Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-12-05

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 5

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Nov 21Dec 5Jan 9 →

Receipts

2,071 head

▲ 141 vs last sale 1,930▼ 1,129 vs year ago 3,200 · −35.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers 450-650lbs were sharply higher. 650-700lbs, steady to 2.00 higher, on a light test. Heifers 500-650lbs, 12.00-15.00 higher. Very good demand for today's offering. Quality was mixed, with most carrying light to moderate flesh, and spring and fall shots. Several of the packages were fully weaned, with others coming straight off the cow. The market was active, with renewed optimism in the seats as the feeder and live cattle futures have seen some gains in the past few days. The next Feeder Calf sale is December 12.

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 $448.46/cwt on 401 head. That ranks 3 of 10 comparable sales and sits −13.19 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$448.46

401 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$69.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

vs SD average

+19.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	454.15	2,540	368
Medium and Large 1-2	591	385.00	2,275	33

One grade step is worth $69.15/cwt here — about $265 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 sale401 hd

448.46

—

SD average8 barns · 4,147 hd

447.75

+0.71

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+19.31

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−13.19

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

28 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,158	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	569.41/cwt	567.50–572.50	2,437	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,931	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	507.54/cwt	482.50–520.00	2,477	93
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	508	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,210	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	479.45/cwt	455.00–507.50	2,522	111
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	577	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,337	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	445.80/cwt	415.00–454.00	2,599	218
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,275	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	421.65/cwt	401.00–427.50	2,551	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,314	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	373.28/cwt	351.00–385.00	2,505	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,352	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	352.69/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,568	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	333.95/cwt	333.00–335.00	2,525	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	468.00/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,699	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,753	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	480.11/cwt	440.00–507.50	2,060	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	434.85/cwt	407.50–447.50	2,022	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,803	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	386.52/cwt	380.00–399.00	2,018	122
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	393.49/cwt	379.00–403.00	2,204	133
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,967	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	586	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,074	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	364.48/cwt	362.00–372.50	2,278	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,318	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,265	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,377	8

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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,071Last week 1,930Year ago 3,200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	396	545.00	545.00
13	400–450	428	567.50–572.50	569.41
93	450–500	488	482.50–520.00	507.54
111	500–550	526	455.00–507.50	479.45
218	550–600	583	415.00–454.00	445.80
37	600–650	605	401.00–427.50	421.65
45	650–700	671	351.00–385.00	373.28
44	700–750	728	340.00–357.50	352.69
17	750–800	756	333.00–335.00	333.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	508	435.00	435.00
8	550–600	577	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	468	412.50	412.50
33	550–600	591	385.00	385.00
8	600–650	617	375.00	375.00
7	700–750	715	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	422.50	422.50
17	450–500	486	371.00	371.00
22	550–600	566	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	363	455.00–475.00	468.00
38	400–450	429	440.00–507.50	480.11
33	450–500	465	407.50–447.50	434.85
122	500–550	522	380.00–399.00	386.52
133	550–600	560	379.00–403.00	393.49
56	600–650	625	362.00–372.50	364.48
10	650–700	653	355.00	355.00
10	700–750	711	318.50	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	586	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	684	347.50	347.50

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.