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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 29

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Receipts

3,590 head

▼ 244 vs last sale 3,834▼ 360 vs year ago 3,950 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 750 to 1049 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher except 800 to 849 lbs not well compared, instances up to 15.00 higher on 750 to 799 lbs. Best test on heifers 750 to 799 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher on a narrow comparison. Very good demand for all classes of cattle today. Many finishing type cattle on offer again this week, most selling in loads and strings, in moderate to heavy flesh. Quality on loads mostly average to attractive, more plain to average cattle featured in packages. An active market with buyers eager to own cattle as cash fat cattle saw sales of 257.00 earlier in the week and the futures complex has shown strong momentum this week as well. There is much enthusiasm for the fall marketing season again and buyers are determined to have cattle on hand. Cooler weather this week with some much needed rainfall in some areas. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 6.

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 $490.41/cwt on 53 head, down $15.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 21 comparable sales and sits +2.21 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$490.41

▼ 15.41 vs prior sale

53 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$90.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.89

vs SD average

+9.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	529.83	2,946	30
Large 1	595	439.00	2,612	23

One grade step is worth $90.83/cwt here — about $334 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 sale53 hd

490.41

—

SD average5 barns · 810 hd

505.30

−14.89

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+9.39

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+2.21

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	534.94/cwt	525.00–545.00	2,889	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	522.17/cwt	510.00–528.00	3,029	12
Steers	550–600	Large 1	595	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,612	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,845	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,794	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	461.81/cwt	440.00–465.00	3,080	94
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	411.70/cwt	408.00–428.00	3,034	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	418.37/cwt	404.00–422.00	3,192	109
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	380.60/cwt	376.00–383.00	2,984	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	789	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	3,030	14
Steers	750–800	Large 1	794	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,985	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	393.20/cwt	380.00–395.00	3,205	75
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	821	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,972	13
Steers	800–850	Large 1	849	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	3,116	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	363.98/cwt	358.00–366.50	3,232	285
Steers	850–900	Large 1	895	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,927	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	359.84/cwt	351.50–370.00	3,336	558
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	346.83/cwt	341.00–350.50	3,413	368
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	345.30/cwt	343.50–348.00	3,488	480
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,108	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,518	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,226	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,289	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	462.16/cwt	458.00–470.00	2,477	71
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	444.69/cwt	427.50–457.50	2,579	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,482	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	411.27/cwt	409.00–415.00	2,607	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	364.59/cwt	362.00–369.00	2,457	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	395.13/cwt	376.00–399.00	2,707	70
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	384.79/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,840	47
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	371.04/cwt	364.00–381.00	2,850	210
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	357.31/cwt	340.00–363.75	2,916	276
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	832	2,990.00/head	2,990.00–2,990.00	2,990	60
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	342.05/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,993	115
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,217	31

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 3,590Last week 3,834Year ago 3,950

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	416	535.00	535.00
15	450–500	469	488.00	488.00
71	500–550	536	458.00–470.00	462.16
38	550–600	580	427.50–457.50	444.69
21	600–650	634	409.00–415.00	411.27
70	650–700	685	376.00–399.00	395.13
47	700–750	738	380.00–391.00	384.79
210	750–800	768	364.00–381.00	371.04
276	800–850	816	340.00–363.75	357.31
115	850–900	875	340.00–348.00	342.05
31	900–950	914	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
60	800–850	832	2,990.00	2,990.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	591	420.00	420.00
25	650–700	674	362.00–369.00	364.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	540	525.00–545.00	534.94
12	550–600	580	510.00–528.00	522.17
26	600–650	624	456.00	456.00
94	650–700	667	440.00–465.00	461.81
62	700–750	737	408.00–428.00	411.70
109	750–800	763	404.00–422.00	418.37
75	800–850	815	380.00–395.00	393.20
285	850–900	888	358.00–366.50	363.98
558	900–950	927	351.50–370.00	359.84
368	950–1000	984	341.00–350.50	346.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	595	439.00	439.00
7	750–800	794	376.00	376.00
30	800–850	849	367.00	367.00
5	850–900	895	327.00	327.00
480	1000–1050	1,010	343.50–348.00	345.30
51	1100–1150	1,108	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	659	424.00	424.00
23	750–800	784	376.00–383.00	380.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	789	384.00	384.00
13	800–850	821	362.00	362.00

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.