Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2025-09-05

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 5
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,766 head
816 vs last sale 950 1,664 vs year ago 3,430 · 48.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was in April, so a comparison can not be made. Very good demand for today's sale of mostly yearlings, coming off grass with light to medium flesh. Several full loads offered and large packages, sold on an active market. The next Feeder Calf sale is September 19.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.50/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits 47.20 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.
Average price
$402.50
13 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.36
vs SD average
+30.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570402.502,29413thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
493456418381median 449.7001/0902/1303/1306/2008/07
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.77, low $395.00, median $449.70 across 8 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 sale13 hd
402.50
SD average2 barns · 33 hd
396.14
+6.36
National average145 barns · 7,681 hd
371.51
+30.99
This barn, trailing median8 sales
449.70
−47.20
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

19 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,023311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,1829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850821329.45/cwt324.50–335.002,70515
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850837374.03/cwt370.00–375.003,131113
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,026317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,25230
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8457
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900862321.12/cwt318.00–322.002,76823
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950921353.48/cwt345.00–359.003,256176
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900880340.53/cwt336.00–345.002,997371
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000970325.47/cwt319.50–333.003,157290
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000982319.53/cwt317.00–322.003,13812
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000978340.28/cwt339.50–343.003,32878
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900888340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0197
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950922333.79/cwt325.00–338.003,078257
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850826343.52/cwt343.00–346.002,83799
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,016322.71/cwt321.00–323.503,27961
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728360.99/cwt355.00–368.002,62857
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,062316.50/cwt316.50–316.503,36119
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,29413
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700671362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,4327

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.