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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, May 27

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Receipts

2,756 head

▼ 1,015 vs last sale 3,771▲ 156 vs year ago 2,600 · +6.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 1000 to 1049 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 1050 to 1099 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Best test on heifers 650 to 699 lbs 3.00 higher. A nice offering of feeder cattle today featuring a little bit of everything, including cattle to finish, fall calves, light cattle for backgrounding or grass and replacement heifers. A wide range of flesh, running from light to some heavy. Most cattle were average to attractive quality. An active market seen for this offering despite volatility seen on the futures complex at the end of last week . Buyers remain optimistic and are determined to have cattle to feed and market this fall. Friday brought another widespread round of rain to the area. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, June 3.

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 $479.00/cwt on 63 head, down $8.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 21 comparable sales and sits −9.21 against this barn's trailing median of $488.21.

Average price

$479.00

▼ 8.35 vs prior sale

63 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.58

vs SD average

+18.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	479.00	2,797	63

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 sale63 hd

479.00

—

SD average3 barns · 238 hd

497.58

−18.58

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

+18.63

This barn, trailing median21 sales

488.21

−9.21

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

24 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,351	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,797	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	460.27/cwt	440.00–467.50	2,840	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	669	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,659	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	698	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,946	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	419.14/cwt	412.00–430.00	3,030	169
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	413.66/cwt	397.00–423.00	3,181	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	3,208	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	375.03/cwt	374.50–377.00	3,195	76
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	348.77/cwt	346.00–354.50	3,264	180
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	336.25/cwt	327.75–346.00	3,272	526
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,017	326.60/cwt	319.75–330.00	3,322	225
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,080	320.59/cwt	316.50–329.75	3,462	365
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,283	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,511	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	437.55/cwt	432.00–439.00	2,538	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	423.39/cwt	420.00–432.00	2,583	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	403.50/cwt	388.00–411.00	2,699	212
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	390.61/cwt	389.50–391.00	2,758	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	797	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,766	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	344.39/cwt	341.00–349.00	2,821	181
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	340.58/cwt	326.50–346.00	2,939	111
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	942	3,027.66/head	2,975.00–3,075.00	3,028	57
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,199	66

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 2,756Last week 3,771Year ago 2,600

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	450	522.50	522.50
63	550–600	584	479.00	479.00
56	600–650	617	440.00–467.50	460.27
16	650–700	698	422.00	422.00
169	700–750	723	412.00–430.00	419.14
70	750–800	769	397.00–423.00	413.66
71	800–850	841	381.50	381.50
76	850–900	852	374.50–377.00	375.03
180	900–950	936	346.00–354.50	348.77
526	950–1000	973	327.75–346.00	336.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
225	1000–1050	1,017	319.75–330.00	326.60
365	1050–1100	1,080	316.50–329.75	320.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	669	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	452	505.00	505.00
45	500–550	540	465.00	465.00
33	550–600	580	432.00–439.00	437.55
33	600–650	610	420.00–432.00	423.39
212	650–700	669	388.00–411.00	403.50
58	700–750	706	389.50–391.00	390.61
18	750–800	797	347.00	347.00
181	800–850	819	341.00–349.00	344.39
111	850–900	863	326.50–346.00	340.58
66	950–1000	968	330.50	330.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
57	900–950	942	2,975.00–3,075.00	3,027.66

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.