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St. Onge Livestock

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

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 22

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Nov 6Oct 22Oct 29 →

Receipts

2,649 head

▲ 549 vs last sale 2,100▲ 328 vs year ago 2,321 · +14.1%

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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 — 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 $464.92/cwt on 779 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +7.76 against this barn's trailing median of $457.16.

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

This barn, trailing median3 sales

457.16

+7.76

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

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. 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	596.99/cwt	595.00–600.00	2,298	46
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,744	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	585.34/cwt	572.50–602.00	2,511	59
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	539.56/cwt	522.50–560.00	2,633	294
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	511.67/cwt	487.00–530.00	2,656	193
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,455	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	484.50/cwt	484.50–484.50	2,689	107
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	440.91/cwt	420.00–459.50	2,579	467
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	423.19/cwt	413.00–431.00	2,603	254
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	407.59/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,739	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,606	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,086	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	517.86/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,144	61
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	443.41/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,840	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	441.75/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,094	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	464.28/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,261	304
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	420.22/cwt	405.00–451.00	2,210	160
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	377.45/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,031	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	419.17/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,373	310
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,468	72

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.