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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 3

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Dec 13Jan 3Jan 17 →

Receipts

2,300 head

▼ 446 vs last sale 2,746▼ 407 vs year ago 2,707 · −15.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale was December 13, so a market trend can not be made. Today's calves sold on very good demand, with a few load lots and some nice smaller packages. Market was active, with several buyers in the stands and on the internet. Most of today's offering were home raised, spring calves, fully weaned, and with two rounds of shots. Weather in the area has been seasonal with some light moisture. The next Feeder Calf sale will be January 17.

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 $342.34/cwt on 415 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −119.31 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$342.34

415 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$21.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.84

vs SD average

+9.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	344.94	1,881	365
Medium and Large 1-2	579	323.42	1,873	50

One grade step is worth $21.52/cwt here — about $9 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale415 hd

342.34

—

SD average4 barns · 1,283 hd

348.19

−5.84

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+9.47

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−119.31

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

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

26 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	323	433.73/cwt	422.50–445.00	1,401	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,467	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	396	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,525	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	375.98/cwt	351.00–387.00	1,628	67
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	380.35/cwt	377.00–384.00	1,822	102
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,675	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	350.08/cwt	336.00–359.00	1,855	237
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	335.41/cwt	331.00–341.00	1,925	128
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	323.42/cwt	323.00–324.00	1,873	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	316.18/cwt	313.00–318.00	2,005	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,860	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	302.75/cwt	302.75–302.75	2,237	77
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	746	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,940	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	300.75/cwt	300.75–300.75	2,259	76
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	302	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,027	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	348.95/cwt	346.00–358.00	1,329	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	338.12/cwt	328.00–355.00	1,457	130
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,430	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	326.97/cwt	311.00–334.00	1,553	131
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	513	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,575	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	329.59/cwt	320.00–351.00	1,694	253
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,704	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	306.28/cwt	298.00–318.00	1,730	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	294.74/cwt	274.00–297.00	1,886	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,714	11

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 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,300Last week 2,746Year ago 2,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	396	385.00	385.00
11	400–450	445	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	422.50–445.00	433.73
8	350–400	357	411.00	411.00
67	400–450	433	351.00–387.00	375.98
102	450–500	479	377.00–384.00	380.35
237	500–550	530	336.00–359.00	350.08
128	550–600	574	331.00–341.00	335.41
43	600–650	634	313.00–318.00	316.18
77	700–750	739	302.75	302.75
76	750–800	751	300.75	300.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	484	346.00	346.00
50	550–600	579	323.00–324.00	323.42
9	650–700	689	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	746	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	302	340.00	340.00
24	350–400	381	346.00–358.00	348.95
130	400–450	431	328.00–355.00	338.12
131	450–500	475	311.00–334.00	326.97
253	500–550	514	320.00–351.00	329.59
50	550–600	565	298.00–318.00	306.28
50	600–650	640	274.00–297.00	294.74
11	700–750	711	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	320.00	320.00
12	500–550	548	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	513	307.00	307.00

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.