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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 18

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

3,095 head

▼ 4,200 vs last sale 7,295▼ 2,649 vs year ago 5,744 · −46.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 750 to 899 lbs 7.00 to 15.00 higher with instances up to 20.00 higher on 750 to 799 lbs, 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 600 to 799 lbs 6.00 to 15.00 higher. Good demand for packages and loads featured in today's offering of feeder cattle. Quality similar to last week, from average to attractive, but less flesh overall than seen last week. A few more greener, backgrounding or grass type cattle in the mix today. An active market with buyers still being cautious, but a bit more positive than last week. A winter storm over the weekend left some snow and cold temperatures but this weekend has temps in the 70's forecasted, quite a swing in weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, March 25.

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 $494.53/cwt on 57 head, down $8.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 21 comparable sales and sits +6.32 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$494.53

▼ 8.96 vs prior sale

57 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$4.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.46

vs SD average

+22.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	494.97	2,816	52
Medium and Large 1-2	519	490.00	2,543	5thin

One grade step is worth $4.97/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale57 hd

494.53

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SD average7 barns · 527 hd

486.07

+8.46

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+22.41

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+6.32

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

31 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,385	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	536.95/cwt	536.00–540.00	2,588	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,543	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,701	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	492.57/cwt	478.00–504.00	2,827	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	441.52/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,786	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	649	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,602	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,489	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,918	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	402.71/cwt	396.00–413.00	2,900	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,760	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	398.86/cwt	370.00–406.50	3,031	173
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	798	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,881	46
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	356.66/cwt	344.00–374.75	2,903	250
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	360.35/cwt	346.00–372.50	3,135	619
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	345.47/cwt	330.00–352.00	3,203	332
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,229	45
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,032	332.52/cwt	328.50–333.50	3,432	80
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,154	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	447.42/cwt	440.00–456.00	2,336	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	444.49/cwt	429.00–458.50	2,565	68
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	419.96/cwt	400.00–431.00	2,608	101
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	391.35/cwt	382.00–403.00	2,669	141
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	345.26/cwt	344.00–347.00	2,472	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	365.60/cwt	356.00–380.00	2,691	129
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	353.91/cwt	343.50–359.00	2,729	215
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	326.16/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,668	49
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	320.84/cwt	311.00–327.00	2,772	147
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	312.74/cwt	312.00–313.00	2,902	19
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	946	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,829	10

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 Mar 18, 2026

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

Receipts 3,095Last week 7,295Year ago 5,744

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	946	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	550.00	550.00
7	450–500	484	445.00	445.00
50	500–550	522	440.00–456.00	447.42
68	550–600	577	429.00–458.50	444.49
101	600–650	621	400.00–431.00	419.96
141	650–700	682	382.00–403.00	391.35
129	700–750	736	356.00–380.00	365.60
215	750–800	771	343.50–359.00	353.91
49	800–850	818	321.00–340.00	326.16
147	850–900	864	311.00–327.00	320.84
19	900–950	928	312.00–313.00	312.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	716	344.00–347.00	345.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	519	490.00	490.00
22	650–700	655	380.00	380.00
39	700–750	738	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	391	610.00	610.00
28	450–500	482	536.00–540.00	536.95
5	500–550	522	517.50	517.50
47	550–600	574	478.00–504.00	492.57
47	600–650	631	440.00–445.00	441.52
31	650–700	693	421.00	421.00
67	700–750	720	396.00–413.00	402.71
173	750–800	760	370.00–406.50	398.86
250	800–850	814	344.00–374.75	356.66
619	850–900	870	346.00–372.50	360.35
332	900–950	927	330.00–352.00	345.47
45	950–1000	954	338.50	338.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	649	401.00	401.00
46	750–800	798	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	1000–1050	1,032	328.50–333.50	332.52

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.