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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 7

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Jan 3Jan 7Jan 14 →

Receipts

5,912 head

▲ 2,590 vs last sale 3,322▲ 317 vs year ago 5,595 · +5.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: steer calves 450 to 499 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs 20.00 to 30.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs and 750 to 849 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 10.00 higher on 550 to 599 lbs, other weight classes not well compared. Best test on heifer calves 550 to 599 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 600 to 699 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Very good demand for today's large offering of feeder cattle. Most of the offering was home raised and long time weaned and vaccinated with many packages, loads, and a few multiple load cuts available. Many attractive cattle to choose from in mostly moderate to moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh and fill seen at times. An active market with many buyers and farmer feeder in the seats determined to own cattle. Many producers like to wait until the new year to start filling pens for grass programs and are now ready to do so. Temperatures have been mild for January making good feeding conditions aside from some mud. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, January 14.

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 $517.56/cwt on 508 head. That ranks 20 of 21 comparable sales and sits +29.35 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$517.56

508 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$9.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.53

vs SD average

+51.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	517.99	2,817	486
Medium and Large 1-2	510	508.00	2,591	22

One grade step is worth $9.99/cwt here — about $226 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 sale508 hd

517.56

—

SD average2 barns · 1,139 hd

500.03

+17.53

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+51.23

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+29.35

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	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,250	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,173	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,487	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	572.14/cwt	545.00–579.00	2,666	78
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	501.45/cwt	482.50–517.50	2,427	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,591	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	532.31/cwt	516.00–567.50	2,779	202
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,712	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,884	191
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	486.87/cwt	462.00–505.00	2,761	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	451.43/cwt	420.00–467.00	2,839	445
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	420.21/cwt	405.50–430.00	2,845	496
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	402.04/cwt	377.00–414.00	2,915	492
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	747	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,734	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	375.65/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,923	440
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	374.99/cwt	363.00–380.75	3,064	386
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	834	354.51/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,957	99
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	357.56/cwt	340.25–361.00	3,064	56
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,101	45
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	337.68/cwt	335.50–339.00	3,259	96
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,111	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,439	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	545.90/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,927	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	1,898	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	510.43/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,185	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	464.21/cwt	450.00–497.50	2,242	77
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,124	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	467.96/cwt	438.00–483.00	2,485	368
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	423.88/cwt	400.00–442.50	2,425	178
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	397.39/cwt	375.00–412.00	2,492	307
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	388.79/cwt	379.00–391.00	2,582	276
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	367.40/cwt	350.00–375.50	2,660	211
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	341.87/cwt	321.00–350.00	2,649	90
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	333.26/cwt	327.00–337.00	2,729	102
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	341.08/cwt	322.00–343.00	2,957	136
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,984	58
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,028	310.25/cwt	310.25–310.25	3,189	51

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 Jan 7, 2026

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

Receipts 5,912Last week 3,322Year ago 5,595

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	353	520.00–560.00	545.90
65	400–450	428	485.00–530.00	510.43
77	450–500	483	450.00–497.50	464.21
368	500–550	531	438.00–483.00	467.96
178	550–600	572	400.00–442.50	423.88
307	600–650	627	375.00–412.00	397.39
276	650–700	664	379.00–391.00	388.79
211	700–750	724	350.00–375.50	367.40
90	750–800	775	321.00–350.00	341.87
102	800–850	819	327.00–337.00	333.26
136	850–900	867	322.00–343.00	341.08
58	900–950	918	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	393	483.00	483.00
9	450–500	491	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,028	310.25	310.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	348	600.00	600.00
5	350–400	375	600.00	600.00
8	400–450	411	605.00	605.00
78	450–500	466	545.00–579.00	572.14
202	500–550	522	516.00–567.50	532.31
72	550–600	567	462.00–505.00	486.87
445	600–650	629	420.00–467.00	451.43
496	650–700	677	405.50–430.00	420.21
492	700–750	725	377.00–414.00	402.04
440	750–800	778	360.00–383.00	375.65
386	800–850	817	363.00–380.75	374.99
56	850–900	857	340.25–361.00	357.56
45	900–950	916	338.50	338.50
96	950–1000	965	335.50–339.00	337.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	537	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	550.00	550.00
38	450–500	484	482.50–517.50	501.45
22	500–550	510	508.00	508.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	747	366.00	366.00
99	800–850	834	349.00–355.00	354.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1100–1150	1,111	309.50	309.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
191	550–600	559	516.00	516.00

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.