offering included both weaned and off the cow as well as vaccinated and not touched calves. An active market seen for this offering. Temperatures much cooler this week and without the humidity, very nice weather for livestock. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 3.

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 $405.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 4 of 22 comparable sales and sits −36.52 against this barn's trailing median of $441.52.

Average price

$405.00

5 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.12

vs SD average

+35.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	405.00	2,114	5thin

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 sale5 hd

405.00

—

SD average3 barns · 72 hd

430.12

−25.12

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

+35.19

This barn, trailing median22 sales

441.52

−36.52

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

29 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,853	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,236	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,400	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,720	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	406.39/cwt	403.00–409.00	2,820	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,940	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	380.97/cwt	376.50–383.50	3,154	148
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	357.28/cwt	346.00–369.50	3,126	146
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	357.12/cwt	354.50–360.50	3,353	169
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	953	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,973	27
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	357.17/cwt	351.50–360.00	3,425	189
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,651	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,929	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,114	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,726	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	339.29/cwt	328.00–346.00	2,965	22
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	894	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,843	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	904	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,839	26
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	343.63/cwt	325.00–345.50	3,120	55
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	973	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,647	35
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	301.92/cwt	300.50–315.50	2,989	193
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	314.61/cwt	300.00–335.00	3,228	149
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,035	280.05/cwt	270.50–298.50	2,899	83
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,079	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,156	85
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,125	304.46/cwt	286.50–316.00	3,425	55
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,648	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	26
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,311	6

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 Aug 27, 2025

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

Receipts 1,718Last week 1,397Year ago 850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	1000–1050	1,035	270.50–298.50	280.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	1000–1050	1,026	300.00–335.00	314.61
85	1050–1100	1,079	292.50	292.50
55	1100–1150	1,125	286.50–316.00	304.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	894	318.00	318.00
26	900–950	904	314.00	314.00
35	950–1000	973	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	480.00	480.00
22	400–450	424	455.00	455.00
5	500–550	522	405.00	405.00
5	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
7	800–850	804	339.00	339.00
22	850–900	874	328.00–346.00	339.29
55	900–950	908	325.00–345.50	343.63
193	950–1000	990	300.50–315.50	301.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	525.00	525.00
6	400–450	414	540.00	540.00
5	500–550	519	462.50	462.50
4	600–650	629	432.50	432.50
23	650–700	694	403.00–409.00	406.39
20	700–750	717	410.00	410.00
148	800–850	828	376.50–383.50	380.97
146	850–900	875	346.00–369.50	357.28
169	900–950	939	354.50–360.50	357.12
189	950–1000	959	351.50–360.00	357.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	950–1000	953	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	317	520.00	520.00
26	400–450	415	490.00	490.00
6	450–500	497	465.00	465.00

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.