Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400-450lbs, 10.00 higher; 450-500lbs, sharply lower; 500-550lbs, steady to 2.00 lower; 550-750lbs, 15.00 lower. Heifers 400-450lbs, 10.00 lower; all other comparable heifer weights were sharply lower. Good demand for many loads and large packages of quality spring calves, right off the cow, with most carrying spring and fall shots. Lots of reputation producers in the stands, along with buyers and feeders, making for an active market most of the day, turning more moderate towards the end. Most of the calves were carrying light to moderate flesh and had both spring and fall shots. Lots of nice colored calves today, however black hides carrying full shots continue to bring premiums. There were also several large packages of Hereford calves in today's offering, with some replacement type heifers topping their market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.34/cwt on 1,645 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −58.20 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$433.34

1,645 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$21.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.55

vs SD average

+14.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	436.64	2,391	1,391
Medium and Large 1-2	560	415.25	2,326	254

One grade step is worth $21.39/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,645 hd

433.34

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SD average9 barns · 9,796 hd

437.89

−4.55

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+14.24

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−58.20

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

30 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,320	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,950	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,962	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,229	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	502.21/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,692	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	470.84/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,822	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	404.05/cwt	372.50–420.00	2,121	402
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	384.77/cwt	362.00–407.50	2,201	484
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	430.48/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,066	562
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	357.04/cwt	322.50–362.00	2,535	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	561.98/cwt	535.00–585.00	2,338	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	365.20/cwt	357.50–372.00	2,476	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	481.69/cwt	452.50–505.00	2,307	461
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	466.05/cwt	440.00–488.00	2,409	588
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	469.35/cwt	435.00–492.50	1,990	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	622.02/cwt	605.00–635.00	1,966	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	582.61/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,255	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	343.23/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,629	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	385.02/cwt	367.00–407.50	2,387	782
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	414.96/cwt	389.00–440.00	2,369	791
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	429.42/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,229	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	375.38/cwt	368.00–376.00	2,324	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	451.27/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,125	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	360.08/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,204	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	408.37/cwt	355.00–437.50	2,369	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	482.07/cwt	455.00–520.00	2,083	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	412.94/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,825	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,945	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,366	42

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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