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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 4

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Jan 28Feb 4Feb 11 →

Receipts

6,022 head

▲ 1,720 vs last sale 4,302▼ 390 vs year ago 6,412 · −6.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 699 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 700 to 899 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 500 to 549 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 16.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs not well compared, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. A large offering of loads and packages again this week. Very good demand for cattle suitable for grass or backgrounding programs, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Flesh condition similar to last week, from moderate to heavy, with some fill seen at times. One consignment of backgrounded cattle today with the rest being home raised, long time weaned and vaccinated. An active market with mostly order buyers and not as many farmer feeders in the seats this week. Temperatures have warmed up considerably and this nicer weather is expected to continue for the next week or more. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 11.

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 $514.03/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 20 of 21 comparable sales and sits +25.82 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$514.03

190 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$60.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.81

vs SD average

+31.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	517.87	2,824	178
Medium and Large 1-2	596	457.00	2,724	12thin

One grade step is worth $60.87/cwt here — about $100 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 sale190 hd

514.03

—

SD average6 barns · 1,304 hd

492.22

+21.81

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+31.00

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+25.82

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

38 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,943	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,535	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,398	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	571.22/cwt	567.00–590.00	2,690	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	536.31/cwt	520.00–562.00	2,810	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	502.48/cwt	489.00–520.00	2,829	97
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,724	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	457.67/cwt	443.00–470.00	2,870	509
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	427.15/cwt	427.00–427.50	2,708	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	428.68/cwt	421.00–449.00	2,898	294
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,750	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	402.51/cwt	389.50–416.50	2,938	721
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	739	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,756	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	774	371.27/cwt	371.00–373.00	2,874	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	396.98/cwt	386.00–404.75	3,077	494
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	807	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,849	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	379.12/cwt	363.00–384.00	3,109	361
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	864	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,093	23
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	370.50/cwt	369.00–373.50	3,242	351
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	356.95/cwt	355.00–362.50	3,309	500
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,186	7
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	321.71/cwt	314.00–330.00	3,291	103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,853	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,322	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	489.19/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,397	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	457.74/cwt	456.00–460.00	2,252	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	462.37/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,469	127
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,244	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	437.38/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,524	183
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	423.72/cwt	404.00–442.00	2,619	404
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	389.61/cwt	375.00–412.00	2,645	223
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	376.35/cwt	369.00–387.00	2,736	211
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	737	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,059	59
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	368.48/cwt	366.50–374.00	2,808	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	350.75/cwt	350.00–351.50	2,859	133
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,854	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	865	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	3,118	75
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,062	70

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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Receipts 6,022Last week 4,302Year ago 6,412

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	517.50	517.50
8	400–450	434	535.00	535.00
63	450–500	490	470.00–515.00	489.19
127	500–550	534	440.00–480.00	462.37
183	550–600	577	425.00–450.00	437.38
404	600–650	618	404.00–442.00	423.72
223	650–700	679	375.00–412.00	389.61
211	700–750	727	369.00–387.00	376.35
60	750–800	762	366.50–374.00	368.48
133	800–850	815	350.00–351.50	350.75
21	850–900	852	335.00	335.00
70	900–950	902	339.50	339.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	492	456.00–460.00	457.74
7	500–550	544	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	700–750	737	415.00	415.00
75	850–900	865	360.50	360.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	595.00	595.00
48	450–500	471	567.00–590.00	571.22
81	500–550	524	520.00–562.00	536.31
97	550–600	563	489.00–520.00	502.48
509	600–650	627	443.00–470.00	457.67
294	650–700	676	421.00–449.00	428.68
721	700–750	730	389.50–416.50	402.51
494	750–800	775	386.00–404.75	396.98
361	800–850	820	363.00–384.00	379.12
351	850–900	875	369.00–373.50	370.50
500	900–950	927	355.00–362.50	356.95
7	950–1000	954	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	525.00	525.00
8	400–450	440	545.00	545.00
12	550–600	596	457.00	457.00
13	600–650	634	427.00–427.50	427.15
27	650–700	679	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	1000–1050	1,023	314.00–330.00	321.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	739	373.00	373.00
44	750–800	774	371.00–373.00	371.27
14	800–850	807	353.00	353.00
23	850–900	864	358.00	358.00

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.