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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 29

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

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 — 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 $429.14/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −28.02 against this barn's trailing median of $457.16.

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	431.08	2,411	177
Medium and Large 1-2	583	391.00	2,280	9thin

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

This barn, trailing median3 sales

457.16

−28.02

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

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. 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,880	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	567.64/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,038	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,923	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,974	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	550.62/cwt	532.50–554.00	2,324	76
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,144	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	503.35/cwt	472.50–517.00	2,361	124
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	505	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,944	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	448.16/cwt	422.50–455.00	2,407	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	421.09/cwt	407.00–440.00	2,434	100
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,280	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	391.09/cwt	362.00–401.00	2,417	82
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,066	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,447	61
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	379.73/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,582	125
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	340.04/cwt	335.00–340.50	3,091	107
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	332.25/cwt	332.25–332.25	3,309	192
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,086	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,421	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,584	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	539.54/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,975	38
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	385	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,598	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	494.26/cwt	470.00–508.00	2,056	74
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,133	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,996	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	422.74/cwt	407.50–428.00	2,190	203
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,063	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,297	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,304	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,661	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,811	63
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,889	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,001	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,023	13

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,159Last week 2,649Year ago 1,917

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	627	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	510.00	510.00
12	400–450	405	487.50	487.50
19	450–500	466	460.00	460.00
9	550–600	583	391.00	391.00
61	600–650	643	380.50	380.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	345	545.00	545.00
25	350–400	359	550.00–580.00	567.64
76	400–450	422	532.50–554.00	550.62
124	450–500	469	472.50–517.00	503.35
72	500–550	537	422.50–455.00	448.16
100	550–600	578	407.00–440.00	421.09
82	600–650	618	362.00–401.00	391.09
125	650–700	680	376.00–385.00	379.73
107	900–950	909	335.00–340.50	340.04
192	950–1000	996	332.25	332.25
19	1050–1100	1,086	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	505	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	449	475.00	475.00
10	550–600	550	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	330	480.00	480.00
38	350–400	366	535.00–550.00	539.54
74	400–450	416	470.00–508.00	494.26
21	450–500	496	402.50	402.50
203	500–550	518	407.50–428.00	422.74
27	550–600	559	411.00	411.00
10	650–700	666	346.00	346.00
8	700–750	727	366.00	366.00
63	800–850	803	350.00	350.00
5	900–950	929	311.00	311.00
13	1000–1050	1,001	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	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.