Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-08-28

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-28

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 28

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Aug 7Aug 28Sep 4 →

Receipts

830 head

▼ 512 vs last sale 1,342▲ 830 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was three weeks ago, so a market comparison can not be made. Moderate demand for todays smaller sale of mostly home raised yearling steers and tested open heifers. The offering was mostly attractive with light to moderate flesh. Volatility in cattle futures, along with continued severe drought conditions has feeders cautious. The next sale is August 28, and is a yearling special.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $329.00/cwt on 19 head, down $43.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −14.44 against this barn's trailing median of $343.44.

Average price

$329.00

▼ 43.81 vs prior sale

19 head · 784 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.58

vs SD average

+11.73 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	784	329.00	2,579	19thin

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

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

329.00

—

SD average5 barns · 701 hd

326.42

+2.58

National average138 barns · 5,664 hd

317.27

+11.73

This barn, trailing median13 sales

343.44

−14.44

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 700–800 lb

13 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $396.74, low $326.00, median $343.44 across 13 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	1,936	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,876	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,136	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,358	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,679	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	322.06/cwt	317.00–327.50	2,966	39
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	937	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,858	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,955	5
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,070	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	3,066	19
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,079	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,118	57
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,176	266.53/cwt	263.25–269.50	3,134	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,579	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	309.62/cwt	304.00–316.00	2,743	112
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	303.51/cwt	295.00–306.00	2,801	201
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,880	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	283.67/cwt	278.50–287.25	2,879	104

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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 830Last week 1,342Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	316	612.50	612.50
31	400–450	403	530.00	530.00
6	600–650	646	365.00	365.00
14	800–850	808	331.50	331.50
39	900–950	921	317.00–327.50	322.06
5	950–1000	964	306.50	306.50
19	1050–1100	1,070	286.50	286.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	395	475.00	475.00
13	900–950	937	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1050–1100	1,079	289.00	289.00
21	1150–1200	1,176	263.25–269.50	266.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	784	329.00	329.00
112	850–900	886	304.00–316.00	309.62
201	900–950	923	295.00–306.00	303.51
12	950–1000	993	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	1000–1050	1,015	278.50–287.25	283.67

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.