Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-03-13

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 13
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,490 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 1,440▲ 1,490 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The best test on Steer Calves was 550-600lbs, 8.00 higher and 650-700lbs, 4.00 lower. Heifer Calves, 600-650lbs, sharply lower; 650-700lbs, 10.00 higher; 700-750lbs, 5.00 lower. Demand was good for today's offering with fewer consigners on the list. A few load lots, and several packages of steers, heifers and replacement heifers sold on an active market, despite not as many buyers in the seats. Flesh condition was mostly moderate, with a few packages leaning more towards fleshy, and all carried both rounds of shots. Winter finally made an appearance, dropping some much needed snow in the area, but bringing damaging winds with it.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $444.72/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 9 of 11 comparable sales and sits +25.31 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.
Average price
$444.72
93 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,466
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.65
vs SD average
+30.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555444.722,46693
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 sale93 hd
444.72
—
SD average6 barns · 514 hd
427.07
+17.65
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
+30.94
This barn, trailing median11 sales
419.41
+25.31
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

11 sales
493456418381median 419.4103/1306/2009/2510/1610/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.77, low $395.00, median $419.41 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

16 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,75520
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593484.41/cwt484.00–485.002,873122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683424.27/cwt414.00–431.002,898139
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,87018
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780374.08/cwt370.00–381.002,918102
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1939309.14/cwt307.00–311.002,90315
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1444425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8875
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,37511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,32330
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570444.58/cwt432.00–449.002,53463
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646404.16/cwt395.00–406.002,611108
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673390.21/cwt376.00–396.002,626206
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741396.74/cwt375.00–402.502,940109
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1816341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,78348
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873332.97/cwt316.00–337.002,907235
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1641395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5325

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.