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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 21

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Nov 14Nov 21Dec 5 →

Receipts

1,930 head

▼ 1,620 vs last sale 3,550▼ 774 vs year ago 2,704 · −28.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 500-650lbs, sharply lower; 650-700lbs, 5.00 lower. Heifers 400-500lbs, unevenly steady; 500-650lbs, 8.00-10.00 lower. Smaller sale today, with mixed quality in the offering. Several smaller packages of fully weaned calves, along with others straight off the cow. Shot sheets also varied, with most having at least branding time shots. Today's offering sold on moderate demand, with quality and shots playing a large roll in value. Market activity also leaned more moderate with not as many buyers in the seats. No Feeder Calf sale next week, following the Thanksgiving Holiday. The next Feeder Calf sale will be December 5th.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.56/cwt on 269 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −53.53 against this barn's trailing median of $465.09.

Average price

$411.56

269 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

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

$13.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.19

vs SD average

+1.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	419.20	2,226	121
Medium and Large 1	568	405.32	2,303	148

One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about −$77 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale269 hd

411.56

—

SD average8 barns · 3,962 hd

432.76

−21.19

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+1.48

This barn, trailing median11 sales

465.09

−53.53

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $437.19, median $465.09 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,874	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,010	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,109	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,957	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,632	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	450.99/cwt	440.00–495.00	2,183	93
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	419.20/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,226	121
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	425.15/cwt	415.00–442.00	2,266	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	394.25/cwt	386.00–408.00	2,318	95
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	379.47/cwt	352.00–395.00	2,349	163
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	376.37/cwt	351.00–378.50	2,480	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	686	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,350	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,453	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	319.78/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,434	70
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,706	6
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,062	279.32/cwt	277.00–282.00	2,966	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,486	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	456.03/cwt	432.50–480.00	1,701	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	457.05/cwt	455.00–457.50	1,746	72
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	457.98/cwt	445.00–490.00	1,937	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	410.80/cwt	399.00–425.00	1,824	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	444.83/cwt	425.00–462.50	2,055	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	398.49/cwt	378.00–418.00	1,909	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	383.98/cwt	367.00–398.00	2,054	123
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	382.90/cwt	358.00–396.00	2,133	125
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,913	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	345.74/cwt	339.00–366.00	2,161	90
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,141	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,722	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	322.94/cwt	319.50–325.00	2,816	34
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,832	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,260	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,387	8

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Fri Nov 21, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 1,930Last week 3,550Year ago 2,704

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1050–1100	1,062	277.00–282.00	279.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	424	474.00	474.00
93	450–500	484	440.00–495.00	450.99
53	500–550	533	415.00–442.00	425.15
95	550–600	588	386.00–408.00	394.25
163	600–650	619	352.00–395.00	379.47
90	650–700	659	351.00–378.50	376.37
14	700–750	706	347.50	347.50
70	750–800	761	311.00–324.00	319.78
6	850–900	870	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	686	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	540.00	540.00
18	400–450	444	475.00	475.00
31	450–500	454	431.00	431.00
121	500–550	531	412.50–420.00	419.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	473	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	555	410.00	410.00
9	600–650	615	367.50	367.50
8	700–750	746	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	323	460.00	460.00
72	350–400	382	455.00–457.50	457.05
43	400–450	423	445.00–490.00	457.98
52	450–500	462	425.00–462.50	444.83
123	500–550	535	367.00–398.00	383.98
125	550–600	557	358.00–396.00	382.90
90	600–650	625	339.00–366.00	345.74
7	650–700	665	322.00	322.00
7	800–850	835	326.00	326.00
34	850–900	872	319.50–325.00	322.94
5	900–950	941	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	373	432.50–480.00	456.03
55	400–450	444	399.00–425.00	410.80
25	450–500	479	378.00–418.00	398.49
8	550–600	561	341.00	341.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.