Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-01-09

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 9

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Dec 5Jan 9Jan 23 →

Receipts

2,600 head

▲ 529 vs last sale 2,071▲ 2,600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was Dec. 12, so a market comparison can not be made. Pretty nice offering of calves for this first sale of 2026, sold on good demand. Mostly large packages of mixed quality calves. Buyers were able to fill loads made up of both weaned and calves right off the cow, with most carrying spring and fall shots. The offering carried mostly light to medium flesh, with some showing some tagg, and others clean and open haired. Lots of buyers and sellers in the stands, and several buyers on line, making for a very active market. The next Feeder Cattle and Replacement Heifer Special is January 23.

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 $477.63/cwt on 371 head. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +15.97 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$477.63

371 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.12

vs SD average

+11.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	477.63	2,674	371

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale371 hd

477.63

—

SD average7 barns · 2,461 hd

492.75

−15.12

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+11.30

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

+15.97

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

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	586.87/cwt	570.00–615.00	2,265	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	448	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,330	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	575.23/cwt	540.00–596.00	2,635	141
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	474	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,465	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	528.54/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,606	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	496.62/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,627	143
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	547	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,571	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	465.50/cwt	442.50–477.50	2,705	217
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	434.94/cwt	405.00–449.00	2,758	361
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	406.71/cwt	395.00–419.00	2,725	108
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,578	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	392.24/cwt	392.00–394.00	2,828	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	344.73/cwt	343.00–347.00	2,696	44
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,718	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,531	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	526.14/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,852	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	545.41/cwt	510.00–570.00	2,329	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	458	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,164	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	508.22/cwt	490.00–532.50	2,358	114
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	514	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,236	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	464.84/cwt	443.00–489.00	2,426	285
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	425.54/cwt	412.50–435.00	2,238	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	420.84/cwt	400.00–439.00	2,416	230
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	396.64/cwt	384.00–406.00	2,475	64
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	358.56/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,237	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	370.98/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,493	48
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	331.36/cwt	331.00–332.00	2,396	19

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 2,600Last week 2,071Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	352	520.00–530.00	526.14
81	400–450	427	510.00–570.00	545.41
114	450–500	464	490.00–532.50	508.22
285	500–550	522	443.00–489.00	464.84
230	550–600	574	400.00–439.00	420.84
64	600–650	624	384.00–406.00	396.64
48	650–700	672	370.00–372.50	370.98
19	700–750	723	331.00–332.00	331.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	445.00	445.00
17	500–550	526	412.50–435.00	425.54
18	600–650	624	352.50–365.00	358.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	472.50	472.50
10	500–550	514	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	386	570.00–615.00	586.87
141	450–500	458	540.00–596.00	575.23
143	500–550	529	475.00–530.00	496.62
217	550–600	581	442.50–477.50	465.50
361	600–650	634	405.00–449.00	434.94
108	650–700	670	395.00–419.00	406.71
75	700–750	721	392.00–394.00	392.24
44	750–800	782	343.00–347.00	344.73
21	850–900	852	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	493	525.00–535.00	528.54
17	650–700	695	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	448	520.00	520.00
13	450–500	474	520.00	520.00
11	500–550	547	470.00	470.00

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.