Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-10-21

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 21

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Oct 7Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

1,957 head

▲ 656 vs last sale 1,301▼ 692 vs year ago 2,649 · −26.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Wednesday seasonal sale, from two week's ago: Steers 450-600 lbs, were unevenly steady. Heifers 400-500lbs, 12.00-14.00 higher; 500-550lbs, 20.00 higher. Smaller offering for today's sale, sold on good demand. Most of the offering carried both spring and fall shots, with mostly light to medium flesh conditions. Larger loads and nice heifers topped the market, with some likely headed back to a breeding program. The market was more moderate with fewer buyers and producers in the seats.

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 $446.46/cwt on 575 head, down $10.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −10.70 against this barn's trailing median of $457.16.

Average price

$446.46

▼ 10.70 vs prior sale

575 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$10.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.18

vs SD average

+7.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	446.84	2,501	554
Medium and Large 1-2	539	436.43	2,350	21

One grade step is worth $10.41/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale575 hd

446.46

—

SD average8 barns · 9,165 hd

458.64

−12.18

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+7.19

This barn, trailing median3 sales

457.16

−10.70

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

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,186	24
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,062	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	548.05/cwt	520.00–555.00	2,351	151
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	484.13/cwt	483.00–485.00	2,319	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	503.78/cwt	500.00–509.00	2,433	126
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,332	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	461.15/cwt	451.50–485.00	2,439	220
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,386	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	437.42/cwt	433.00–447.00	2,537	334
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,609	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,631	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	288	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,397	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,596	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,765	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	514.09/cwt	505.00–518.00	1,912	65
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	487.18/cwt	477.50–512.50	2,036	173
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,302	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	439.99/cwt	432.00–460.00	1,967	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	443.97/cwt	435.00–457.50	2,091	116
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	434.06/cwt	409.00–439.00	2,235	253
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	392.48/cwt	383.50–409.00	2,257	63
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,256	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,147	6

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 21, 2026

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

Receipts 1,957Last week 1,301Year ago 2,649

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	288	485.00	485.00
7	300–350	347	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	364	485.00	485.00
35	400–450	447	432.00–460.00	439.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	434	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	350–400	372	505.00–518.00	514.09
173	400–450	418	477.50–512.50	487.18
116	450–500	471	435.00–457.50	443.97
253	500–550	515	409.00–439.00	434.06
63	550–600	575	383.50–409.00	392.48
14	600–650	618	365.00	365.00
6	650–700	669	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	354	617.50	617.50
151	400–450	429	520.00–555.00	548.05
126	450–500	483	500.00–509.00	503.78
220	500–550	529	451.50–485.00	461.15
334	550–600	580	433.00–447.00	437.42
24	600–650	638	409.00	409.00
14	750–800	776	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	365	565.00	565.00
68	450–500	479	483.00–485.00	484.13
15	500–550	524	445.00	445.00
6	550–600	575	415.00	415.00

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.