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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 20

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Receipts

3,771 head

▲ 1,781 vs last sale 1,990▲ 1,603 vs year ago 2,168 · +73.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light offering last week with few comparable weight classes, best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs 10.00 lower, 1050 to 1099 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers not well compared. Today's large offering consisted mostly of big, finishing type cattle selling in loads and strings and weaned and preconditioned fall calves selling in packages. Good to very good demand for cattle today, especially those lighter calves to background. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to heavy. A active market seen for this offering despite some volatility in the futures complex again. Widespread rain over the area over the weekend which was very much needed. Farmers are still planting both corn and beans and many cattle are out on grass. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, May 27.

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 $487.35/cwt on 80 head, down $9.70 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 21 comparable sales and sits −0.86 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$487.35

▼ 9.70 vs prior sale

80 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.57

vs SD average

+12.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	487.35	2,754	80

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 sale80 hd

487.35

—

SD average2 barns · 250 hd

508.93

−21.57

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+12.87

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−0.86

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	605.55/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,241	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	534.60/cwt	530.00–537.50	2,518	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	506.48/cwt	498.00–521.00	2,689	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	481.80/cwt	477.00–485.00	2,770	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	469.47/cwt	468.00–470.00	2,826	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	444.53/cwt	428.00–449.00	2,921	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	410.39/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,803	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	425.87/cwt	418.00–449.00	3,105	173
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	3,180	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	362.13/cwt	352.00–368.75	3,190	219
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	367.25/cwt	367.25–367.25	3,324	62
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	329.21/cwt	319.50–335.50	3,262	170
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,029	331.40/cwt	324.00–333.75	3,410	487
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,077	317.35/cwt	315.50–328.00	3,418	362
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,133	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,433	15
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,175	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	3,593	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	512.05/cwt	492.50–520.00	2,432	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	478.73/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,552	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,521	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	454.25/cwt	443.00–480.00	2,603	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	420.22/cwt	406.00–429.00	2,652	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	401.68/cwt	393.00–408.00	2,711	221
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	387.45/cwt	369.50–398.50	2,770	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	746	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,618	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	376.40/cwt	365.00–378.00	2,831	89
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	351.67/cwt	336.00–358.00	2,880	368
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	334.07/cwt	323.00–339.00	2,906	107
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	329.20/cwt	329.00–331.00	2,979	75
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	934	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	124
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	942	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,944	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	309.10/cwt	303.50–310.00	3,060	71
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	320.25/cwt	320.25–320.25	3,286	226
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,055	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	3,347	56

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 3,771Last week 1,990Year ago 2,168

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
226	1000–1050	1,026	320.25	320.25
56	1050–1100	1,055	317.25	317.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	475	492.50–520.00	512.05
41	500–550	533	470.00–495.00	478.73
43	550–600	573	443.00–480.00	454.25
34	600–650	631	406.00–429.00	420.22
221	650–700	675	393.00–408.00	401.68
77	700–750	715	369.50–398.50	387.45
89	750–800	752	365.00–378.00	376.40
368	800–850	819	336.00–358.00	351.67
107	850–900	870	323.00–339.00	334.07
75	900–950	905	329.00–331.00	329.20
71	950–1000	990	303.50–310.00	309.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
124	900–950	934	3,375.00	3,375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	544	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	548	460.00	460.00
14	700–750	746	351.00	351.00
7	900–950	942	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
487	1000–1050	1,029	324.00–333.75	331.40
362	1050–1100	1,077	315.50–328.00	317.35
15	1100–1150	1,133	303.00	303.00
53	1150–1200	1,175	305.75	305.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	600.00–610.00	605.55
18	450–500	471	530.00–537.50	534.60
18	500–550	531	498.00–521.00	506.48
62	550–600	575	477.00–485.00	481.80
34	600–650	602	468.00–470.00	469.47
55	650–700	657	428.00–449.00	444.53
173	700–750	729	418.00–449.00	425.87
5	800–850	828	384.00	384.00
219	850–900	881	352.00–368.75	362.13
62	900–950	905	367.25	367.25
170	950–1000	991	319.50–335.50	329.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	683	400.00–415.00	410.39

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.