Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's offering consisted of mostly spring calves and there were not enough in last weeks sale to make a comparison. There were also no comparisons in weights of the yearlings that came through. Good demand for these last few yearlings coming through, with most coming from grass, carrying mostly moderate conditioning. Moderate demand for todays calves and yearlings, as quality was mixed. Most of the spring calves carried both branding time and pre-conditioning shots, coming right off the cow. A few more of the feeder calf buyers returned to the seats today, as the fall run begins.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.54/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −49.99 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$441.54

186 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$9.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.88

vs SD average

+18.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	442.34	2,460	171
Medium and Large 1-2	529	432.50	2,288	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.84/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

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 sale186 hd

441.54

—

SD average6 barns · 1,268 hd

477.42

−35.88

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+18.89

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−49.99

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

36 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,343	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,047	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,092	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	3,249	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,978	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	351.38/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,203	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	476.56/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,016	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	351.28/cwt	336.50–356.00	2,719	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	567.62/cwt	561.00–582.50	1,771	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	553.08/cwt	512.00–560.00	1,974	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	452.83/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,201	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	417.17/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,173	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,646	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	321.99/cwt	321.00–324.00	3,117	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	319.48/cwt	319.00–320.00	3,252	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	3,098	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	418.49/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,406	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	389.12/cwt	381.00–402.00	2,428	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	541.98/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,531	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,329	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	679.13/cwt	660.00–687.50	2,071	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	555.37/cwt	535.00–580.00	2,366	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	374.50/cwt	360.00–388.00	2,490	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	377.45/cwt	370.00–386.00	3,001	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	484.26/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,533	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	577.37/cwt	555.00–580.00	2,229	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,447	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,288	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,309	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,019	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	483.23/cwt	477.00–495.00	1,856	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,167	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,064	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,864	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,144	9

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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