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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 12

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Receipts

4,596 head

▲ 1,585 vs last sale 3,011▼ 1,047 vs year ago 5,643 · −18.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearlings not well compared. Best test on steer calves 500 to 649 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 500 to 599 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearlings today. Still a few yearlings coming off grass, including today's feature string of 500 steers. The market is very active on these light to moderate fleshed cattle as supplies are almost at an end. Dry lot yearlings also see good demand as many would rather feed these than a bawling calf. Good demand for calves today. Most coming off the cow but a few weaned packages, weaned from 14 days and over. Varied flesh condition on calves, but mostly light to moderate plus. A few more creep fed calves this week. Many attractive calves to choose from, both in loads and packages to be put together. An active market with more optimism than seen last week even though the futures complex had a negative day. Weather remains very nice for this time of year, really nice conditions for cattle with quite a few cows still out on grass or grazing stalks. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, November 19. This will be the last feeder cattle sale before Thanksgiving.

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 $446.17/cwt on 685 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −42.04 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$446.17

685 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$56.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.97

vs SD average

+21.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	447.97	2,519	663
Medium and Large 1-2	589	391.78	2,308	22

One grade step is worth $56.19/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale685 hd

446.17

—

SD average8 barns · 10,733 hd

439.20

+6.97

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+21.30

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−42.04

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

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	509.77/cwt	500.00–527.50	1,952	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	524.26/cwt	522.50–527.50	2,118	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	481.81/cwt	460.00–502.50	2,279	110
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,989	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	476.65/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,455	206
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	537	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,323	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	435.12/cwt	415.00–441.50	2,545	444
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	391.78/cwt	387.50–407.50	2,308	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	425.28/cwt	415.00–443.00	2,624	537
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	642	391.16/cwt	378.00–394.00	2,511	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,325	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	394.83/cwt	390.00–397.00	2,716	285
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	382.22/cwt	375.50–390.75	2,771	185
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	343.01/cwt	341.00–344.00	2,651	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,703	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	348.70/cwt	334.00–357.50	3,093	148
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	3,270	199
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	354.04/cwt	346.25–357.25	3,452	600
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	345.75/cwt	345.75–345.75	3,509	104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	430.42/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,451	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	476.91/cwt	455.00–496.00	1,803	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	448.46/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,991	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	421.12/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,975	97
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	513	436.98/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,242	73
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	385.23/cwt	372.50–400.00	2,046	213
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	378.12/cwt	350.00–386.50	2,117	229
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	82
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	361.80/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,279	113
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	334.76/cwt	334.00–336.00	2,266	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	306.41/cwt	301.00–325.00	2,405	41
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,360	31
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	291.36/cwt	291.00–300.00	2,640	463
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	283.13/cwt	282.00–297.50	2,763	108
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,028	278.25/cwt	277.00–279.50	2,860	102
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,091	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,957	10

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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Receipts 4,596Last week 3,011Year ago 5,643

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	1000–1050	1,028	277.00–279.50	278.25
10	1050–1100	1,091	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	337	420.00–445.00	430.42
52	350–400	378	455.00–496.00	476.91
63	400–450	444	447.50–460.00	448.46
97	450–500	469	395.00–435.00	421.12
213	500–550	531	372.50–400.00	385.23
229	550–600	560	350.00–386.50	378.12
113	600–650	630	342.50–365.00	361.80
54	650–700	677	334.00–336.00	334.76
41	750–800	785	301.00–325.00	306.41
31	800–850	837	282.00	282.00
463	900–950	906	291.00–300.00	291.36
108	950–1000	976	282.00–297.50	283.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
73	500–550	513	427.50–440.00	436.98
82	550–600	570	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	1000–1050	1,015	345.75	345.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	537	432.50	432.50
56	600–650	642	378.00–394.00	391.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	383	500.00–527.50	509.77
17	400–450	404	522.50–527.50	524.26
110	450–500	473	460.00–502.50	481.81
206	500–550	515	445.00–485.00	476.65
444	550–600	585	415.00–441.50	435.12
537	600–650	617	415.00–443.00	425.28
285	650–700	688	390.00–397.00	394.83
185	700–750	725	375.50–390.75	382.22
21	750–800	773	341.00–344.00	343.01
148	850–900	887	334.00–357.50	348.70
199	900–950	925	353.50	353.50
600	950–1000	975	346.25–357.25	354.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	405.00	405.00
22	550–600	589	387.50–407.50	391.78
19	650–700	670	347.00	347.00
10	800–850	829	326.00	326.00

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.