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USDA Hub City Livestock Wtd Averages

USDA Hub City Livestock Wtd Averages               10/29 17:00
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Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD
  
Hub City Livestock Auction-Aberdeen,SD
Livestock Weighted Average Report for 10/29/2025 - Final
  
Auction                  This Week      Last Reported    Last Year
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Total Receipts:                                           
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FEEDER CATTLE            3740           4833    3596      
  
  
Compared to last week:  best test on yearling steers 950 to 999 lbs 18.00 to 
20.00 lower, yearling heifers not well compared.  Steer calves 500 to 599 lbs 
26.00 to 30.00 lower.  Heifer calves 500 to 549 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower on a 
narrow comparison, 550 to 599 lbs 10.00 lower.  Good demand for yearlings today 
with best demand seen for those few yearlings still coming off grass in light 
to moderate flesh. A few strings and quite a few loads of yearlings on offer 
with about one third of these coming off grass.  Yard cattle in moderate plus 
to heavy flesh at times.  Moderate to good demand for calves.  Similar to last 
week, there was quite a variation in calf quality and combined  with 
vaccination history determined how much interest buyers had in purchasing 
calves. Some are willing to take a chance on an unvaccinated calf but for quite 
a bit less money.  Mostly packages of calves today with just a few loads, the 
majority coming off the cow. A mostly active market on yearlings, moderate to 
active on calves.  Both live and feeder cattle futures posted decent gains 
today but so much of the earlier confidence has been shaken and buyers and 
farmer feeders are very cautious about procuring calves in this uncertain 
market.  Corn harvest is chugging away with much of the corn needing to be 
dried as it comes off the field.  Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, 
November 5.
  
  
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FEEDER CATTLE
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BULLS  -  Medium and Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
6      341-341        341     565-565        565                
14     436-436        436     495-495        495                
10     460-460        460     445-445        445                

HEIFERS  -  Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
109    1011-1026      1019    317.5-330.5    323.53             
18     1040-1040      1040    299.5-299.5    299.5              Fleshy 
122    1056-1059      1058    294-299.5      299.14             

HEIFERS  -  Medium and Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
9      311-311        311     505-505        505                
13     386-386        386     452.5-452.5    452.5              
42     401-437        415     445-460        452.92             
110    450-499        478     405-420        415.82             
84     513-536        522     385-425        412.33             
21     562-562        562     475-475        475                Replacement 
112    561-587        570     415-447.5      433.51             
13     600-600        600     387.5-387.5    387.5              
21     602-640        622     332-338        335.23             Fleshy 
29     681-681        681     397-397        397                
166    741-743        742     351-351        351                
79     795-795        795     326-326        326                
245    834-844        838     340.5-343.75   341.32             
65     902-902        902     335.75-335.75  335.75             
113    963-976        969     330-332        331.09             

HEIFERS  -  Medium and Large  1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
9      308-308        308     405-405        405                
7      396-396        396     385-385        385                
11     419-428        424     405-420        413.26             
38     585-585        585     392-392        392                
13     601-601        601     315.5-315.5    315.5              
29     650-650        650     339-339        339                
21     895-895        895     307-307        307                

STEERS  -  Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
56     1008-1008      1008    348.75-348.75  348.75             
105    1070-1092      1081    316-316        316                Fleshy 

STEERS  -  Medium and Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
8      361-361        361     570-570        570                
38     433-448        442     525-565        539.42             
16     454-454        454     528-528        528                
254    509-546        527     467-502.5      479.6              
202    555-594        566     435-471        455.27             
163    607-639        628     382.5-415      406.69             
107    655-697        663     369-407        394.2              
77     702-703        702     387-388        387.48             
117    921-933        927     352-352        352                
425    953-998        980     331-354.5      345.54             

STEERS  -  Medium and Large  1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
6      391-391        391     500-500        500                
26     408-408        408     517.5-517.5    517.5              
20     471-483        481     425-425        425                
38     519-542        530     422.5-462.5    443.12             
94     581-592        587     405-425        418.24