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

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

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 7 comparable sales and sits −79.97 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

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.

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 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 median7 sales

491.54

−79.97

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

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.

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

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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