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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-19

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 19

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Sep 5Sep 19Sep 26 →

Receipts

735 head

▼ 1,031 vs last sale 1,766▼ 1,647 vs year ago 2,382 · −69.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers 800-1000lbs, sold mostly steady. Heifers 900-1000, mostly steady. Good demand for today's smaller offering of mostly preg checked open heifers and yearling steers fresh off grass, with light to moderate flesh. September 26 is a Yearling and Spring Calf Special.

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 $357.89/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −61.52 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$357.89

14 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,033

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−40.52

vs SD average

−1.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	357.89	2,033	14thin

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 sale14 hd

357.89

—

SD average4 barns · 81 hd

398.41

−40.52

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−1.77

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−61.52

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

19 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,148	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,506	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,786	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	370.55/cwt	366.00–374.00	2,868	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	375.33/cwt	362.00–380.00	3,104	101
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	3,315	120
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	338.09/cwt	327.00–343.50	3,273	27
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,153	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,401	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,552	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	357.89/cwt	353.00–367.00	2,033	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,176	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	393.26/cwt	391.00–398.00	2,643	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,719	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,746	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	337.06/cwt	334.50–344.00	2,801	60
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	335.83/cwt	331.00–336.75	2,962	25
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	331.05/cwt	329.50–332.50	3,049	44
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	326.95/cwt	321.00–329.50	3,175	75
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,091	310.63/cwt	310.00–311.50	3,389	12

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 Sep 19, 2025

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

Receipts 735Last week 1,766Year ago 2,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	672	391.00–398.00	393.26
45	700–750	730	372.50	372.50
4	750–800	796	345.00	345.00
60	800–850	831	334.50–344.00	337.06
25	850–900	882	331.00–336.75	335.83
44	900–950	921	329.50–332.50	331.05
75	950–1000	971	321.00–329.50	326.95
12	1050–1100	1,091	310.00–311.50	310.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	568	353.00–367.00	357.89
15	600–650	638	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	474	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	646	388.00	388.00
9	700–750	735	379.00	379.00
35	750–800	774	366.00–374.00	370.55
101	800–850	827	362.00–380.00	375.33
120	900–950	907	365.50	365.50
27	950–1000	968	327.00–343.50	338.09
7	1150–1200	1,153	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	576	373.00	373.00

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.