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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-31

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 31

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Jan 17Jan 31Feb 14 →

Receipts

1,570 head

▼ 1,681 vs last sale 3,251▲ 1,570 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer Calves 500-550lbs, 14.00 higher; 550-600, 3.00 higher; 600-700, mostly steady. Heifer Calves 450-550, sharply higher; 550-650, 12.00 to 14.00 higher; 650-700, sharply higher. Steers sold on mostly good demand, with heifers selling on good demand. Packages of quality, bangs vaccinated heifers brought top dollar today, with buyers likely taking them back to a breeding program. There were quite a few colored calves today, along with a number of clean up calves. Most were showing quite a bit of tag from the recent moisture and warm weather. No Sale next week with Black Hill Stock Show in Rapid. The next Feeder Calf and Replacement Heifer sale will be February 14.

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 $331.40/cwt on 256 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −88.01 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$331.40

256 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$29.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.23

vs SD average

+26.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	335.15	1,844	223
Medium and Large 1-2	580	306.11	1,775	33

One grade step is worth $29.04/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale256 hd

331.40

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SD average6 barns · 2,442 hd

328.17

+3.23

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

+26.76

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−88.01

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

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,667	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	398.20/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,740	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	408.22/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,874	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	371.06/cwt	358.50–386.00	1,937	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	347.66/cwt	329.00–357.00	2,009	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	345.79/cwt	338.00–348.00	2,106	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	313.21/cwt	309.50–316.00	2,130	53
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,057	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,399	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,330	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	357.03/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,546	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	361.66/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,711	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	323.45/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,533	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	345.65/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,808	99
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	326.76/cwt	312.00–339.00	1,869	124
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	306.11/cwt	305.00–306.50	1,775	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	308.16/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,948	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	304.58/cwt	290.00–316.00	2,035	129
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	277.48/cwt	276.50–280.00	2,012	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,043	5

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 1,570Last week 3,251Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	362.50	362.50
24	400–450	433	350.00–375.00	357.03
65	450–500	473	355.00–370.00	361.66
99	500–550	523	340.00–348.00	345.65
124	550–600	572	312.00–339.00	326.76
88	600–650	632	297.00–315.00	308.16
129	650–700	668	290.00–316.00	304.58
18	700–750	725	276.50–280.00	277.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	421	316.00	316.00
30	450–500	474	320.00–333.00	323.45
33	550–600	580	305.00–306.50	306.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	754	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
5	550–600	555	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	390	427.50	427.50
46	400–450	437	385.00–415.00	398.20
17	450–500	459	400.00–420.00	408.22
74	500–550	522	358.50–386.00	371.06
84	550–600	578	329.00–357.00	347.66
42	600–650	609	338.00–348.00	345.79
53	650–700	680	309.50–316.00	313.21
10	700–750	707	291.00	291.00

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.