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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 17

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Jan 3Jan 17Jan 31 →

Receipts

3,251 head

▲ 951 vs last sale 2,300▲ 2,222 vs year ago 1,029 · +215.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago: Best test on steers was 500-600lbs, 6.00 higher. Other weights were also trending higher. Heifers 450-500lbs, 6.00 higher, 500-550lbs, 10.00 lower; 550-600lbs, 5.00 higher; 600-650lbs, 10.00 higher on a light test from last weeks numbers. Demand was moderate for today's sale, with replacement quality heifers selling on good demand. Moderate to active market with fewer order buyers in the stands; however, there were more producers, vying for the bangs vaccinated heifers. Quality was very mixed, with most packages and loads carrying some tag. Majority was home raised, weaned and fully vaccinated. Recent warm weather has created muddy pens, but freezing temperatures are setting in for a much colder weekend. Next Feeder Calf sale is January 31.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.79/cwt on 473 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −102.63 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$316.79

473 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.23

vs SD average

+12.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	316.79	1,766	473

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 sale473 hd

316.79

—

SD average7 barns · 3,727 hd

325.01

−8.23

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

+12.76

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−102.63

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

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

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	1,800	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	395.43/cwt	392.50–397.50	1,657	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	362.57/cwt	357.00–364.00	1,715	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	356.01/cwt	342.00–373.00	1,898	161
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	556	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,668	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	342.26/cwt	326.00–356.00	1,951	169
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,771	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	339.92/cwt	328.00–359.00	2,084	193
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	322.03/cwt	318.50–325.00	2,026	97
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,905	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	314.09/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,089	84
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	674	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,857	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	293.76/cwt	281.00–296.00	2,115	219
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,261	41
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,182	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	382.77/cwt	367.50–385.00	1,462	81
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	348.45/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,540	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	331.56/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,572	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	322.94/cwt	314.00–334.50	1,708	181
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	312.97/cwt	298.00–325.00	1,800	292
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	299.00/cwt	277.00–310.50	1,863	345
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,730	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	278.08/cwt	269.00–284.00	1,871	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	249.28/cwt	248.00–252.50	1,820	50
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,078	25

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 3,251Last week 2,300Year ago 1,029

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	556	300.00	300.00
29	650–700	674	275.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	577	307.00	307.00
97	600–650	629	318.50–325.00	322.03
5	650–700	657	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	363	496.00	496.00
31	400–450	419	392.50–397.50	395.43
41	450–500	473	357.00–364.00	362.57
161	500–550	533	342.00–373.00	356.01
169	550–600	570	326.00–356.00	342.26
193	600–650	613	328.00–359.00	339.92
84	650–700	665	310.00–315.00	314.09
219	700–750	720	281.00–296.00	293.76
41	850–900	890	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	305	387.50	387.50
81	350–400	382	367.50–385.00	382.77
33	400–450	442	347.00–350.00	348.45
78	450–500	474	315.00–340.00	331.56
181	500–550	529	314.00–334.50	322.94
292	550–600	575	298.00–325.00	312.97
345	600–650	623	277.00–310.50	299.00
77	650–700	673	269.00–284.00	278.08
50	700–750	730	248.00–252.50	249.28
25	800–850	848	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	628	275.50	275.50

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.