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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 8

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Receipts

3,142 head

▲ 623 vs last sale 2,519▼ 1,992 vs year ago 5,134 · −38.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling steers not well compared, best test on yearling heifers 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Good to very good demand for yearling cattle today. Both grass and yard cattle in the offering including several strings of heifers off grass. Quality on packages varied with a few more plain cattle in the mix, loads and packages mostly average to attractive. Grass cattle in light to moderate flesh, lot cattle in moderate to heavy. The first offering of spring calves today which were met with good to very good demand with best demand for a reputation ranch which sells on this sale every year. Most calves were off the cow and had varied preconditioning, or some calves had no work done at all. Price spreads reflect calves having no vaccinations. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus on calves. An active market for this Customer Appreciation BBQ sale. Both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today. Many are still very busy with fall work. Beans harvest is moving quickly and some corn harvest has started. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, October 15.

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 $449.06/cwt on 203 head. That ranks 16 of 22 comparable sales and sits +7.54 against this barn's trailing median of $441.52.

Average price

$449.06

203 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$386

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

$79.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.54

vs SD average

+64.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	451.40	2,421	197
Medium and Large 1-2	547	372.00	2,035	6thin

One grade step is worth $79.40/cwt here — about $386 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 sale203 hd

449.06

—

SD average7 barns · 729 hd

426.51

+22.54

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

+64.67

This barn, trailing median22 sales

441.52

+7.54

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

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,891	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,101	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	549.00/cwt	549.00–549.00	2,558	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,440	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,068	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	468.70/cwt	417.50–495.00	2,522	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,378	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,787	182
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,713	75
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	446.89/cwt	426.00–451.00	2,833	196
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,793	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,691	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	386.91/cwt	381.00–410.00	2,844	163
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,973	84
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	352.47/cwt	347.00–363.50	2,897	82
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,001	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	358.83/cwt	343.00–361.00	3,319	68
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,319	37
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,130	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,458	51
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,156	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,537	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,357	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	475.44/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,864	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	460.37/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,053	58
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	441.54/cwt	400.00–462.50	2,106	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	479	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,467	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,175	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	543	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,639	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,035	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	387.71/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,156	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	377.78/cwt	372.00–386.00	2,391	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	357.47/cwt	356.00–365.00	2,474	89
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	357.28/cwt	352.50–362.50	2,601	130
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	339.07/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,855	66
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	322.30/cwt	314.00–324.50	2,885	33
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	326.96/cwt	310.00–329.75	3,051	298
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	323.84/cwt	307.00–329.75	3,177	205
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Spayed	992	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	3,318	236
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,029	302.13/cwt	297.00–306.00	3,109	14
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,083	296.87/cwt	295.00–305.00	3,215	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,848	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,968	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,053	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,116	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,223	4

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 8, 2025

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

Receipts 3,142Last week 2,519Year ago 5,134

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,029	297.00–306.00	302.13
21	1050–1100	1,083	295.00–305.00	296.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	415.00	415.00
20	350–400	392	465.00–480.00	475.44
58	400–450	446	455.00–465.00	460.37
37	450–500	477	400.00–462.50	441.54
78	500–550	524	415.00	415.00
13	550–600	556	385.00–390.00	387.71
41	600–650	633	372.00–386.00	377.78
89	650–700	692	356.00–365.00	357.47
130	700–750	728	352.50–362.50	357.28
66	800–850	842	331.00–340.00	339.07
33	850–900	895	314.00–324.50	322.30
298	900–950	933	310.00–329.75	326.96
205	950–1000	981	307.00–329.75	323.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	479	515.00	515.00
106	500–550	543	486.00	486.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
236	950–1000	992	334.50	334.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1100–1150	1,130	306.00	306.00
52	1150–1200	1,156	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
182	550–600	554	503.00	503.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	505.00	505.00
31	450–500	466	549.00	549.00
42	500–550	538	417.50–495.00	468.70
75	550–600	595	456.00	456.00
196	600–650	634	426.00–451.00	446.89
13	650–700	688	406.00	406.00
163	700–750	735	381.00–410.00	386.91
84	750–800	798	372.50	372.50
82	800–850	822	347.00–363.50	352.47
5	850–900	855	351.00	351.00
68	900–950	925	343.00–361.00	358.83
37	950–1000	985	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	398	475.00	475.00
31	450–500	490	498.00	498.00
19	500–550	517	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	553	430.00	430.00
15	650–700	699	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	505.00	505.00
4	400–450	410	480.00	480.00
18	450–500	464	442.50	442.50
5	500–550	516	410.00	410.00
4	600–650	609	365.00	365.00

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.