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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-20

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Sat, Jun 20

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Apr 10Jun 20Aug 7 →

Receipts

6,412 head

▲ 3,891 vs last sale 2,521▲ 6,412 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was in April, so a market comparison can not be made. Today's sale was packed with contestants and their family and friends, along with a houseful of buyers, for the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, hosted by the Livestock Marketing Association and St. Onge Livestock. With 31 contestants from 20 U.S. States and Canada for the first half, narrowed down to 10 for the second half, it was a fun day for all. Buyers in the seats and on the internet had a very nice offering of calves, yearlings and weigh ups that were sold on a very active market.. There were lots of full loads of calves and yearlings for buyers to choose from with most carrying light to medium flesh and very attractive. Severe drought continues in the area, causing some producers to sell earlier than they likely had planned; however, there was some rain on the radar for the day in some areas, and through the weekend.

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 $494.34/cwt on 245 head, down $38.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +32.68 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$494.34

▼ 38.54 vs prior sale

245 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$61.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.80

vs SD average

+35.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	505.06	2,858	188
Medium and Large 1-2	538	478.15	2,571	25
Medium and Large 2	584	444.00	2,593	32

One grade step is worth $61.06/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale245 hd

494.34

—

SD average4 barns · 436 hd

503.14

−8.80

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+35.29

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

+32.68

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

44 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,462	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,356	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	528.10/cwt	497.50–538.00	2,709	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	471.48/cwt	449.00–490.00	2,489	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,720	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	497.16/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,903	140
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,593	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	492.69/cwt	487.00–493.00	2,991	99
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	446.82/cwt	425.00–462.50	2,860	73
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	465.95/cwt	440.00–475.50	3,099	240
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	430.80/cwt	420.00–436.00	2,938	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,641	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	426.06/cwt	418.00–434.50	3,085	64
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,987	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	404.34/cwt	390.00–414.00	3,085	108
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	373.03/cwt	364.00–386.00	2,932	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	379.54/cwt	357.50–386.00	3,131	261
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	392.77/cwt	377.50–404.00	3,272	245
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	363.05/cwt	358.00–364.00	3,166	76
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	376.96/cwt	369.50–389.00	3,295	455
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	360.21/cwt	351.00–365.50	3,318	400
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	352.35/cwt	348.50–356.00	3,421	176
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	351.72/cwt	349.50–354.00	3,538	118
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,033	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,347	47
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,068	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	3,540	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	504.87/cwt	504.00–507.50	2,423	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,416	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	494.98/cwt	470.00–505.50	2,613	279
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	459.60/cwt	457.00–460.00	2,477	106
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,595	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,719	94
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	436.33/cwt	423.00–450.00	2,740	221
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	415.30/cwt	387.50–430.00	2,633	155
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,801	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,442	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	374.05/cwt	366.00–383.50	2,876	355
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,673	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	352.75/cwt	351.00–355.00	2,910	28
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	854	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	3,147	61
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,066	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,797	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,950	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	341.99/cwt	340.00–343.00	3,163	236
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,199	59

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

Sat Jun 20, 2026

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Receipts 6,412Last week 2,521Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	492	491.00	491.00
106	500–550	539	457.00–460.00	459.60
9	550–600	563	461.00	461.00
155	600–650	634	387.50–430.00	415.30
7	700–750	729	335.00	335.00
5	750–800	792	337.50	337.50
13	850–900	895	312.50	312.50
27	900–950	922	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	480	504.00–507.50	504.87
279	500–550	528	470.00–505.50	494.98
94	550–600	599	454.00	454.00
221	600–650	628	423.00–450.00	436.33
43	650–700	653	429.00	429.00
355	750–800	769	366.00–383.50	374.05
28	800–850	825	351.00–355.00	352.75
68	850–900	876	350.00	350.00
236	900–950	925	340.00–343.00	341.99
59	950–1000	955	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	850–900	854	368.50	368.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	584	444.00	444.00
18	700–750	710	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	495	476.00	476.00
16	500–550	528	449.00–490.00	471.48
9	550–600	555	490.00	490.00
73	600–650	640	425.00–462.50	446.82
27	650–700	682	420.00–436.00	430.80
29	700–750	724	412.50	412.50
17	750–800	786	364.00–386.00	373.03
261	800–850	825	357.50–386.00	379.54
76	850–900	872	358.00–364.00	363.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	547.00	547.00
48	500–550	513	497.50–538.00	528.10
140	550–600	584	495.00–500.00	497.16
99	600–650	607	487.00–493.00	492.69
240	650–700	665	440.00–475.50	465.95
64	700–750	724	418.00–434.50	426.06
108	750–800	763	390.00–414.00	404.34
245	800–850	833	377.50–404.00	392.77
455	850–900	874	369.50–389.00	376.96
400	900–950	921	351.00–365.50	360.21
176	950–1000	971	348.50–356.00	352.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	1000–1050	1,006	349.50–354.00	351.72
62	1050–1100	1,068	331.50	331.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	1000–1050	1,033	324.00	324.00

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.