Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 450-500lbs, 5.00-7.00 higher; 500-550lbs, 15.00 higher; 550-600lbs, 5.00 lower; 600-650lbs, unevenly steady; 650-700lbs, sharply lower. Heifers 400-450lbs, sharply higher; 450-500lbs, unevenly steady; 500-600lbs, 8.00-10.00 higher; 600-650, mostly steady. Quality was mixed in today's offering of mostly large packages, with lower weights selling on good demand. Most all of the calves were carrying both spring and fall shots. A few consigners canceled until next week because of two days of rain. Next week, Oct. 22, is the first Wednesday Special Calf Sale, followed on Friday, October 24, with a regular Calf Sale starting at 8am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.91/cwt on 596 head. That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits −5.63 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$485.91

596 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$29.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.91

vs SD average

+16.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	487.93	2,717	555
Medium and Large 1-2	570	458.54	2,615	41

One grade step is worth $29.39/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale596 hd

485.91

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SD average6 barns · 6,972 hd

505.82

−19.91

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+16.87

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−5.63

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 1Full	400–450	435	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,436	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	422	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,878	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	454	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	538	469.66/cwt	467.00–482.50	2,527	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	621	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	326.78/cwt	325.50–327.50	3,114	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,188	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	575.10/cwt	540.00–590.00	2,180	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,206	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	361.77/cwt	357.50–379.00	2,460	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	448.74/cwt	421.00–468.00	2,410	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,805	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	393.60/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,413	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	470.34/cwt	450.00–487.50	2,244	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	413.11/cwt	397.50–437.50	2,396	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	536.66/cwt	512.50–560.00	2,265	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,053	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,082	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,297	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	712.00/cwt	675.00–740.00	2,371	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	636.55/cwt	635.00–637.50	2,495	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	618.97/cwt	595.00–640.00	2,649	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,915	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	392.75/cwt	383.00–407.50	2,824	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	442.26/cwt	422.00–453.00	2,746	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	532.96/cwt	500.00–547.50	2,734	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	417.93/cwt	391.00–437.50	2,792	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	568.45/cwt	537.50–587.50	2,689	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	465.07/cwt	440.00–487.50	2,707	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,249	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,395	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,498	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,646	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,882	18

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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