Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-03-28

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-28

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

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Feb 28Mar 28Apr 11 →

Receipts

1,390 head

▼ 570 vs last sale 1,960▲ 1,390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported Feeder Calf Sale was Feb. 28, so a comparison cannot be made. Very good demand for today's sale. Both order buyers and producers competed for a few load lots and packages of mostly weaned and fully vaccinated calves. Steers and heifers sold on a very strong market, with some very nice replacement style heifers headed back to a breeding program. There were also quiet a few clean up style calves that came through, as producers in the area begin the calving season. A spring storm is in the forecast for the area, and producers are feeling some optimism for a turn around on the moisture level. The stands were full, with the Mills Cattle Company Bull Sale following the feeders. April 11 is the next Feeder Calf and Replacement Heifer sale.

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 $333.45/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −85.96 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$333.45

112 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.52

vs SD average

+11.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	333.45	1,853	112

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 sale112 hd

333.45

—

SD average6 barns · 1,486 hd

338.97

−5.52

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

+11.71

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−85.96

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

24 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,723	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,038	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,989	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	336.17/cwt	328.00–341.00	2,232	55
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	316.10/cwt	305.00–318.00	2,232	41
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	309.97/cwt	309.50–311.00	2,390	101
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,262	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,544	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	363.43/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,665	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	488	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,606	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	332.90/cwt	321.00–340.00	1,734	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	531	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,598	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	340.95/cwt	328.00–344.00	1,906	77
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	577	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,777	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	322.42/cwt	303.00–327.00	1,996	142
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	298.26/cwt	281.50–308.50	2,061	135
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	289.96/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,067	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,055	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	742	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,966	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	760	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,295	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	267.50/cwt	264.00–277.00	2,044	147
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,115	8

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 Mar 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,390Last week 1,960Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	750–800	760	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	488	329.00	329.00
5	500–550	531	301.00	301.00
16	550–600	577	308.00	308.00
5	700–750	742	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	721	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	372	415.00	415.00
15	450–500	458	360.00–370.00	363.43
14	500–550	521	321.00–340.00	332.90
77	550–600	559	328.00–344.00	340.95
142	600–650	619	303.00–327.00	322.42
135	650–700	691	281.50–308.50	298.26
38	700–750	713	285.00–301.00	289.96
147	750–800	764	264.00–277.00	267.50
8	900–950	900	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	348	495.00	495.00
14	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
15	500–550	500	407.50	407.50
8	550–600	562	354.00	354.00
55	650–700	664	328.00–341.00	336.17
41	700–750	706	305.00–318.00	316.10
101	750–800	771	309.50–311.00	309.97
24	800–850	805	281.00	281.00

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.