Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-10-29

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012
Receipts
1,159 head
1,490 vs last sale 2,649 758 vs year ago 1,917 · 39.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's Wednesday special, calves in all weights trended sharply lower. Today's smaller offering consisted of mostly calves straight off the cow, carrying both spring and fall shots, sold on moderate demand. Smaller packages today, with only a few load lots. Fewer buyers in the seats had their pick of some nice, clean, light to medium flesh calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $429.14/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$429.14
186 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
35.00
vs SD average
0.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559431.082,411177
Medium and Large 1-2583391.002,2809thin
One grade step is worth $40.08/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale186 hd
429.14
SD average11 barns · 12,183 hd
464.14
−35.00
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−0.58
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

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650627170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,06610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643380.50/cwt380.50–380.502,44761
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550537448.16/cwt422.50–455.002,40772
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618391.09/cwt362.00–401.002,41782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9235
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,14419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,06310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450449475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,13310
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416494.26/cwt470.00–508.002,05674
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680379.73/cwt376.00–385.002,582125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,2809
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,97412
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578421.09/cwt407.00–440.002,434100
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450422550.62/cwt532.50–554.002,32476
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500496402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,99621
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400359567.64/cwt550.00–580.002,03825
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350345545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,88013
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000996332.25/cwt332.25–332.253,309192
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366539.54/cwt535.00–550.001,97538
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518422.74/cwt407.50–428.002,190203
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,001302.00/cwt302.00–302.003,02313
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,29727
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469503.35/cwt472.50–517.002,361124
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950909340.04/cwt335.00–340.503,091107
SteersMedium and Large 11050–11001,086315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,42119
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850803350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,81163
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700666346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,30410
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750727366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,6618
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5847
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950929311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,8895
SteersMedium and Large 1Full500–550505385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9445
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full350–400385415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5985

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.