Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2026-02-13

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,505 head
25 vs last sale 1,480 345 vs year ago 1,850 · 18.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was January 23, so a market comparison can not be made. Very good demand for loads and large packages of feeder steers, feeder heifers and replacement heifers, that were all home raised, and most fully weaned. The market was very strong, with lots of order buyers and producers in the stands. Several packages of fancy, bangs-vaccinated heifers were headed back to a breeding program. Mild weather in the area, with little to no moisture, has helped with conditioning, with little to no tagg, and most calves carrying mostly medium flesh. The next Feeder Calf and Replacement Heifer sale will be February 27.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $449.10/cwt on 152 head, down $2.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits 0.60 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.
Average price
$449.10
2.07 vs prior sale
152 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.34
vs SD average
+25.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554452.792,506138
Medium and Large 1-2556412.752,29514thin
One grade step is worth $40.04/cwt here — about $211 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

8 sales
493456418381median 449.7001/0902/1303/1306/2008/07
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.77, low $395.00, median $449.70 across 8 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 sale152 hd
449.10
SD average8 barns · 1,823 hd
446.76
+2.34
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
+25.15
This barn, trailing median8 sales
449.70
−0.60
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Full750–800784332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,60314
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665418.42/cwt384.00–435.002,782111
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526455.95/cwt440.00–460.002,39865
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475486.71/cwt475.00–490.002,31228
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437513.51/cwt505.00–520.002,24416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,55815
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673428.01/cwt395.00–448.002,88163
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650636456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,90032
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650626428.63/cwt392.00–438.002,683137
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600578449.98/cwt435.00–457.502,60173
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750722375.01/cwt364.00–396.002,70830
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450407600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,4426
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773382.53/cwt360.00–394.002,957121
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600582462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,69222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629383.54/cwt382.50–387.002,41230
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700694376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,60918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600556412.75/cwt407.50–418.002,29514
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518523.31/cwt522.50–527.502,71131
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850833335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900865359.00/cwt359.00–359.003,10575
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750712410.45/cwt404.00–421.502,92216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,96634
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850823315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,59210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy650–700688398.32/cwt392.50–407.502,74047
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700672453.27/cwt450.00–455.003,04692
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750732421.22/cwt402.50–431.003,08323
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650602452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,72412

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.