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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 8

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

5,579 head

▲ 977 vs last sale 4,602▼ 866 vs year ago 6,445 · −13.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 999 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Best test on heifers 700 to 799 lbs mostly steady. Big finishing type cattle selling in strings and loads made up the majority of today's large offering which was met with good to very good demand. Both home raised and backgrounded cattle available with many opportunities to buy several loads of same weight cattle to fill pens. Many attractive cattle to choose from in flesh ranging from moderate to heavy. Some tag on the cattle as recent snow and rain has lots and yards muddy again. Replacement heifers saw very good demand again this week. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 15.

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 $497.02/cwt on 46 head, down $26.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 21 comparable sales and sits +8.81 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$497.02

▼ 26.54 vs prior sale

46 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.87

vs SD average

+6.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	497.02	2,893	46

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

497.02

—

SD average2 barns · 106 hd

484.15

+12.87

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+6.19

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+8.81

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

30 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	598.20/cwt	585.00–605.00	2,728	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	497.02/cwt	487.00–511.00	2,893	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	461.89/cwt	451.00–463.00	2,956	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	447.47/cwt	426.00–459.00	2,962	83
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	418.42/cwt	404.00–440.50	3,046	180
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	383.35/cwt	381.00–385.00	2,986	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	374.94/cwt	370.00–384.50	3,082	213
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	366.00/cwt	360.00–375.00	3,232	946
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	888	351.17/cwt	345.00–352.25	3,118	80
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	351.84/cwt	339.50–361.75	3,283	265
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	345.75/cwt	332.50–348.75	3,350	951
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	332.51/cwt	332.00–332.75	3,392	262
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,062	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,531	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,251	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,423	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	470.78/cwt	464.00–485.00	2,514	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	429.06/cwt	426.00–440.00	2,527	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	418.74/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,684	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	404.95/cwt	403.00–413.00	2,681	74
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	381.10/cwt	373.00–394.00	2,771	177
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	359.14/cwt	347.50–370.00	2,765	135
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	778	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	822	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	3,263	32
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	351.59/cwt	343.00–360.50	2,908	266
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	829	3,162.28/head	3,100.00–3,230.00	3,162	132
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	856	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	58
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	340.95/cwt	324.00–344.75	2,949	675
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	907	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,120	64
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	334.05/cwt	331.25–337.50	3,120	367
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,963	17

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 Apr 8, 2026

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

Receipts 5,579Last week 4,602Year ago 6,445

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	615.00	615.00
10	450–500	475	510.00	510.00
35	500–550	534	464.00–485.00	470.78
27	550–600	589	426.00–440.00	429.06
86	600–650	641	410.00–422.00	418.74
74	650–700	662	403.00–413.00	404.95
177	700–750	727	373.00–394.00	381.10
135	750–800	770	347.50–370.00	359.14
266	800–850	827	343.00–360.50	351.59
675	850–900	865	324.00–344.75	340.95
367	900–950	934	331.25–337.50	334.05
17	950–1000	978	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	778	2,775.00	2,775.00
32	800–850	822	397.00	397.00
132	800–850	829	3,100.00–3,230.00	3,162.28
58	850–900	856	3,150.00	3,150.00
64	900–950	907	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	456	585.00–605.00	598.20
46	550–600	582	487.00–511.00	497.02
43	600–650	640	451.00–463.00	461.89
83	650–700	662	426.00–459.00	447.47
180	700–750	728	404.00–440.50	418.42
12	750–800	779	381.00–385.00	383.35
213	800–850	822	370.00–384.50	374.94
946	850–900	883	360.00–375.00	366.00
265	900–950	933	339.50–361.75	351.84
951	950–1000	969	332.50–348.75	345.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
262	1000–1050	1,020	332.00–332.75	332.51
60	1050–1100	1,062	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	850–900	888	345.00–352.25	351.17

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.