Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-04-10

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-10

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

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Mar 13Apr 10Jun 20 →

Receipts

2,521 head

▲ 1,031 vs last sale 1,490▲ 772 vs year ago 1,749 · +44.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was March 13; a comparison can not be made. Good demand in the seats and on the internet for several load lots and large packages of mostly home raised, weaned, and fully vaccinated calves, carrying mostly moderate flesh. Several very nice loads and packages of replacement type heifers sold on very good demand, with some added interest from internet buyers early in the sale.

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 $450.30/cwt on 239 head, up $5.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +30.89 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$450.30

▲ 5.59 vs prior sale

239 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$24.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs SD average

+21.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	454.45	2,553	199
Medium and Large 1-2	584	429.68	2,509	40

One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $43 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 sale239 hd

450.30

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SD average6 barns · 563 hd

442.89

+7.41

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

+21.94

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

+30.89

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,159	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,576	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,804	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	534.00/cwt	534.00–534.00	3,028	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	474.04/cwt	454.00–475.50	3,034	101
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	443.25/cwt	438.00–469.00	3,005	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,615	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	432.94/cwt	410.00–435.00	3,091	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,108	145
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	379.20/cwt	365.00–385.00	3,155	148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,136	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,404	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	496.29/cwt	483.00–501.00	2,303	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	467.64/cwt	445.00–484.00	2,450	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	450.14/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,584	150
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	429.68/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,509	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	424.83/cwt	397.50–435.00	2,625	133
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	398.69/cwt	386.00–407.50	2,683	318
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	380.59/cwt	369.00–392.00	2,710	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	370.28/cwt	368.00–374.00	2,814	146
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	789	338.34/cwt	338.00–341.00	2,670	44
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,850	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,542	6

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 Apr 10, 2026

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

Receipts 2,521Last week 1,490Year ago 1,749

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	477	540.00	540.00
8	500–550	534	525.00	525.00
56	550–600	567	534.00	534.00
101	600–650	640	454.00–475.50	474.04
104	650–700	678	438.00–469.00	443.25
86	700–750	714	410.00–435.00	432.94
145	750–800	777	400.00	400.00
148	800–850	832	365.00–385.00	379.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	457.50	457.50
13	650–700	681	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	378	565.00	565.00
16	400–450	446	539.00	539.00
71	450–500	464	483.00–501.00	496.29
49	500–550	524	445.00–484.00	467.64
150	550–600	574	435.00–475.00	450.14
133	600–650	618	397.50–435.00	424.83
318	650–700	673	386.00–407.50	398.69
68	700–750	712	369.00–392.00	380.59
146	750–800	760	368.00–374.00	370.28
7	800–850	832	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	584	425.00–432.50	429.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
44	750–800	789	338.00–341.00	338.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	706	360.00	360.00

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.