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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Sat, Jan 3

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Dec 17Jan 3Jan 7 →

Receipts

3,322 head

▼ 2,507 vs last sale 5,829▼ 260 vs year ago 3,582 · −7.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent feeder cattle sales to compare to and develop an accurate price trend. Special Saturday feeder cattle sale today, the first feeder sale of the new year. Good to very good demand for this nice offering featuring many packages and quite a few loads of calves and a string of yearling steers. Most of the calves were long time weaned and had at least one round of fall shots. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate to moderate plus. A nice crowd of buyers and farmer feeders made for an active market. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 7.

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 $485.66/cwt on 356 head. That ranks 10 of 21 comparable sales and sits −2.55 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$485.66

356 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$50.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+33.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	495.94	2,726	283
Medium and Large 1-2	575	445.80	2,565	73

One grade step is worth $50.14/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale356 hd

485.66

—

SD average1 barns · 356 hd

485.66

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

+33.50

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−2.55

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

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,088	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	576.23/cwt	562.50–580.00	2,167	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,959	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,219	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	537.25/cwt	526.00–547.50	2,530	79
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	460.82/cwt	452.00–480.00	2,230	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	471.25/cwt	470.00–472.50	2,422	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	493.80/cwt	489.00–520.00	2,662	95
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	497.02/cwt	481.00–505.00	2,758	188
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	441.76/cwt	430.00–459.00	2,584	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,361	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	438.92/cwt	421.00–445.00	2,778	247
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	427.15/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,802	82
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	377.55/cwt	362.00–391.00	2,726	81
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,525	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	377.42/cwt	366.50–386.50	2,906	289
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	373.85/cwt	353.00–378.00	3,051	243
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	348.43/cwt	328.00–356.75	3,059	219
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,138	62
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	331.75/cwt	331.75–331.75	3,261	59
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	337.49/cwt	336.25–338.75	3,449	120
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,076	336.25/cwt	336.25–336.25	3,618	180
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	504.62/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,600	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	488.09/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,840	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,814	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	490.40/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,114	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	443.69/cwt	427.50–455.00	2,134	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	425.40/cwt	405.00–432.00	2,191	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,220	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	419.74/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,397	106
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	389.12/cwt	381.00–405.00	2,463	127
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	377.84/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,573	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,249	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	362.77/cwt	354.00–368.00	2,637	293
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	325.77/cwt	317.50–335.00	2,671	208
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,810	33
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,790	13

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

Sat Jan 3, 2026

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

Receipts 3,322Last week 5,829Year ago 3,582

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	348	600.00	600.00
23	350–400	376	562.50–580.00	576.23
12	400–450	409	542.50	542.50
79	450–500	471	526.00–547.50	537.25
95	500–550	539	489.00–520.00	493.80
188	550–600	555	481.00–505.00	497.02
247	600–650	633	421.00–445.00	438.92
82	650–700	656	422.50–427.50	427.15
81	700–750	722	362.00–391.00	377.55
289	750–800	770	366.50–386.50	377.42
243	800–850	816	353.00–378.00	373.85
219	850–900	878	328.00–356.75	348.43
62	900–950	923	340.00	340.00
59	950–1000	983	331.75	331.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	505.00	505.00
15	450–500	484	452.00–480.00	460.82
10	500–550	514	470.00–472.50	471.25
63	550–600	585	430.00–459.00	441.76
8	600–650	610	387.00	387.00
17	700–750	734	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	1000–1050	1,022	336.25–338.75	337.49
180	1050–1100	1,076	336.25	336.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	317	500.00–510.00	504.62
21	350–400	377	470.00–500.00	488.09
11	400–450	431	485.00–505.00	490.40
57	450–500	481	427.50–455.00	443.69
50	500–550	515	405.00–432.00	425.40
106	550–600	571	415.00–427.50	419.74
127	600–650	633	381.00–405.00	389.12
93	650–700	681	370.00–387.00	377.84
293	700–750	727	354.00–368.00	362.77
208	800–850	820	317.50–335.00	325.77
33	850–900	878	320.00	320.00
13	900–950	924	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	562	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	403	450.00	450.00
11	650–700	690	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.