Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers 800-1000lbs, sold mostly steady. Heifers 900-1000, mostly steady. Good demand for today's smaller offering of mostly preg checked open heifers and yearling steers fresh off grass, with light to moderate flesh. September 26 is a Yearling and Spring Calf Special.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $357.89/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −91.81 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.

Average price

$357.89

14 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,033

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−40.52

vs SD average

−1.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	357.89	2,033	14thin

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

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 sale14 hd

357.89

—

SD average4 barns · 81 hd

398.41

−40.52

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−1.77

This barn, trailing median8 sales

449.70

−91.81

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	326.95/cwt	321.00–329.50	3,175	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,153	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,401	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,786	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	370.55/cwt	366.00–374.00	2,868	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,176	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	375.33/cwt	362.00–380.00	3,104	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,148	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	338.09/cwt	327.00–343.50	3,273	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	337.06/cwt	334.50–344.00	2,801	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	3,315	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	357.89/cwt	353.00–367.00	2,033	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,552	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	310.63/cwt	310.00–311.50	3,389	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	393.26/cwt	391.00–398.00	2,643	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	335.83/cwt	331.00–336.75	2,962	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	331.05/cwt	329.50–332.50	3,049	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,719	45

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 →