Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of spring calves for today's first of three, Special Wednesday Sales. Almost all of the offering had both spring and fall shots. Several larger lots and full loads sold on good demand. Lots of colored calves in today's smaller sale. Expecting over 7000 for Friday's sale along with another nice offering for the next Wednesday special.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $464.92/cwt on 779 head.

Average price

$464.92

779 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$168

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

$8.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.88

vs SD average

+6.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	473.00	2,455	12thin
Medium and Large 1	564	464.80	2,622	767

One grade step is worth $8.20/cwt here — about −$168 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 sale779 hd

464.92

—

SD average8 barns · 9,604 hd

494.80

−29.88

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+6.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	419.17/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,373	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	440.91/cwt	420.00–459.50	2,579	467
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	539.56/cwt	522.50–560.00	2,633	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	423.19/cwt	413.00–431.00	2,603	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	511.67/cwt	487.00–530.00	2,656	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	464.28/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,261	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	585.34/cwt	572.50–602.00	2,511	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	596.99/cwt	595.00–600.00	2,298	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	407.59/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,739	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	377.45/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,031	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	443.41/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,840	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	441.75/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,094	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,744	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,455	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	420.22/cwt	405.00–451.00	2,210	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,468	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	517.86/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,144	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,086	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,606	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	484.50/cwt	484.50–484.50	2,689	107

How this sale compares

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 Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD

Wed Oct 22, 2025

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

Receipts 2,649Last week 2,100Year ago 2,321

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	530.00	530.00
34	350–400	382	546.00	546.00
61	400–450	414	500.00–535.00	517.86
304	450–500	487	460.00–490.00	464.28
160	500–550	526	405.00–451.00	420.22
310	550–600	566	395.00–425.00	419.17
72	600–650	621	397.50	397.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	415	440.00–445.00	443.41
29	450–500	474	440.00–450.00	441.75
48	500–550	538	375.00–385.00	377.45
5	550–600	558	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	385	595.00–600.00	596.99
59	400–450	429	572.50–602.00	585.34
294	450–500	488	522.50–560.00	539.56
193	500–550	519	487.00–530.00	511.67
467	550–600	585	420.00–459.50	440.91
254	600–650	615	413.00–431.00	423.19
16	650–700	672	395.00–415.00	407.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	401	435.00	435.00
12	500–550	519	473.00	473.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	550–600	555	484.50	484.50

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.

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