Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steers 450-500lbs, 5.00 lower; 550-600lbs, 15.00 lower; 600-700lbs, sharply lower. The best test on heifers was 500-550lbs, which were sharply lower. Quality was mixed for today's last Wednesday Special. However, there were several large packages of quality calves, with both spring and fall shots, for buyers to choose from. The market was moderate today, with fewer buyers and producers in the seats. Fewer heifers in today's offering as producers continue to keep their replacement types. The next Feeder Cattle sale is Friday, Nov. 7, expecting over 6500 head of calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $414.44/cwt on 311 head.

Average price

$414.44

311 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$36.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.79

vs SD average

−4.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	419.28	2,282	270
Medium and Large 1-2	560	382.53	2,142	41

One grade step is worth $36.75/cwt here — about $140 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 sale311 hd

414.44

—

SD average9 barns · 7,863 hd

460.23

−45.79

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−4.66

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

26 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	402.90/cwt	391.00–427.00	2,321	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	331.31/cwt	331.00–331.50	2,057	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,943	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	371.80/cwt	357.50–385.00	2,168	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	392.75/cwt	389.00–402.50	2,113	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,875	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,073	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	383.39/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,028	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,980	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,895	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,709	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	442.83/cwt	417.50–462.00	2,055	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,475	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	434.27/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,236	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,984	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	518.69/cwt	497.50–522.50	2,127	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	378.29/cwt	363.00–389.00	2,361	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	351.25/cwt	347.00–354.00	2,413	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,060	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	349.65/cwt	331.00–353.00	2,724	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,895	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,054	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	992	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,812	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	768	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,611	40

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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,223Last week 1,159Year ago 2,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	430	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	335	510.00	510.00
39	450–500	486	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	399	475.00	475.00
7	500–550	537	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	410	497.50–522.50	518.69
16	450–500	479	430.00	430.00
141	500–550	515	420.00–442.50	434.27
129	550–600	576	391.00–427.00	402.90
164	600–650	624	363.00–389.00	378.29
147	650–700	687	347.00–354.00	351.25
22	700–750	707	350.00	350.00
39	750–800	779	331.00–353.00	349.65
13	1100–1150	1,101	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	450.00	450.00
21	500–550	538	389.00–402.50	392.75
20	550–600	583	357.50–385.00	371.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	464	417.50–462.00	442.83
49	500–550	529	375.00–390.00	383.39
11	550–600	571	363.00	363.00
23	600–650	621	331.00–331.50	331.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	474	410.00	410.00
15	500–550	532	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
40	750–800	768	340.00	340.00
41	950–1000	992	283.50	283.50

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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