Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-11-07

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 7

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Oct 31Nov 7Nov 14 →

Receipts

6,377 head

▲ 1,177 vs last sale 5,200▲ 3,377 vs year ago 3,000 · +112.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400-450lbs, 10.00 higher; 450-500lbs, sharply lower; 500-550lbs, steady to 2.00 lower; 550-750lbs, 15.00 lower. Heifers 400-450lbs, 10.00 lower; all other comparable heifer weights were sharply lower. Good demand for many loads and large packages of quality spring calves, right off the cow, with most carrying spring and fall shots. Lots of reputation producers in the stands, along with buyers and feeders, making for an active market most of the day, turning more moderate towards the end. Most of the calves were carrying light to moderate flesh and had both spring and fall shots. Lots of nice colored calves today, however black hides carrying full shots continue to bring premiums. There were also several large packages of Hereford calves in today's offering, with some replacement type heifers topping their market.

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 $433.34/cwt on 1,645 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −28.31 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$433.34

1,645 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$21.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.55

vs SD average

+14.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	436.64	2,391	1,391
Medium and Large 1-2	560	415.25	2,326	254

One grade step is worth $21.39/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,645 hd

433.34

—

SD average9 barns · 9,796 hd

437.89

−4.55

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+14.24

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−28.31

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $437.19, median $461.65 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

30 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	622.02/cwt	605.00–635.00	1,966	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	582.61/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,255	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	561.98/cwt	535.00–585.00	2,338	171
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	482.07/cwt	455.00–520.00	2,083	72
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	451.27/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,125	132
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	481.69/cwt	452.50–505.00	2,307	461
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	466.05/cwt	440.00–488.00	2,409	588
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	429.42/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,229	83
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	414.96/cwt	389.00–440.00	2,369	791
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	408.37/cwt	355.00–437.50	2,369	171
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	375.38/cwt	368.00–376.00	2,324	95
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	385.02/cwt	367.00–407.50	2,387	782
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	365.20/cwt	357.50–372.00	2,476	193
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	357.04/cwt	322.50–362.00	2,535	105
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	343.23/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,629	75
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,044	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,320	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	502.21/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,692	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	470.84/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,822	58
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,945	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	469.35/cwt	435.00–492.50	1,990	296
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	412.94/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,825	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	430.48/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,066	562
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,366	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	404.05/cwt	372.50–420.00	2,121	402
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	384.77/cwt	362.00–407.50	2,201	484
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	360.08/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,204	28
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,962	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,950	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,229	11

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 →

St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Fri Nov 7, 2025

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

Receipts 6,377Last week 5,200Year ago 3,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,044	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	500	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	316	605.00–635.00	622.02
14	350–400	387	570.00–600.00	582.61
171	400–450	416	535.00–585.00	561.98
461	450–500	479	452.50–505.00	481.69
588	500–550	517	440.00–488.00	466.05
791	550–600	571	389.00–440.00	414.96
782	600–650	620	367.00–407.50	385.02
193	650–700	678	357.50–372.00	365.20
105	700–750	710	322.50–362.00	357.04
75	750–800	766	337.50–345.00	343.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	400–450	432	455.00–520.00	482.07
132	450–500	471	432.50–465.00	451.27
83	500–550	519	422.50–435.00	429.42
171	550–600	580	355.00–437.50	408.37
95	600–650	619	368.00–376.00	375.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	422	465.00	465.00
6	550–600	591	330.00	330.00
11	600–650	628	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	337	495.00–510.00	502.21
58	350–400	387	445.00–485.00	470.84
296	400–450	424	435.00–492.50	469.35
562	450–500	480	400.00–455.00	430.48
402	500–550	525	372.50–420.00	404.05
484	550–600	572	362.00–407.50	384.77
28	600–650	612	350.00–366.00	360.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	397	490.00	490.00
53	400–450	442	410.00–415.00	412.94
42	500–550	506	467.50	467.50

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.