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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 22

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Receipts

3,834 head

▼ 3,267 vs last sale 7,101▼ 716 vs year ago 4,550 · −15.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower, 900 to 1049 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Best test on heifers 700 to 749 lbs mostly steady, 750 to 799 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Loads and strings of big, finishing type cattle and replacement heifers made up the majority of today's offering. Mostly good demand for finishing cattle, good to very good demand for replacements. More flesh overall on the cattle this week, most cattle in moderate to heavy flesh condition. Quality similar to last week with many attractive cattle to choose from. An active market with mostly order buyers attending the sale, farmers are either calving or in the field. Some pressure on the market this week caused by the uncertainty of the futures complex. A very warm day today but temps are forecasted back to the 50's for the end of the week with chances of rain. These wide swings in temperature are hard on cattle, especially baby calves. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, April 29.

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 $505.82/cwt on 35 head, down $14.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 21 comparable sales and sits +17.61 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$505.82

▼ 14.76 vs prior sale

35 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.73

vs SD average

+26.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	505.82	2,754	35

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 sale35 hd

505.82

—

SD average4 barns · 362 hd

497.09

+8.73

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+26.79

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+17.61

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

34 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	513.06/cwt	507.50–532.50	2,750	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	494.96/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,757	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,599	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	448.65/cwt	446.00–459.00	2,831	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,625	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	415.11/cwt	413.00–424.00	2,814	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	403.74/cwt	401.50–412.00	2,923	64
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	395.03/cwt	383.00–404.00	3,002	141
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,763	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	373.47/cwt	363.00–381.00	3,036	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	358.44/cwt	348.00–361.00	3,179	190
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	329.25/cwt	329.25–329.25	3,062	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	346.49/cwt	338.75–361.25	3,229	363
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	337.20/cwt	330.00–341.75	3,288	577
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	332.34/cwt	321.50–338.25	3,367	456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,333	11
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	509	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,061	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,226	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	433.17/cwt	428.00–452.50	2,460	71
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	412.31/cwt	404.00–421.00	2,598	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,436	16
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	636	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,417	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	400.61/cwt	397.00–413.50	2,664	182
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	386.59/cwt	368.00–395.00	2,741	111
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	741	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	362.04/cwt	349.00–367.00	2,824	127
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	789	2,936.23/head	2,820.00–3,000.00	2,936	123
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	810	2,964.13/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,964	116
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,913	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	872	3,095.67/head	2,850.00–3,250.00	3,096	167
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,904	125
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	904	3,240.00/head	3,240.00–3,240.00	3,240	78
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,938	38

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 22, 2026

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

Receipts 3,834Last week 7,101Year ago 4,550

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	509	405.00	405.00
24	600–650	636	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	440	480.00	480.00
11	450–500	499	467.50	467.50
71	550–600	568	428.00–452.50	433.17
60	600–650	630	404.00–421.00	412.31
182	650–700	665	397.00–413.50	400.61
111	700–750	709	368.00–395.00	386.59
127	750–800	780	349.00–367.00	362.04
68	800–850	842	346.00	346.00
125	850–900	888	327.00	327.00
38	900–950	918	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	530	420.00	420.00
16	600–650	631	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
29	700–750	741	2,700.00	2,700.00
123	750–800	789	2,820.00–3,000.00	2,936.23
116	800–850	810	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,964.13
167	850–900	872	2,850.00–3,250.00	3,095.67
78	900–950	904	3,240.00	3,240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	536	507.50–532.50	513.06
14	550–600	557	487.50–505.00	494.96
45	600–650	631	446.00–459.00	448.65
31	650–700	678	413.00–424.00	415.11
64	700–750	724	401.50–412.00	403.74
141	750–800	760	383.00–404.00	395.03
33	800–850	813	363.00–381.00	373.47
190	850–900	887	348.00–361.00	358.44
363	900–950	932	338.75–361.25	346.49
577	950–1000	975	330.00–341.75	337.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	630	412.50	412.50
14	750–800	776	356.00	356.00
33	900–950	930	329.25	329.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
456	1000–1050	1,013	321.50–338.25	332.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	658	399.00	399.00

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.