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Hub City Livestock Auction

Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 26

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2020

← Aug 19Aug 26Sep 2 →

Receipts

2,698 head

▲ 1,884 vs last sale 814▲ 980 vs year ago 1,718 · +57.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light offering, best test on steers 1050 to 1099 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 lower and best test on heifers 900 to 949 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 lower all on a narrow comparison. A larger offering than last week featuring several strings as well as loads and packages, many packages were tested open heifers. The larger strings of cattle were out of yards, loads and packages featured more cattle off grass. Flesh on grass cattle light to moderate, yard cattle moderate to moderate plus with a few in heavy flesh. Mostly good demand for the offering with grass cattle seeing slightly better demand. A moderate to active market with a nice crowd of buyers in the seats. The continuing decline of fat cattle along with the futures complex has taken all optimism out of the industry right now. Operating expenses continue to trend upward, especially feed expenses. Many areas remain quite dry and some producers have started corn silage. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, September 2.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $370.00/cwt on 8 head, down $75.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 22 comparable sales and sits −62.26 against this barn's trailing median of $432.26.

Average price

$370.00

▼ 75.56 vs prior sale

8 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.72

vs SD average

+20.89 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	698	370.00	2,583	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

370.00

—

SD average3 barns · 43 hd

362.28

+7.72

National average155 barns · 6,188 hd

349.11

+20.89

This barn, trailing median22 sales

432.26

−62.26

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 600–700 lb

22 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $464.54, low $369.03, median $432.26 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	698	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,583	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,387	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	352.69/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,670	73
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	347.77/cwt	346.50–354.00	2,907	46
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	329.65/cwt	324.75–334.00	2,825	159
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,853	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	308.54/cwt	301.75–320.75	3,018	348
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	299.02/cwt	293.75–301.25	3,083	595
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	290.89/cwt	287.00–293.75	3,118	133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	353.63/cwt	332.00–357.00	2,581	81
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	763	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,312	62
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	316.22/cwt	313.50–322.50	2,448	293
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	303.40/cwt	301.00–314.50	2,555	281
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	297.15/cwt	293.00–301.00	2,541	139
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	294.41/cwt	288.50–302.50	2,729	268
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	299.54/cwt	297.50–300.75	2,906	27
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,071	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,977	4
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,217	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	3,274	12

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 Aug 26, 2026

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

Receipts 2,698Last week 814Year ago 1,718

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	700–750	730	332.00–357.00	353.63
293	750–800	774	313.50–322.50	316.22
281	800–850	842	301.00–314.50	303.40
139	850–900	855	293.00–301.00	297.15
268	900–950	927	288.50–302.50	294.41
27	950–1000	970	297.50–300.75	299.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,071	278.00	278.00
12	1200–1250	1,217	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	750–800	763	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	698	370.00	370.00
73	750–800	757	339.00–355.00	352.69
46	800–850	836	346.50–354.00	347.77
159	850–900	857	324.75–334.00	329.65
12	900–950	916	311.50	311.50
348	950–1000	978	301.75–320.75	308.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
595	1000–1050	1,031	293.75–301.25	299.02
133	1050–1100	1,072	287.00–293.75	290.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	730	327.00	327.00

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.