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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 28

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Feb 14Feb 28Mar 28 →

Receipts

1,960 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 1,850▲ 1,960 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The best comparison in Steer Calves was 500-600lbs, which were sharply lower. Heifer Calves 550-600 were trending steady, from the previous reports light numbers; 600-650lbs, 12.00 higher; 650-700lbs, 4.00 lower. Good demand for todays offering of mostly smaller packages, selling on an active market. Quality was mixed as we are nearing the end of the larger sales. Most were home raised, with spring and fall shots. Some were showing some tag from the recent warm weather and muddy pens. Quality bangs vaccinated heifers sold on very good demand again, with additional producers in the seats looking to take them back to the ranch.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.24/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −92.34 against this barn's trailing median of $420.58.

Average price

$328.24

152 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$37.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.55

vs SD average

+21.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	329.99	1,835	145
Medium and Large 1-2	563	292.00	1,644	7thin

One grade step is worth $37.99/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale152 hd

328.24

—

SD average7 barns · 1,687 hd

324.69

+3.55

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

+21.23

This barn, trailing median12 sales

420.58

−92.34

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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.77, low $395.00, median $420.58 across 12 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

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,560	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,802	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	384.19/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,710	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	406.93/cwt	394.00–415.00	1,925	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	369.94/cwt	345.00–399.00	1,968	93
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	343.34/cwt	332.00–362.00	1,954	80
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	310.18/cwt	305.00–319.00	1,936	106
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,964	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,935	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	271.31/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,937	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,201	80
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,454	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	357.00/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,582	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	357.18/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,672	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	330.66/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,713	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,644	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	329.76/cwt	316.00–340.00	1,876	108
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	313.16/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,960	130
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	294.37/cwt	286.00–299.00	1,990	104
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,149	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,192	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	369.82/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,812	16

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.

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St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Fri Feb 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,960Last week 1,850Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	490	367.50–375.00	369.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	447.50	447.50
43	400–450	443	352.50–372.50	357.00
38	450–500	468	350.00–365.00	357.18
37	500–550	518	320.00–338.00	330.66
108	550–600	569	316.00–340.00	329.76
130	600–650	626	304.00–323.00	313.16
104	650–700	676	286.00–299.00	294.37
17	750–800	783	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	563	292.00	292.00
38	650–700	691	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	690	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	341	457.50	457.50
13	350–400	396	455.00	455.00
35	400–450	445	375.00–400.00	384.19
16	450–500	473	394.00–415.00	406.93
93	500–550	532	345.00–399.00	369.94
80	550–600	569	332.00–362.00	343.34
106	600–650	624	305.00–319.00	310.18
11	650–700	659	298.00	298.00
8	700–750	701	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	714	270.00–274.00	271.31
80	800–850	802	274.50	274.50

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.