Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was March 13; a comparison can not be made. Good demand in the seats and on the internet for several load lots and large packages of mostly home raised, weaned, and fully vaccinated calves, carrying mostly moderate flesh. Several very nice loads and packages of replacement type heifers sold on very good demand, with some added interest from internet buyers early in the sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $450.30/cwt on 239 head, up $5.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +0.60 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.

Average price

$450.30

▲ 5.59 vs prior sale

239 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$24.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs SD average

+21.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	454.45	2,553	199
Medium and Large 1-2	584	429.68	2,509	40

One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

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 sale239 hd

450.30

—

SD average6 barns · 563 hd

442.89

+7.41

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

+21.94

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

23 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	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,108	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	370.28/cwt	368.00–374.00	2,814	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	496.29/cwt	483.00–501.00	2,303	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	424.83/cwt	397.50–435.00	2,625	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	429.68/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,509	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	398.69/cwt	386.00–407.50	2,683	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	379.20/cwt	365.00–385.00	3,155	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	450.14/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,584	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,615	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	443.25/cwt	438.00–469.00	3,005	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	474.04/cwt	454.00–475.50	3,034	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,576	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	380.59/cwt	369.00–392.00	2,710	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,159	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	432.94/cwt	410.00–435.00	3,091	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	534.00/cwt	534.00–534.00	3,028	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	467.64/cwt	445.00–484.00	2,450	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,404	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,136	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,850	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	789	338.34/cwt	338.00–341.00	2,670	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,542	6

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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