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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-16

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 16

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

5,323 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 5,326▲ 2,241 vs year ago 3,082 · +72.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400-450, unevenly steady; 450-500, 5.00 lower; 500-700, 10.00-15.00 lower. Heifers 400-500lbs, 8.00-12.00 lower; 500-550, unevenly steady; 550-600, 17.00 higher. Demand was good for today's offering of home raised calves, with most carrying spring and fall shots, and carrying light to medium flesh. Full loads and large packages, sold on a very active market, with smaller packages, selling more moderately. Next week there will be two calf sales: Wednesday, Oct. 21, starting at noon, and Friday, Oct 23, starting at 9.

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 $450.40/cwt on 1,500 head, down $15.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −15.33 against this barn's trailing median of $465.72.

Average price

$450.40

▼ 15.96 vs prior sale

1,500 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$30.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.33

vs SD average

+18.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	451.02	2,500	1,469
Medium and Large 1-2	554	420.84	2,329	31

One grade step is worth $30.18/cwt here — about $170 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 sale1,500 hd

450.40

—

SD average7 barns · 9,374 hd

454.72

−4.33

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+18.11

This barn, trailing median10 sales

465.72

−15.33

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $448.26, median $465.72 across 10 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

40 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Livestock Auction - 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	282	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,946	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	309	618.68/cwt	615.00–625.00	1,912	29
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	666.32/cwt	642.00–677.50	2,272	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	664.12/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,338	49
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	600.17/cwt	570.00–620.00	2,275	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	563.74/cwt	540.00–581.00	2,379	470
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	524.48/cwt	485.00–535.00	2,323	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	502.12/cwt	487.50–535.00	2,420	402
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	468.32/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,271	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	468.81/cwt	448.00–487.00	2,466	671
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,345	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	405.73/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,309	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	436.06/cwt	427.00–452.50	2,520	798
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	413.21/cwt	401.00–425.00	2,562	319
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	391.06/cwt	389.00–392.00	2,698	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,652	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	896	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,813	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,069	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	540.82/cwt	520.00–565.00	1,758	28
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	463.62/cwt	431.00–507.00	1,613	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,824	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	508.72/cwt	492.50–530.00	1,964	105
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	483.44/cwt	460.00–502.50	2,035	115
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,005	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	440.55/cwt	431.00–462.00	2,119	392
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	422.05/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,085	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	427.39/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,231	149
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	387.99/cwt	383.00–405.00	2,084	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	421.14/cwt	397.00–434.00	2,363	209
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	384.17/cwt	384.00–385.00	2,224	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,695	96
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	376.56/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,402	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,415	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,672	36
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	328.10/cwt	320.00–329.00	2,864	79
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,919	45
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	304.36/cwt	293.00–312.00	2,901	20
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,072	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,048	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,060	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,067	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,956	12

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 Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Fri Oct 16, 2026

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Receipts 5,323Last week 5,326Year ago 3,082

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	348	431.00–507.00	463.62
8	350–400	380	480.00	480.00
6	400–450	448	447.50	447.50
23	450–500	494	420.00–428.00	422.05
43	500–550	537	383.00–405.00	387.99
41	550–600	579	384.00–385.00	384.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	325	520.00–565.00	540.82
105	350–400	386	492.50–530.00	508.72
115	400–450	421	460.00–502.50	483.44
392	450–500	481	431.00–462.00	440.55
149	500–550	522	415.00–435.00	427.39
209	550–600	561	397.00–434.00	421.14
83	600–650	638	360.00–385.00	376.56
6	650–700	669	361.00	361.00
36	750–800	786	340.00	340.00
79	850–900	873	320.00–329.00	328.10
45	900–950	915	319.00	319.00
20	950–1000	953	293.00–312.00	304.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	600–650	607	444.00	444.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,048	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,031	298.00	298.00
12	1050–1100	1,067	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	690.00	690.00
35	300–350	341	642.00–677.50	666.32
49	350–400	352	630.00–670.00	664.12
470	400–450	422	540.00–581.00	563.74
402	450–500	482	487.50–535.00	502.12
671	500–550	526	448.00–487.00	468.81
798	550–600	578	427.00–452.50	436.06
319	600–650	620	401.00–425.00	413.21
45	650–700	690	389.00–392.00	391.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	309	615.00–625.00	618.68
30	350–400	379	570.00–620.00	600.17
63	400–450	443	485.00–535.00	524.48
55	450–500	485	450.00–480.00	468.32
16	500–550	539	435.00	435.00
15	550–600	569	395.00–412.50	405.73
8	750–800	780	340.00	340.00
5	850–900	896	314.00	314.00
62	900–950	900	341.00	341.00

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.