Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-02-27

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-27

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 27

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Feb 13Feb 27Mar 13 →

Receipts

1,440 head

▼ 65 vs last sale 1,505▼ 520 vs year ago 1,960 · −26.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: fewer steers this week, with the best comparable weights 550-600lbs, 10.00 higher; 650-700 unevenly steady. Heifers 500-550, 15.00 higher; 550-600lbs, 15.00 lower on a light test; 600-650lbs, 7.00 higher; 700lbs and up, 18.00 higher, with some fancy bred ones selling over 20.00 higher. Demand was good for today's offering of mostly weaned and fully vaccinated calves. Most of the heifers came in with bangs vaccinations, and many of them were likely headed back to a breeding program. Market was very good for the larger packages and load lots offered. Flesh condition was mostly light to medium. Warm weather continues, with producers wondering when the moisture is coming. However, we are seeing calves on the ground in the area and the sunshine makes for easy calving.

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 $451.65/cwt on 208 head. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +32.24 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$451.65

208 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

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

$87.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.26

vs SD average

+21.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	462.60	2,498	182
Medium and Large 1-2	572	375.00	2,145	26

One grade step is worth $87.60/cwt here — about $353 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 sale208 hd

451.65

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SD average7 barns · 2,063 hd

434.39

+17.26

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

+21.24

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

+32.24

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

23 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,460	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	467.11/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,438	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	476.03/cwt	467.00–491.00	2,756	70
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,568	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	640	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,448	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	434.26/cwt	409.00–440.00	2,888	111
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	405.39/cwt	394.00–412.00	2,858	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,980	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,311	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,275	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	469.29/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,501	151
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,145	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,468	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	433.98/cwt	399.00–448.00	2,652	171
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,414	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,226	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	377.17/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,519	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	396.21/cwt	380.00–412.00	2,845	107
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,588	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	749	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	3,356	66
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	3,360	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	374.01/cwt	342.00–380.00	2,824	122
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,040	21

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 Feb 27, 2026

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

Receipts 1,440Last week 1,505Year ago 1,960

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	424	545.00	545.00
5	450–500	462	492.50	492.50
151	500–550	533	460.00–470.00	469.29
31	550–600	574	430.00	430.00
171	600–650	611	399.00–448.00	433.98
30	650–700	668	360.00–390.00	377.17
107	700–750	718	380.00–412.00	396.21
122	750–800	755	342.00–380.00	374.01
21	800–850	800	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	627	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	572	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	619	390.00	390.00
8	700–750	723	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	700–750	749	448.00	448.00
31	750–800	750	448.00	448.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	497	495.00	495.00
35	500–550	522	465.00–480.00	467.11
70	550–600	579	467.00–491.00	476.03
111	650–700	665	409.00–440.00	434.26
41	700–750	705	394.00–412.00	405.39
67	800–850	836	356.50	356.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	640	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	634	405.00	405.00

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.