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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-06

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 6

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Oct 30Nov 6latest

Receipts

5,270 head

▲ 640 vs last sale 4,630▼ 1,107 vs year ago 6,377 · −17.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer 400-600lbs, 5.00-8.00 lower and 600-700lbs, 25.00 lower. Heifers 400-450lbs, 10.00 lower, 450-550lbs, 25.00 lower. Heifers 550-600lbs, 25.00 higher, with a couple instances marked fancy of sharply higher. Starting to see fewer of the heavier heifers, as producers are likely keeping replacements. Nice offering of mostly home raised calves, carrying light to medium flesh, sold on good demand. There were some weaned calves, carrying some tagg. Pot load and black hides with spring and fall shots topped the market today. There was more color in today's sale, with several loads and lots of large packages of reds and chars, adding a little more spread in some of the prices. The market was active, especially for replacement style heifers and lighter weight steers.

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 $436.18/cwt on 1,325 head, down $1.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −22.04 against this barn's trailing median of $458.22.

Average price

$436.18

▼ 1.01 vs prior sale

1,325 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$37.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.83

vs SD average

+19.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	440.45	2,388	1,173
Medium and Large 2	545	410.50	2,237	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	565	402.63	2,274	140

One grade step is worth $37.81/cwt here — about $114 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 sale1,325 hd

436.18

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SD average7 barns · 6,094 hd

439.01

−2.83

National average161 barns · 22,907 hd

416.81

+19.37

This barn, trailing median11 sales

458.22

−22.04

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $436.18, median $458.22 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

41 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 1-2	319	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,643	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	543.75/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,811	53
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	377	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,998	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	568.82/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,156	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	543.18/cwt	519.00–560.00	2,330	220
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	514.95/cwt	500.00–517.50	2,219	58
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,744	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	488.11/cwt	474.00–530.00	2,319	237
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	464.65/cwt	450.00–471.00	2,235	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	462.12/cwt	441.00–480.00	2,389	628
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	436.74/cwt	436.00–437.50	2,332	63
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	535	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,322	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	410.50/cwt	410.00–411.00	2,237	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	414.99/cwt	390.00–437.00	2,374	531
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	374.73/cwt	367.50–387.50	2,211	77
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,376	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	375.52/cwt	359.00–402.50	2,366	363
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	365.47/cwt	350.00–378.00	2,493	201
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	343.68/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,478	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,465	44
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	453.05/cwt	449.00–470.00	1,540	30
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,232	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	480.09/cwt	446.00–500.00	1,829	53
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	369.89/cwt	360.00–422.00	1,561	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	474.43/cwt	445.00–505.00	2,031	169
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	437	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,814	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	431.99/cwt	405.00–457.00	2,030	382
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	385.78/cwt	373.00–395.00	1,856	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	401.12/cwt	380.00–423.00	2,074	314
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	368.43/cwt	345.00–373.00	1,953	91
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	459.69/cwt	430.00–468.00	2,565	112
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	370.52/cwt	361.00–381.00	2,108	149
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	324.83/cwt	300.00–333.00	2,024	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	315.92/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,243	11
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,250	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,788	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,020	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,137	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,943	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,202	28

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 Nov 6, 2026

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

Receipts 5,270Last week 4,630Year ago 6,377

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	345	430.00	430.00
5	350–400	379	325.00	325.00
37	400–450	422	360.00–422.00	369.89
40	450–500	481	373.00–395.00	385.78
91	500–550	530	345.00–373.00	368.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	340	449.00–470.00	453.05
53	350–400	381	446.00–500.00	480.09
169	400–450	428	445.00–505.00	474.43
382	450–500	470	405.00–457.00	431.99
314	500–550	517	380.00–423.00	401.12
149	550–600	569	361.00–381.00	370.52
56	600–650	623	300.00–333.00	324.83
11	700–750	710	300.00–335.00	315.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
6	400–450	437	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
112	550–600	558	430.00–468.00	459.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1250–1300	1,250	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	319	515.00	515.00
58	400–450	431	500.00–517.50	514.95
26	450–500	481	450.00–471.00	464.65
63	500–550	534	436.00–437.50	436.74
77	550–600	590	367.50–387.50	374.73
23	600–650	627	379.00	379.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	436	400.00	400.00
12	500–550	545	410.00–411.00	410.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	300–350	333	530.00–550.00	543.75
15	350–400	379	560.00–575.00	568.82
220	400–450	429	519.00–560.00	543.18
237	450–500	475	474.00–530.00	488.11
628	500–550	517	441.00–480.00	462.12
531	550–600	572	390.00–437.00	414.99
363	600–650	630	359.00–402.50	375.52
201	650–700	682	350.00–378.00	365.47
23	700–750	721	320.00–355.00	343.68
44	750–800	775	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	377	530.00	530.00
14	500–550	535	434.00	434.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	497	430.00	430.00
28	550–600	584	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	580	335.00	335.00

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.