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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 17

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Receipts

3,082 head

▼ 1,490 vs last sale 4,572▼ 5,644 vs year ago 8,726 · −64.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 450-500lbs, 5.00-7.00 higher; 500-550lbs, 15.00 higher; 550-600lbs, 5.00 lower; 600-650lbs, unevenly steady; 650-700lbs, sharply lower. Heifers 400-450lbs, sharply higher; 450-500lbs, unevenly steady; 500-600lbs, 8.00-10.00 higher; 600-650, mostly steady. Quality was mixed in today's offering of mostly large packages, with lower weights selling on good demand. Most all of the calves were carrying both spring and fall shots. A few consigners canceled until next week because of two days of rain. Next week, Oct. 22, is the first Wednesday Special Calf Sale, followed on Friday, October 24, with a regular Calf Sale starting at 8am.

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 $485.91/cwt on 596 head. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +24.26 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$485.91

596 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$29.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.91

vs SD average

+16.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	487.93	2,717	555
Medium and Large 1-2	570	458.54	2,615	41

One grade step is worth $29.39/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale596 hd

485.91

—

SD average6 barns · 6,972 hd

505.82

−19.91

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+16.87

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

+24.26

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	712.00/cwt	675.00–740.00	2,371	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,249	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	636.55/cwt	635.00–637.50	2,495	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	618.97/cwt	595.00–640.00	2,649	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	435	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,436	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	454	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,315	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	568.45/cwt	537.50–587.50	2,689	253
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	532.96/cwt	500.00–547.50	2,734	185
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,498	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	538	469.66/cwt	467.00–482.50	2,527	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	465.07/cwt	440.00–487.50	2,707	342
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,646	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,395	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	442.26/cwt	422.00–453.00	2,746	96
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	417.93/cwt	391.00–437.50	2,792	185
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,672	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	392.75/cwt	383.00–407.50	2,824	56
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,635	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,082	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,297	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,915	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,882	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	575.10/cwt	540.00–590.00	2,180	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	536.66/cwt	512.50–560.00	2,265	138
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	422	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,878	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	470.34/cwt	450.00–487.50	2,244	120
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	448.74/cwt	421.00–468.00	2,410	346
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	413.11/cwt	397.50–437.50	2,396	130
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	393.60/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,413	84
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	621	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,313	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	361.77/cwt	357.50–379.00	2,460	46
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,805	70
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,053	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	326.78/cwt	325.50–327.50	3,114	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,012	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,188	20
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,051	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,206	36

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 3,082Last week 4,572Year ago 8,726

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
43	400–450	435	560.00	560.00
5	450–500	454	510.00	510.00
28	500–550	538	467.00–482.50	469.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	333	675.00–740.00	712.00
21	350–400	392	635.00–637.50	636.55
38	400–450	428	595.00–640.00	618.97
253	450–500	473	537.50–587.50	568.45
185	500–550	513	500.00–547.50	532.96
342	550–600	582	440.00–487.50	465.07
96	600–650	621	422.00–453.00	442.26
185	650–700	668	391.00–437.50	417.93
56	700–750	719	383.00–407.50	392.75
10	800–850	833	370.00	370.00
14	850–900	891	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	650.00	650.00
10	500–550	515	485.00	485.00
31	550–600	588	450.00	450.00
7	600–650	614	390.00	390.00
11	650–700	694	385.00	385.00
5	700–750	737	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	422	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	621	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	610.00	610.00
22	350–400	379	540.00–590.00	575.10
138	400–450	422	512.50–560.00	536.66
120	450–500	477	450.00–487.50	470.34
346	500–550	537	421.00–468.00	448.74
130	550–600	580	397.50–437.50	413.11
84	600–650	613	388.00–400.00	393.60
46	650–700	680	357.50–379.00	361.77
70	750–800	789	355.50	355.50
17	900–950	914	334.00	334.00
14	950–1000	953	325.50–327.50	326.78
20	1000–1050	1,012	315.00	315.00
36	1050–1100	1,051	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	369	510.00	510.00

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.