Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-02-14

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,850 head
280 vs last sale 1,570 1,850 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers 550-600lbs, sharply higher; 600-650lbs, 5.00 lower; 650-700lbs, 7.00 higher. Heifers 500-550lbs, 3.00 higher; 550-600lbs, 8.00 higher; 600-700lbs, 5.00 lower. Calves sold on very good demand today, with order buyers and producers filling the seats. A few packages of F-1 heifers took top dollar, headed back to breeding program. Flesh was mostly moderate on todays attractive offering of mostly weaned and vaccinated calves. Slightly warmer temps in the area for today's sale, but a cold front is in forecast for the area, bringing temperatures well below zero again. Next Feeder Calf Sale and Replacement Heifer Special is February 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.73/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 113.80 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.
Average price
$377.73
99 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+16.97
vs SD average
+39.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539377.732,03599
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale99 hd
377.73
SD average8 barns · 1,459 hd
360.76
+16.97
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
+39.06
This barn, trailing median7 sales
491.54
−113.80
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

29 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
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800762254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,9356
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600593316.50/cwt316.50–316.501,87716
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650641287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8435
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400364405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,47418
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450448354.62/cwt347.50–362.501,58921
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471350.84/cwt346.00–357.001,65224
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511382.47/cwt372.00–385.001,95432
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800750284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,13012
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600552375.47/cwt374.00–385.002,07367
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655323.06/cwt312.00–326.002,116133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633285.49/cwt283.50–289.001,80770
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478390.92/cwt386.00–400.001,86984
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900855265.17/cwt252.00–267.002,26791
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614341.05/cwt324.50–346.002,094129
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400387440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,70311
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700669296.09/cwt279.00–315.001,981146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,00014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750745255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9006
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,88310
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550516262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,35510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500492310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5255
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572325.72/cwt320.00–339.001,86332
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750732296.61/cwt294.00–301.002,171166
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624301.26/cwt284.00–321.001,88074
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800776277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,15042
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750716295.55/cwt268.00–312.502,11643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,60121
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530347.94/cwt344.00–350.001,844156

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.