Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-01-23

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-23

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 23

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Jan 9Jan 23Feb 13 →

Receipts

1,480 head

▼ 1,120 vs last sale 2,600▲ 1,480 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer Calves 550-600, 11.00 higher; 600-650, sharply higher; 650-700, 7.00 higher; 700-750, 13.00 higher; 750-850, sharply higher. Heifer Calves, 500-550, mostly steady; 550-700, sharply higher. Nice offering of calves on a very chili day, with temperatures below zero. Most were home raised with full sets of shots, and fully weaned. Steers sold on good demand, and heifers, very good. Most of the heifers were likely headed back to a breading program, with many of them coming in with a Bangs tag. Lots of buyers in the seats and on the internet vying for todays nice offering of quality calves.

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 $463.68/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +2.03 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$463.68

133 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$634

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

$96.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.87

vs SD average

−1.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	478.81	2,696	89
Medium and Large 1-2	548	447.97	2,453	34
Medium and Large 2	539	382.50	2,062	10thin

One grade step is worth $96.31/cwt here — about $634 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale133 hd

463.68

—

SD average6 barns · 1,834 hd

480.56

−16.87

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−1.65

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

+2.03

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

25 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	558.31/cwt	537.50–595.00	2,445	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,062	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,414	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	478.81/cwt	454.00–487.00	2,696	89
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,638	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	458.47/cwt	457.00–459.00	2,806	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	420.05/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,634	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	387.02/cwt	382.50–395.00	2,593	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	414.04/cwt	407.00–416.00	2,807	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,496	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	399.75/cwt	378.00–407.50	2,874	196
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,684	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,973	68
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	3,151	62
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,978	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,163	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,796	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	465.22/cwt	463.00–475.00	2,489	102
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	578	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,746	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	442.61/cwt	423.00–467.50	2,567	125
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	439.20/cwt	419.00–455.00	2,604	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	440.48/cwt	426.00–459.00	2,705	107
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	390.08/cwt	379.00–404.00	2,680	227
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,936	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,737	21

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,480Last week 2,600Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	438	537.50–595.00	558.31
89	550–600	563	454.00–487.00	478.81
64	600–650	612	457.00–459.00	458.47
28	650–700	678	407.00–416.00	414.04
196	700–750	719	378.00–407.50	399.75
68	750–800	795	374.00	374.00
62	850–900	868	363.00	363.00
20	900–950	908	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	539	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	540	447.00	447.00
6	550–600	583	452.50	452.50
44	600–650	627	405.00–422.50	420.05
17	650–700	670	382.50–395.00	387.02
6	700–750	703	355.00	355.00
35	750–800	769	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	437	495.00	495.00
60	550–600	593	419.00–455.00	439.20
29	700–750	725	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	578	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	500–550	535	463.00–475.00	465.22
125	550–600	580	423.00–467.50	442.61
107	600–650	614	426.00–459.00	440.48
227	650–700	687	379.00–404.00	390.08
21	850–900	866	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	410.00	410.00

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.