Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-10-07

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 7

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Nov 5Oct 7Oct 21 →

Receipts

1,301 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 1,223▲ 1,301 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the first of three Wednesday special sales, and a much smaller sale. The majority of the offering came from one consigner that brought over 1000 head. The full loads from this producer topped the market, selling on a very active market. The rest of the offering's market activity was more moderate, creating larger price spreads. The next Wednesday special will be October 21, starting at noon.

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 $457.16/cwt on 376 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $457.16.

Average price

$457.16

376 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.42

vs SD average

+26.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	457.16	2,548	376

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 sale376 hd

457.16

—

SD average6 barns · 4,423 hd

456.74

+0.42

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+26.80

This barn, trailing median3 sales

457.16

+0.00

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

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $466.74, low $446.46, median $457.16 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

14 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. 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	608.00/cwt	608.00–608.00	2,335	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	527.73/cwt	525.00–530.00	2,227	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	538.37/cwt	490.00–544.00	2,530	226
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	473.85/cwt	452.50–476.00	2,492	88
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	452.06/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,563	288
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	395.32/cwt	391.00–406.00	2,392	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,838	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	482.45/cwt	450.00–489.00	2,036	117
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,667	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	429.22/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,077	147
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	415.97/cwt	390.00–417.00	2,159	156
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,145	46
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	405.04/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,062	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,283	18

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 7, 2026

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

Receipts 1,301Last week 1,223Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	364	505.00	505.00
117	400–450	422	450.00–489.00	482.45
147	450–500	484	425.00–440.00	429.22
156	500–550	519	390.00–417.00	415.97
46	600–650	606	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	384	608.00	608.00
35	400–450	422	525.00–530.00	527.73
226	450–500	470	490.00–544.00	538.37
88	500–550	526	452.50–476.00	473.85
288	550–600	567	410.00–460.00	452.06
14	600–650	605	391.00–406.00	395.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	509	380.00–435.00	405.04
18	550–600	593	385.00	385.00

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.