Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-10-03

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 3

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

1,991 head

▲ 706 vs last sale 1,285▼ 1,477 vs year ago 3,468 · −42.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's offering consisted of mostly spring calves and there were not enough in last weeks sale to make a comparison. There were also no comparisons in weights of the yearlings that came through. Good demand for these last few yearlings coming through, with most coming from grass, carrying mostly moderate conditioning. Moderate demand for todays calves and yearlings, as quality was mixed. Most of the spring calves carried both branding time and pre-conditioning shots, coming right off the cow. A few more of the feeder calf buyers returned to the seats today, as the fall run begins.

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 $441.54/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −20.11 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$441.54

186 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$9.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.88

vs SD average

+18.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	442.34	2,460	171
Medium and Large 1-2	529	432.50	2,288	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.84/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale186 hd

441.54

—

SD average6 barns · 1,268 hd

477.42

−35.88

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+18.89

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−20.11

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

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	679.13/cwt	660.00–687.50	2,071	33
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	577.37/cwt	555.00–580.00	2,229	73
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,064	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	555.37/cwt	535.00–580.00	2,366	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,309	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	541.98/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,531	174
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	484.26/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,533	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,288	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	418.49/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,406	109
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	389.12/cwt	381.00–402.00	2,428	133
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	374.50/cwt	360.00–388.00	2,490	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,167	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,447	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	377.45/cwt	370.00–386.00	3,001	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	3,098	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,019	33
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,118	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,343	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	567.62/cwt	561.00–582.50	1,771	47
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	553.08/cwt	512.00–560.00	1,974	54
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	483.23/cwt	477.00–495.00	1,856	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	476.56/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,016	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,864	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	452.83/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,201	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	417.17/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,173	64
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,329	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	351.38/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,203	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,646	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	351.28/cwt	336.50–356.00	2,719	34
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,683	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,978	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,047	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	321.99/cwt	321.00–324.00	3,117	18
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	998	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,144	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,018	319.48/cwt	319.00–320.00	3,252	29
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,092	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	3,249	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,991Last week 1,285Year ago 3,468

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	305	660.00–687.50	679.13
73	350–400	386	555.00–580.00	577.37
40	400–450	426	535.00–580.00	555.37
174	450–500	467	520.00–550.00	541.98
62	500–550	523	480.00–487.50	484.26
109	550–600	575	402.50–425.00	418.49
133	600–650	624	381.00–402.00	389.12
47	650–700	665	360.00–388.00	374.50
55	750–800	795	370.00–386.00	377.45
5	800–850	810	382.50	382.50
18	1100–1150	1,118	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	397	520.00	520.00
19	400–450	442	522.50	522.50
15	500–550	529	432.50	432.50
5	650–700	672	322.50	322.50
13	750–800	753	325.00	325.00
33	800–850	848	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	680	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	300–350	312	561.00–582.50	567.62
54	350–400	357	512.00–560.00	553.08
31	400–450	423	460.00–485.00	476.56
62	450–500	486	425.00–460.00	452.83
64	500–550	521	415.00–432.50	417.17
49	550–600	575	405.00	405.00
11	600–650	627	335.00–370.00	351.38
17	700–750	717	369.00	369.00
34	750–800	774	336.50–356.00	351.28
6	800–850	802	334.50	334.50
8	850–900	881	338.00	338.00
5	900–950	926	329.00	329.00
18	950–1000	968	321.00–324.00	321.99
29	1000–1050	1,018	319.00–320.00	319.48
6	1050–1100	1,092	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	384	477.00–495.00	483.23
8	450–500	481	387.50	387.50
9	950–1000	998	315.00	315.00

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.