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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

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

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Receipts

6,482 head

▲ 3,387 vs last sale 3,095▲ 40 vs year ago 6,442 · +0.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 799 lbs and 850 to 899 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower on 750 to 799 lbs, 800 to 849 lbs and 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher on 800 to 849 lbs. Heifers 600 to 699 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 700 to 749 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. A very large offering of home raised and backgrounded cattle this week including quite a few home raised replacement quality heifers. Very good demand for light fleshed backgrounding or grass type cattle and replacement heifers, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Many strings, loads and packages of attractive cattle available in varied flesh condition, from light to heavy. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats with a few farmers interested in replacements. Many producers are in the thick of calving. Warm temps this week have dried out pen and yard conditions. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 1.

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 $485.26/cwt on 265 head, down $9.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 21 comparable sales and sits −2.95 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$485.26

▼ 9.27 vs prior sale

265 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$42.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs SD average

+7.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	488.77	2,742	243
Medium and Large 1-2	576	446.47	2,572	22

One grade step is worth $42.30/cwt here — about $170 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 sale265 hd

485.26

—

SD average4 barns · 538 hd

487.50

−2.24

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+7.17

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−2.95

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

35 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	326	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,891	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,146	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	531.40/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,535	71
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,486	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	506.06/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,723	113
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	473.74/cwt	456.00–485.00	2,752	130
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	439.02/cwt	437.50–440.00	2,586	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,686	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	460.46/cwt	451.00–470.00	2,906	283
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	674	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,683	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	428.26/cwt	417.50–436.00	2,916	174
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	405.43/cwt	394.00–427.00	2,935	648
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,722	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	381.70/cwt	368.00–396.00	2,989	787
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	368.43/cwt	359.00–388.25	3,006	375
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	360.20/cwt	348.00–367.50	3,101	689
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	917	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,989	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	355.13/cwt	347.00–358.00	3,289	325
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	335.59/cwt	324.50–346.75	3,218	125
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	960	313.68/cwt	310.00–320.50	3,011	240
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,283	63
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,058	313.75/cwt	313.75–313.75	3,319	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,960	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	527.10/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,282	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	473.89/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,218	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	443.55/cwt	427.50–462.00	2,302	141
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	424.46/cwt	410.00–433.00	2,487	220
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	415.64/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,610	233
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	382.02/cwt	374.00–394.00	2,602	171
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	374.47/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,726	222
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	738	3,077.16/head	2,900.00–3,150.00	3,077	330
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	780	2,950.03/head	2,875.00–2,975.00	2,950	127
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	350.08/cwt	350.00–351.50	2,731	153
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	807	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,970	69
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	332.71/cwt	322.00–355.00	2,725	142

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 6,482Last week 3,095Year ago 6,442

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	433	510.00–540.00	527.10
58	450–500	468	470.00–485.00	473.89
141	500–550	519	427.50–462.00	443.55
220	550–600	586	410.00–433.00	424.46
233	600–650	628	402.00–420.00	415.64
171	650–700	681	374.00–394.00	382.02
222	700–750	728	360.00–383.00	374.47
153	750–800	780	350.00–351.50	350.08
142	800–850	819	322.00–355.00	332.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	426	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
330	700–750	738	2,900.00–3,150.00	3,077.16
127	750–800	780	2,875.00–2,975.00	2,950.03
69	800–850	807	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	580.00	580.00
71	450–500	477	520.00–560.00	531.40
113	500–550	538	495.00–530.00	506.06
130	550–600	581	456.00–485.00	473.74
283	600–650	631	451.00–470.00	460.46
174	650–700	681	417.50–436.00	428.26
648	700–750	724	394.00–427.00	405.43
787	750–800	783	368.00–396.00	381.70
375	800–850	816	359.00–388.25	368.43
689	850–900	861	348.00–367.50	360.20
325	900–950	926	347.00–358.00	355.13
125	950–1000	959	324.50–346.75	335.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	518	480.00	480.00
18	550–600	589	437.50–440.00	439.02
10	600–650	621	432.50	432.50
17	750–800	770	353.50	353.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	674	398.00	398.00
38	900–950	917	326.00	326.00
240	950–1000	960	310.00–320.50	313.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	1000–1050	1,039	316.00	316.00
38	1050–1100	1,058	313.75	313.75

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.