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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 19

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Receipts

4,605 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 4,596▲ 453 vs year ago 4,152 · +10.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling cattle not well compared. Steer calves 450 to 549 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 lower, 550 to 699 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 8.00 higher except for 600 to 649 lbs not well compared. Heifer calves 450 to 499 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 lower and 550 to 599 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher on a narrow comparison with other weight classes of heifer calves not well compared. Good to very good demand for yearlings with best demand seen for a string of spayed heifers still coming off grass in light flesh. Flesh on yearlings coming out of yards moderate to heavy with buyers bidding accordingly. Mostly good demand for calves with load lots seeing the best demand. Most calves off the cow and most had at least a full round of shots in the fall. Flesh varied, from light to some heavy flesh at times. Quality similar to last week with many attractive calves to choose from. An active market on yearlings, moderate to active on calves. There has been too much instability in the futures complex again this week and buyers remain cautious when procuring calves. No feeder cattle next week due to Thanksgiving, next regular feeder cattle sale will be Wednesday, December 3, and special weaned calf sale Saturday, December 6.

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 $439.73/cwt on 699 head. That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits −48.48 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$439.73

699 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$292

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

$43.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.98

vs SD average

+29.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	445.20	2,453	611
Medium and Large 1-2	538	401.71	2,161	88

One grade step is worth $43.49/cwt here — about $292 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale699 hd

439.73

—

SD average7 barns · 6,539 hd

444.70

−4.98

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+29.65

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−48.48

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

47 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	586.58/cwt	575.00–592.50	1,836	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	505.92/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,892	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,805	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	484.47/cwt	457.50–492.50	2,059	108
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	442.76/cwt	428.00–460.00	2,112	129
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,352	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	455.70/cwt	437.50–465.00	2,365	274
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	410.15/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,137	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,234	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	576	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,102	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	436.67/cwt	411.00–449.00	2,520	337
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	411.33/cwt	403.00–423.00	2,558	109
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	634	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,232	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	659	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,389	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	397.73/cwt	379.00–403.00	2,657	192
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	370.19/cwt	370.00–370.50	2,754	125
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,454	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,412	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	901	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,595	49
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	311.00/cwt	309.00–311.75	2,877	86
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,078	62
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	957	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,680	25
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	305.08/cwt	288.00–316.75	3,130	335
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,040	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,735	18
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,069	303.93/cwt	302.25–304.50	3,249	230
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,077	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,924	108
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1Fleshy	1,155	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,772	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	523.31/cwt	505.00–527.50	1,753	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	461.44/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,684	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	442.09/cwt	427.50–460.00	1,861	148
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,767	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	404.92/cwt	382.50–422.00	1,948	181
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,819	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	506	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,216	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	343.28/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,761	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	400.32/cwt	397.50–417.00	2,074	64
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	341.30/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,939	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	387.17/cwt	372.00–405.00	2,215	134
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	586	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,444	90
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	319.43/cwt	312.50–321.00	1,996	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	328.36/cwt	315.00–333.00	2,236	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	702	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,541	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,432	37
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,601	70
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	309.85/cwt	299.00–311.75	2,882	316
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	310.44/cwt	300.00–311.00	3,061	190
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,003	309.37/cwt	290.00–311.00	3,103	65

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 4,605Last week 4,596Year ago 4,152

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	335	505.00–527.50	523.31
13	350–400	365	445.00–475.00	461.44
148	400–450	421	427.50–460.00	442.09
181	450–500	481	382.50–422.00	404.92
64	500–550	518	397.50–417.00	400.32
134	550–600	572	372.00–405.00	387.17
77	600–650	625	312.50–321.00	319.43
69	650–700	681	315.00–333.00	328.36
37	700–750	709	343.00	343.00
70	800–850	818	318.00	318.00
316	900–950	930	299.00–311.75	309.85
190	950–1000	986	300.00–311.00	310.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
106	500–550	506	438.00	438.00
90	550–600	586	417.00	417.00
73	700–750	702	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	1000–1050	1,003	290.00–311.00	309.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	410.00	410.00
25	450–500	493	369.00	369.00
37	500–550	513	342.50–345.00	343.28
46	550–600	568	338.00–345.00	341.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	313	575.00–592.50	586.58
45	350–400	374	485.00–515.00	505.92
108	400–450	425	457.50–492.50	484.47
129	450–500	477	428.00–460.00	442.76
274	500–550	519	437.50–465.00	455.70
337	550–600	577	411.00–449.00	436.67
109	600–650	622	403.00–423.00	411.33
192	650–700	668	379.00–403.00	397.73
125	700–750	744	370.00–370.50	370.19
6	750–800	767	320.00	320.00
86	900–950	925	309.00–311.75	311.00
62	950–1000	950	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
335	1000–1050	1,026	288.00–316.75	305.08
230	1050–1100	1,069	302.25–304.50	303.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,040	263.00	263.00
108	1050–1100	1,077	271.50	271.50
24	1150–1200	1,155	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	634	352.00	352.00
18	650–700	659	362.50	362.50
25	950–1000	957	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	480	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	415	435.00	435.00
55	500–550	521	405.00–415.00	410.15
23	550–600	562	397.50	397.50
11	750–800	773	312.00	312.00
49	900–950	901	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	576	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.