Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-08-07

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-07

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

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Jun 20Aug 7Aug 28 →

Receipts

1,342 head

▼ 5,070 vs last sale 6,412▲ 1,342 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first reported feeder cattle sale since spring at this sale barn. A price comparison can not be made. Moderate to good demand for a nice offering of mostly yearling steers and heifers, with a handful of lighter weight calves. Heifers were a mix of both spayed and tested open. Most of the offering was carrying light to moderate flesh, with most showing the effects of a hot, dry summer. Drought conditions and extreme heat has continued in the area, with many producers forced to make some hard decisions.

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 $452.50/cwt on 6 head, down $41.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −9.15 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$452.50

▼ 41.84 vs prior sale

6 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.18

vs SD average

+38.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	452.50	2,557	6thin

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 sale6 hd

452.50

—

SD average2 barns · 28 hd

449.32

+3.18

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+38.26

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−9.15

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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,989	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,175	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,557	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	414.59/cwt	414.50–415.00	2,749	91
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,699	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	366.11/cwt	360.50–368.00	2,823	170
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,771	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	345.58/cwt	339.75–362.00	2,854	80
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	353.04/cwt	352.50–357.00	3,050	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,876	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,995	21
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	333.40/cwt	332.00–334.75	3,194	104
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,033	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,228	38
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,099	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,352	10
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,115	311.25/cwt	311.25–311.25	3,470	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,260	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,267	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,490	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	387.67/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,644	98
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,511	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,661	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	336.22/cwt	316.00–342.00	2,747	160
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	330.67/cwt	328.00–332.50	2,897	30
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	313.34/cwt	311.00–314.00	3,014	23
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,002	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,026	6

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 Aug 7, 2026

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

Receipts 1,342Last week 6,412Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	452.50	452.50
26	750–800	773	358.50	358.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	1000–1050	1,033	312.50	312.50
52	1100–1150	1,115	311.25	311.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	755	357.50	357.50
6	850–900	885	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	343	580.00	580.00
10	450–500	486	447.50	447.50
91	650–700	663	414.50–415.00	414.59
170	750–800	771	360.50–368.00	366.11
80	800–850	826	339.75–362.00	345.58
67	850–900	864	352.50–357.00	353.04
21	900–950	913	328.00	328.00
104	950–1000	958	332.00–334.75	333.40
10	1050–1100	1,099	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	355	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	574	395.00	395.00
33	600–650	645	386.00	386.00
98	650–700	682	370.00–390.00	387.67
7	750–800	754	333.00	333.00
160	800–850	817	316.00–342.00	336.22
30	850–900	876	328.00–332.50	330.67
23	950–1000	962	311.00–314.00	313.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	800–850	804	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,002	302.00	302.00

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.