Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers calves 400-450lbs, sharply lower; 450-500lbs, sharply higher; 500-550lbs, sharply lower; 550-600lbs, 8.00 higher; 600-700lbs, 20 higher; 700-750lbs, 8.00-10.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-450lbs, mostly steady; 500-550lbs, 9.00 lower; 550-600lbs, mostly steady. Good demand for today's sale that included both calves off the cows and those fully weaned. Shot sheets were mixed, with most carrying at least branding time shots. Calves carrying both spring and fall shots brought premiums. Market was more moderate today with not as many in the stands, despite Live Futures seeing some gains today. Calve numbers coming through the barn are tapering off as the Holidays get closer along with the end of the big fall run. Temperatures in the area remained unusually high this week, hitting the mid 70's, making working and moving cattle easier.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $427.60/cwt on 874 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −63.94 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$427.60

874 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$42.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.31

vs SD average

+2.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	433.81	2,410	746
Medium and Large 1-2	568	391.40	2,223	128

One grade step is worth $42.42/cwt here — about $187 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 sale874 hd

427.60

—

SD average7 barns · 8,565 hd

446.91

−19.31

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+2.73

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−63.94

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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,058	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,008	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	477	373.05/cwt	372.50–374.00	1,779	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	492	460.74/cwt	460.00–462.50	2,267	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	896	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,804	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	492.78/cwt	460.00–517.50	1,779	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	366.32/cwt	342.50–372.00	2,608	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	392.75/cwt	376.00–408.00	2,042	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,204	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	453.26/cwt	415.00–460.00	2,162	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	360.09/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,251	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	456.73/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,955	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	385.73/cwt	364.00–404.00	2,160	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	508.21/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,384	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,695	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	322.35/cwt	317.50–324.00	2,927	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,748	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	533.23/cwt	515.00–550.00	2,298	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	371.01/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,482	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	425.89/cwt	407.50–448.00	2,470	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	441.44/cwt	420.00–461.00	2,348	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	406.00/cwt	381.00–436.00	2,533	505
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	490	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,328	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	453.45/cwt	425.00–477.50	2,127	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	389.33/cwt	389.00–389.50	2,266	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,037	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,408	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,478	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,997	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	399.12/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,055	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	366.43/cwt	355.00–379.00	2,309	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,993	5

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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