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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-11

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 11

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Mar 28Apr 11Apr 25 →

Receipts

1,749 head

▲ 359 vs last sale 1,390▲ 1,749 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The best test on Steer Calves was 700-750lbs, 7.00 higher and 750-800lbs, mostly steady. Heifer Calves 550-600lbs, 2.00 higher; 600-650lbs, 5.00 higher; 650-700lbs, 14.00 higher. Good demand for several load lots and larger packages, selling on an active market. Today's offering was mostly home raised cattle, carrying spring and fall vaccinations. Several buyers were vying for some of the nice heifer calves available, to take back to a breeding program. Some moisture came in last week, but producers are hoping for lots more, as the winds are drying things up quickly. Today's sale was followed by the Cactus Cattle Co Angus Bull Sale.

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 $378.67/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −82.99 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$378.67

88 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.37

vs SD average

+24.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	378.67	2,094	88

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 sale88 hd

378.67

—

SD average7 barns · 931 hd

381.04

−2.37

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+24.37

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−82.99

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

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,570	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,983	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,112	118
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	472	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,923	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	394.22/cwt	386.00–405.00	1,896	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	456.11/cwt	422.00–458.50	2,217	117
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	538	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,942	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	382.15/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,075	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,200	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	634	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,168	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	356.89/cwt	356.00–360.00	2,291	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,171	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	323.28/cwt	313.50–327.00	2,289	104
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,373	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,569	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	346.86/cwt	341.00–357.50	1,668	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	350.00/cwt	343.00–351.50	1,838	47
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	578	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,798	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	342.77/cwt	322.00–352.00	1,991	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,889	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	323.12/cwt	308.00–334.00	2,058	125
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	312.06/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,125	48
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,915	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	284.47/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,262	58

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 Apr 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,749Last week 1,390Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	578	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	351.00	351.00
26	450–500	481	341.00–357.50	346.86
47	500–550	525	343.00–351.50	350.00
58	550–600	581	322.00–352.00	342.77
125	600–650	637	308.00–334.00	323.12
48	650–700	681	305.00–316.00	312.06
58	750–800	795	280.00–290.00	284.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	635	297.50	297.50
15	650–700	689	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	455.00	455.00
20	450–500	481	386.00–405.00	394.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	385	515.00	515.00
118	400–450	424	498.00	498.00
117	450–500	486	422.00–458.50	456.11
65	500–550	543	370.00–387.00	382.15
18	550–600	593	371.00	371.00
66	600–650	642	356.00–360.00	356.89
7	650–700	672	323.00	323.00
104	700–750	708	313.50–327.00	323.28
42	750–800	757	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	407.50	407.50
5	500–550	538	361.00	361.00
22	600–650	634	342.00	342.00

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.