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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 25

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Receipts

6,473 head

▲ 3,020 vs last sale 3,453▼ 1,002 vs year ago 7,475 · −13.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 949 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 lower except 850 to 899 lbs not well compared, instances up to 16.00 lower on 900 to 949 lbs. Best test on heifers 650 to 749 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances to 20.00 lower on 700 to 749 lbs. A large offering of feeder cattle featuring many loads and packages of home raised cattle and several strings and loads of backgrounded cattle. Good demand for finishing and backgrounding cattle depending on flesh condition, very good demand for replacement quality heifers. Similar to recent weeks, flesh condition varied greatly, from moderate to heavy. Market activity moderate to active. Most of the bidders today were order buyers, even on replacement heifers, fewer farmer feeders in attendance this week. Much better weather than last week to get cattle to market, and quite a few cattle in town today that couldn't make it in last weeks' weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 4.

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 $492.32/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 13 of 21 comparable sales and sits +4.11 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$492.32

145 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$52.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.24

vs SD average

+5.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	497.78	2,811	130
Medium and Large 1-2	598	445.00	2,661	15thin

One grade step is worth $52.78/cwt here — about $149 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 sale145 hd

492.32

—

SD average6 barns · 1,193 hd

500.56

−8.24

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+5.30

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+4.11

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

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,414	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,605	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	501.50/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,658	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	496.66/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,856	100
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,661	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	474.00/cwt	455.00–481.00	2,906	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	431.45/cwt	412.00–437.00	2,934	262
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	396.74/cwt	382.00–410.00	2,900	389
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	384.96/cwt	373.00–396.50	3,014	475
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	366.13/cwt	356.50–379.25	3,043	512
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	357.05/cwt	350.00–365.00	3,106	344
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	344.29/cwt	334.00–350.00	3,164	259
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	925	315.71/cwt	315.50–318.00	2,920	131
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	336.57/cwt	317.00–355.50	3,285	578
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	321.72/cwt	315.00–335.50	3,259	403
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,065	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	3,243	101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	528.68/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,331	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,219	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	463.52/cwt	450.00–482.50	2,429	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	437.37/cwt	427.50–447.00	2,528	160
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	605	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,698	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	410.85/cwt	390.00–437.50	2,539	204
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,256	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	393.10/cwt	383.00–405.00	2,669	191
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	681	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	365.94/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,536	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,485	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	370.61/cwt	355.00–383.00	2,672	326
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	742	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	347.26/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,688	150
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	781	377.19/cwt	370.00–394.50	2,946	115
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	784	3,060.00/head	3,060.00–3,060.00	3,060	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	802	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,008	68
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	815	3,031.31/head	2,785.00–3,250.00	3,031	118
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	342.52/cwt	324.00–347.00	2,798	349
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	872	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,572	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	327.95/cwt	325.25–334.00	2,866	151
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	878	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,990	69
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,799	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	300.66/cwt	295.00–301.50	2,922	46
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,894	9

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 6,473Last week 3,453Year ago 7,475

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	640	352.50	352.50
19	650–700	693	359.00–370.00	365.94
5	850–900	872	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,012	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	441	505.00–540.00	528.68
34	500–550	524	450.00–482.50	463.52
160	550–600	578	427.50–447.00	437.37
204	600–650	618	390.00–437.50	410.85
191	650–700	679	383.00–405.00	393.10
326	700–750	721	355.00–383.00	370.61
150	750–800	774	342.00–350.00	347.26
349	800–850	817	324.00–347.00	342.52
151	850–900	874	325.25–334.00	327.95
13	900–950	900	311.00	311.00
46	950–1000	972	295.00–301.50	300.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
22	600–650	605	446.00	446.00
19	650–700	681	3,325.00	3,325.00
68	700–750	742	3,550.00	3,550.00
115	750–800	781	370.00–394.50	377.19
75	750–800	784	3,060.00	3,060.00
118	800–850	815	2,785.00–3,250.00	3,031.31
68	800–850	802	375.00	375.00
69	850–900	878	340.50	340.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	519	427.50	427.50
9	700–750	714	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	399	605.00	605.00
12	450–500	478	545.00	545.00
30	500–550	530	480.00–520.00	501.50
100	550–600	575	480.00–505.00	496.66
85	600–650	613	455.00–481.00	474.00
262	650–700	680	412.00–437.00	431.45
389	700–750	731	382.00–410.00	396.74
475	750–800	783	373.00–396.50	384.96
512	800–850	831	356.50–379.25	366.13
344	850–900	870	350.00–365.00	357.05
259	900–950	919	334.00–350.00	344.29
578	950–1000	976	317.00–355.50	336.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	598	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
403	1000–1050	1,013	315.00–335.50	321.72
101	1050–1100	1,065	304.50	304.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
131	900–950	925	315.50–318.00	315.71

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.