Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-01-03

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 3
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
2,300 head
446 vs last sale 2,746 407 vs year ago 2,707 · 15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale was December 13, so a market trend can not be made. Today's calves sold on very good demand, with a few load lots and some nice smaller packages. Market was active, with several buyers in the stands and on the internet. Most of today's offering were home raised, spring calves, fully weaned, and with two rounds of shots. Weather in the area has been seasonal with some light moisture. The next Feeder Calf sale will be January 17.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.34/cwt on 415 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 149.19 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.
Average price
$342.34
415 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.84
vs SD average
+9.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545344.941,881365
Medium and Large 1-2579323.421,87350
One grade step is worth $21.52/cwt here — about $9 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
547514482450median 491.5401/0901/2302/2704/1006/20
Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $463.68, median $491.54 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale415 hd
342.34
SD average4 barns · 1,283 hd
348.19
−5.84
National average40 barns · 9,035 hd
332.87
+9.47
This barn, trailing median7 sales
491.54
−149.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Full350–400396385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,52525
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800751300.75/cwt300.75–300.752,25976
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,6759
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514329.59/cwt320.00–351.001,694253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450447320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4305
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400357411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,4678
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574335.41/cwt331.00–341.001,925128
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640294.74/cwt274.00–297.001,88650
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565306.28/cwt298.00–318.001,73050
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579323.42/cwt323.00–324.001,87350
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634316.18/cwt313.00–318.002,00543
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750746260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9408
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550548311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,70412
SteersMedium and Large 1Full400–450445340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,51311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700689270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8609
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750739302.75/cwt302.75–302.752,23777
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433375.98/cwt351.00–387.001,62867
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323433.73/cwt422.50–445.001,40114
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479380.35/cwt377.00–384.001,822102
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530350.08/cwt336.00–359.001,855237
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381348.95/cwt346.00–358.001,32924
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475326.97/cwt311.00–334.001,553131
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431338.12/cwt328.00–355.001,457130
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750711241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,71411
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350302340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0277
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550513307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5755

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.