Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-09-04

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,709 head
▲ 879 vs last sale 830▼ 57 vs year ago 1,766 · −3.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were not enough Feeder Steers to make a comparison. The best test on Heifers 850-900lbs,10.00 higher; 900-950lbs, 6.00 lower; over 1000lbs, mostly steady. Nice offering of mostly home raised, preg checked open or spayed heifers sold on moderate to good demand. A small offering of spring calves sold on good demand, with most coming earlier than usual because of drought conditions. Most of the offering, coming off grass, carrying light to moderate flesh. Most of the Spring Calves that came in were right off the cow, carrying one set of shots. The next sale is September 11, and is a Yearling Special.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.50/cwt on 9 head, down $19.50 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −43.91 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.
Average price
$375.50
▼ 19.50 vs prior sale
9 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.02
vs SD average
+43.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588375.502,2089thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
375.50
—
SD average2 barns · 159 hd
380.52
−5.02
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
+43.98
This barn, trailing median11 sales
419.41
−43.91
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
493456418381median 419.4103/1306/2009/2510/1610/30
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424534.99/cwt512.50–537.502,26860
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,1845
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,59324
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1801341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,7318
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,6889
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1984300.50/cwt300.50–300.502,95711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1306572.65/cwt570.00–575.001,75226
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,90652
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,94620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588375.50/cwt375.50–375.502,2089
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1691331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,2876
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,41124
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1795329.65/cwt320.00–331.002,62149
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,65633
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863319.35/cwt319.00–320.002,75671
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2864298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,5759
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1934295.84/cwt290.00–299.502,763353
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1962291.30/cwt283.50–296.502,802205
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,032282.03/cwt272.00–286.002,911109
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,073267.91/cwt265.00–269.002,87522
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,113268.50/cwt268.50–268.502,9889
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1406500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,03010

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.