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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 13

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 6May 13May 20 →

Receipts

1,990 head

▼ 1,990 vs last sale 3,980▼ 354 vs year ago 2,344 · −15.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: a lighter offering with different weight classes than last week, best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Lower undertones noted on heifers. A couple strings, quite a few loads, and many packages in today's offering. Lighter cattle to grass or background see very good demand, good to very good demand for finishing types depending on flesh condition. Flesh on bigger cattle mostly moderate to heavy, backgrounding type cattle in mostly light to moderate plus flesh. Quality varied quite a bit on packages, loads lots mostly average to attractive in quality. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats today exhibiting slightly more caution procuring cattle than seen last week. Much corn has been planted and the area is in need of rain. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 20.

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 $497.06/cwt on 19 head, down $12.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 21 comparable sales and sits +8.85 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$497.06

▼ 12.50 vs prior sale

19 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.37

vs SD average

+23.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	497.06	2,710	19thin

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 sale19 hd

497.06

—

SD average4 barns · 657 hd

508.42

−11.37

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+23.36

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

+8.85

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

22 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	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,741	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	484.16/cwt	477.50–490.00	2,692	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,788	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	422.90/cwt	408.00–437.00	2,910	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	434.12/cwt	408.00–439.00	3,108	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	401.99/cwt	401.00–403.00	2,987	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	799	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	3,148	32
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	376.72/cwt	375.75–383.50	3,149	77
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	3,185	48
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	346.75/cwt	346.75–346.75	3,291	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	344.70/cwt	339.00–346.00	3,385	361
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,517	60
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,078	318.42/cwt	318.00–318.75	3,433	279
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	441.49/cwt	434.00–460.00	2,490	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	416.32/cwt	406.00–420.00	2,440	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	407.09/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,483	69
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	395.27/cwt	392.00–400.00	2,719	158
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	380.22/cwt	367.00–389.00	2,726	48
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	357.94/cwt	346.00–369.00	2,763	51
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,810	77
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	329.56/cwt	319.00–336.00	2,841	127
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	326.33/cwt	326.25–326.50	3,009	96

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 1,990Last week 3,980Year ago 2,344

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	743	401.00–403.00	401.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	525.00	525.00
13	550–600	556	477.50–490.00	484.16
14	600–650	614	454.00	454.00
30	650–700	688	408.00–437.00	422.90
50	700–750	716	408.00–439.00	434.12
32	750–800	799	394.00	394.00
77	800–850	836	375.75–383.50	376.72
48	850–900	854	373.00	373.00
65	900–950	949	346.75	346.75
361	950–1000	982	339.00–346.00	344.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	1000–1050	1,021	344.50	344.50
279	1050–1100	1,078	318.00–318.75	318.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	550–600	564	434.00–460.00	441.49
69	600–650	610	390.00–412.00	407.09
158	650–700	688	392.00–400.00	395.27
48	700–750	717	367.00–389.00	380.22
51	750–800	772	346.00–369.00	357.94
77	800–850	812	346.00	346.00
127	850–900	862	319.00–336.00	329.56
96	900–950	922	326.25–326.50	326.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	586	406.00–420.00	416.32

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.