Hub City Livestock Auction
Aberdeen, SD

Market information provided by USDA

29 OCT '25

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.