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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 1

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

2,519 head

▲ 175 vs last sale 2,344▼ 2,154 vs year ago 4,673 · −46.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 950 to 999 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, 1000 to 1099 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers not well compared. Good demand for yearlings this week with best demand for those light fleshed yearlings off grass. Quite a few strings and loads again this week including some of the same consignors as last week as they gather from different areas. A few loads and packages of feedlot cattle, flesh ranged from moderate to heavy with some tag at times. Many packages of tested open heifers coming off grass that buyers could put together and make loads. Quite a bit of variation of quality again this week, from plain to attractive. A single consignment of spring calves offered and met with moderate demand, most yards are not ready to take on calves yet. An active market seen for this offering. Producers are busy with harvest, both bean and silage harvest are going quickly. Many fields are wet from rains two weeks ago making it harder to get around and get loads out. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 8, the customer appreciation sale which will include both yearlings and spring calves.

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 $413.50/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −74.71 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$413.50

24 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.17

vs SD average

−9.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	436.00	2,341	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	391.00	2,194	12thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $148 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 sale24 hd

413.50

—

SD average4 barns · 304 hd

440.67

−27.17

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−9.15

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−74.71

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,860	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,341	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,194	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,607	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	391.50/cwt	391.50–391.50	2,971	51
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,880	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	3,180	61
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	372.67/cwt	364.00–374.50	3,216	74
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	355.31/cwt	353.50–355.75	3,287	131
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	346.51/cwt	346.00–347.00	3,444	240
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,029	342.03/cwt	325.50–346.25	3,519	425
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,062	346.25/cwt	346.25–346.25	3,677	216
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,117	316.47/cwt	309.50–319.00	3,535	280
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,482	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,975	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,246	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,646	34
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,729	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	350.47/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,909	117
Heifers	850–900	Large 1-2	868	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,734	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	869	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,772	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,068	66
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	932	308.30/cwt	306.00–310.50	2,873	125
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	334.47/cwt	326.00–337.25	3,154	81
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	327.89/cwt	317.00–337.25	3,187	123
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,005	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,940	57
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	297.09/cwt	290.00–309.00	3,078	56

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Receipts 2,519Last week 2,344Year ago 4,673

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1000–1050	1,005	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	868	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1000–1050	1,036	290.00–309.00	297.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	445.00	445.00
16	450–500	473	417.50	417.50
34	700–750	719	368.00	368.00
12	750–800	771	354.00	354.00
117	800–850	830	340.00–354.00	350.47
66	850–900	892	344.00	344.00
81	900–950	943	326.00–337.25	334.47
123	950–1000	972	317.00–337.25	327.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	599	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	850–900	869	319.00	319.00
125	900–950	932	306.00–310.50	308.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
425	1000–1050	1,029	325.50–346.25	342.03
216	1050–1100	1,062	346.25	346.25
280	1100–1150	1,117	309.50–319.00	316.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	530.00	530.00
12	500–550	537	436.00	436.00
51	750–800	759	391.50	391.50
61	800–850	849	374.50	374.50
74	850–900	863	364.00–374.50	372.67
131	900–950	925	353.50–355.75	355.31
240	950–1000	994	346.00–347.00	346.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	561	391.00	391.00
25	650–700	672	388.00	388.00
11	800–850	847	340.00	340.00

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.