Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-04-25

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 25

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Apr 11Apr 25Sep 5 →

Receipts

950 head

▼ 799 vs last sale 1,749▲ 950 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Too few comparable sales to make full, complete market comparisons, higher to much higher undertones evident. A nice offering of feeder cattle for this time of the year, with some long strings including full loads and multiple load lots. The market was very active as the quality was very attractive, as was the flesh condition. With the summer grazing season fast approaching, and now some spring rains have been received, there was great interest in the light cattle that could go to grass to run as a yearling or a replacement heifer. Cattle feeders were ready to compete heavily to buy the heavier backgrounded cattle as the cash cattle market continues to set new all-time high prices. Watch local listings for next feeder cattle 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 $351.71/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −67.70 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$351.71

137 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.41

vs SD average

+21.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	351.71	1,915	137

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 sale137 hd

351.71

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SD average6 barns · 812 hd

341.30

+10.41

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+21.76

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−67.70

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

17 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,928	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,006	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	380.33/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,202	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	608	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,310	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	354.56/cwt	345.00–367.00	2,198	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	693	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,401	90
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	314.59/cwt	306.00–321.00	2,312	42
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	773	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,458	80
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	889	288.75/cwt	288.75–288.75	2,567	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	423.43/cwt	407.50–440.00	1,783	64
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	347.93/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,687	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	381.49/cwt	381.00–395.00	1,858	83
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	383.38/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,932	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	331.10/cwt	311.00–354.00	1,891	83
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	328.12/cwt	314.00–335.00	2,034	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	329.40/cwt	321.00–331.00	2,214	107
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,004	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 Apr 25, 2025

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

Receipts 950Last week 1,749Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	400–450	421	407.50–440.00	423.43
83	450–500	487	381.00–395.00	381.49
54	500–550	504	382.50–390.00	383.38
83	550–600	571	311.00–354.00	331.10
83	600–650	620	314.00–335.00	328.12
107	650–700	672	321.00–331.00	329.40
8	700–750	721	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	485	341.00–351.00	347.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
90	650–700	693	346.50	346.50
80	750–800	773	318.00	318.00
69	850–900	889	288.75	288.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	608	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	472.50	472.50
31	450–500	472	425.00	425.00
18	550–600	579	377.00–385.00	380.33
46	600–650	620	345.00–367.00	354.56
42	700–750	735	306.00–321.00	314.59

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.