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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Best comparison from last week's smaller sale in the steers 450-500lbs, 16.00 higher, with most other weights also trending considerably higher. Heifers were also trending higher, with some weights sharply higher. Nice offering of home raised spring calves, coming straight from the cow, sold on very good demand. Calves carrying both spring and fall shots brought premiums. The market was very active early on, with full seats and some new buyers, but cleared out towards the end of todays first primarily spring calf sale. The next sale, October 17, starts at 8 AM, selling calves all day. October 18 is the first of the season Saturday Bred Cow and Weigh Up sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.13/cwt on 1,084 head. That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits −10.41 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$481.13

1,084 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,658

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

$304.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.01

vs SD average

+35.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	484.37	2,704	1,046
Medium and Large 1-2	572	448.33	2,564	30
Medium and Large 2	581	180.00	1,046	8thin

One grade step is worth $304.37/cwt here — about $1,658 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.

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 sale1,084 hd

481.13

—

SD average6 barns · 3,931 hd

491.14

−10.01

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+35.28

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−10.41

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

38 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 1Full	500–550	540	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,498	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,009	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	439.59/cwt	402.50–464.00	2,299	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	347.85/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,633	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	472.83/cwt	438.00–497.50	2,724	589
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,050	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	502.78/cwt	482.50–537.50	2,680	430
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	462.17/cwt	445.00–499.00	2,191	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,367	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,916	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	546.11/cwt	525.00–575.00	2,026	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	593.30/cwt	577.00–625.00	2,569	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	321.88/cwt	319.00–324.50	3,277	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	436.48/cwt	403.00–462.50	2,964	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	375.49/cwt	371.50–378.25	3,222	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	371.65/cwt	362.50–377.00	3,036	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	550.37/cwt	530.00–582.50	2,614	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	391.76/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,386	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	502.32/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,185	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	638.19/cwt	627.50–670.00	2,483	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,238	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,141	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	552.86/cwt	547.50–560.00	2,399	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	410.73/cwt	395.00–421.00	2,329	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	436.55/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,733	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,121	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	448.33/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,564	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	516.14/cwt	516.00–517.00	2,503	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	415.88/cwt	362.50–423.00	3,044	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,989	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,174	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,046	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	590	429.70/cwt	427.50–432.50	2,535	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	490	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,524	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	444	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,954	5

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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