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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 6

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Receipts

3,980 head

▲ 390 vs last sale 3,590▼ 1,719 vs year ago 5,699 · −30.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 899 lbs and 950 to 999 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher on 850 to 899 lbs, 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady, 1000 to 1049 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers not well compared. Very good demand for this offering. Like last week, most of the cattle offered were big, finishing types selling in loads and strings. Several loads and packages of replacement heifers in the mix and these are easy to sell as turn out time is here. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to heavy. An active market with buyers interested in multiple loads to fill pens. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 13.

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 $509.56/cwt on 34 head, up $19.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 21 comparable sales and sits +21.35 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$509.56

▲ 19.14 vs prior sale

34 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.51

vs SD average

+22.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	509.56	2,876	34

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 sale34 hd

509.56

—

SD average3 barns · 118 hd

498.04

+11.51

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+22.01

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+21.35

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,593	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,743	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	505.71/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,903	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	444.52/cwt	430.00–459.00	2,854	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,867	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	465.69/cwt	459.00–469.00	3,046	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	671	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,899	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	427.81/cwt	424.00–436.00	3,076	110
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	402.63/cwt	394.50–420.00	3,124	70
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,889	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	392.14/cwt	388.00–400.00	3,231	197
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	843	362.64/cwt	360.50–364.00	3,057	72
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	370.81/cwt	357.00–382.50	3,252	199
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	896	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,127	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	359.74/cwt	351.50–366.50	3,317	404
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	353.71/cwt	341.00–360.50	3,410	806
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	337.76/cwt	334.50–342.50	3,462	305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,342	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,412	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,439	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	438.55/cwt	436.00–442.50	2,592	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	417.85/cwt	397.50–433.00	2,586	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,500	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	408.70/cwt	400.00–414.00	2,751	143
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,737	65
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	384.17/cwt	370.00–393.00	2,797	127
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	758	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	364.86/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,857	131
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	793	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,815	37
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	353.21/cwt	349.00–362.00	2,840	96
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	3,023.51/head	2,885.00–3,140.00	3,024	127
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	338.17/cwt	324.00–350.00	2,962	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	883	3,050.66/head	2,970.00–3,230.00	3,051	137
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	318.19/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,966	41

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 May 6, 2026

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

Receipts 3,980Last week 3,590Year ago 5,699

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	650–700	693	395.00	395.00
37	750–800	793	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	422	555.00	555.00
10	450–500	455	530.00	530.00
4	500–550	536	455.00	455.00
50	550–600	591	436.00–442.50	438.55
12	600–650	619	397.50–433.00	417.85
143	650–700	673	400.00–414.00	408.70
127	700–750	728	370.00–393.00	384.17
131	750–800	783	360.00–373.00	364.86
96	800–850	804	349.00–362.00	353.21
27	850–900	876	324.00–350.00	338.17
41	900–950	932	317.00–321.00	318.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
76	750–800	758	2,950.00	2,950.00
127	800–850	831	2,885.00–3,140.00	3,023.51
137	850–900	883	2,970.00–3,230.00	3,050.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	646	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	562.50	562.50
6	500–550	520	527.50	527.50
28	550–600	574	495.00–510.00	505.71
89	600–650	642	430.00–459.00	444.52
24	650–700	654	459.00–469.00	465.69
110	700–750	719	424.00–436.00	427.81
70	750–800	776	394.50–420.00	402.63
197	800–850	824	388.00–400.00	392.14
199	850–900	877	357.00–382.50	370.81
404	900–950	922	351.50–366.50	359.74
806	950–1000	964	341.00–360.50	353.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	671	432.00	432.00
72	800–850	843	360.50–364.00	362.64
19	850–900	896	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	650	441.00	441.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	798	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
305	1000–1050	1,025	334.50–342.50	337.76

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.