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St. Onge Livestock

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

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 10

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17 →

Receipts

4,572 head

▲ 2,581 vs last sale 1,991▼ 597 vs year ago 5,169 · −11.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Best comparison from last week's smaller sale in the steers 450-500lbs, 16.00 higher, with most other weights also trending considerably higher. Heifers were also trending higher, with some weights sharply higher. Nice offering of home raised spring calves, coming straight from the cow, sold on very good demand. Calves carrying both spring and fall shots brought premiums. The market was very active early on, with full seats and some new buyers, but cleared out towards the end of todays first primarily spring calf sale. The next sale, October 17, starts at 8 AM, selling calves all day. October 18 is the first of the season Saturday Bred Cow and Weigh Up 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 $481.13/cwt on 1,084 head. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +19.48 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$481.13

1,084 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,658

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

$304.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.01

vs SD average

+35.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	484.37	2,704	1,046
Medium and Large 1-2	572	448.33	2,564	30
Medium and Large 2	581	180.00	1,046	8thin

One grade step is worth $304.37/cwt here — about $1,658 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale1,084 hd

481.13

—

SD average6 barns · 3,931 hd

491.14

−10.01

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+35.28

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

+19.48

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

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,238	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	638.19/cwt	627.50–670.00	2,483	46
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	593.30/cwt	577.00–625.00	2,569	60
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	552.86/cwt	547.50–560.00	2,399	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	550.37/cwt	530.00–582.50	2,614	189
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	516.14/cwt	516.00–517.00	2,503	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	490	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,524	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	502.78/cwt	482.50–537.50	2,680	430
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	540	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,498	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	448.33/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,564	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	472.83/cwt	438.00–497.50	2,724	589
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,046	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	590	429.70/cwt	427.50–432.50	2,535	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	436.55/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,733	329
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	436.48/cwt	403.00–462.50	2,964	395
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	415.88/cwt	362.50–423.00	3,044	236
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	797	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,989	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	371.65/cwt	362.50–377.00	3,036	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	375.49/cwt	371.50–378.25	3,222	114
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,367	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,050	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,836	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	546.11/cwt	525.00–575.00	2,026	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	502.32/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,185	126
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	444	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,954	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	462.17/cwt	445.00–499.00	2,191	205
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,121	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	439.59/cwt	402.50–464.00	2,299	212
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,141	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	410.73/cwt	395.00–421.00	2,329	199
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,174	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	391.76/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,386	73
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,486	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	347.85/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,633	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,916	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,009	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,209	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,018	321.88/cwt	319.00–324.50	3,277	15

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 4,572Last week 1,991Year ago 5,169

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	490	515.00	515.00
11	500–550	540	462.50	462.50
16	550–600	590	427.50–432.50	429.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	389	627.50–670.00	638.19
60	400–450	433	577.00–625.00	593.30
189	450–500	475	530.00–582.50	550.37
430	500–550	533	482.50–537.50	502.78
589	550–600	576	438.00–497.50	472.83
329	600–650	626	420.00–458.00	436.55
395	650–700	679	403.00–462.50	436.48
236	700–750	732	362.50–423.00	415.88
12	750–800	797	375.00	375.00
19	800–850	817	362.50–377.00	371.65
114	850–900	858	371.50–378.25	375.49
8	950–1000	976	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	625.00	625.00
18	400–450	434	547.50–560.00	552.86
57	450–500	485	516.00–517.00	516.14
30	550–600	572	425.00–465.00	448.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	581	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	349	587.50	587.50
26	350–400	371	525.00–575.00	546.11
126	400–450	435	485.00–530.00	502.32
205	450–500	474	445.00–499.00	462.17
212	500–550	523	402.50–464.00	439.59
199	550–600	567	395.00–421.00	410.73
73	600–650	609	387.50–400.00	391.76
6	650–700	650	382.50	382.50
20	750–800	757	340.00–353.00	347.85
15	800–850	844	345.50	345.50
5	900–950	901	334.00	334.00
6	950–1000	995	322.50	322.50
15	1000–1050	1,018	319.00–324.50	321.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	360	510.00	510.00
6	450–500	482	440.00	440.00
9	500–550	542	395.00	395.00
7	550–600	572	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	440.00	440.00

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.