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St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-30

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 30

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Oct 23Oct 30latest

Receipts

4,630 head

▼ 2,400 vs last sale 7,030▼ 570 vs year ago 5,200 · −11.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer Calves were sharply lower, with the exception of 550-600lbs, 20.00 lower, and 650-700lbs, mostly steady. Heifer Calves 400-600 lbs, were 7.00-10.00 higher. Nice offering of home raised calves, with mixed vaccinations sheets, sold on good demand. Black hided and fully vaccinated brought premiums. The market was active, with lots of buyers in the seats and online. A few cancelations today because of heavy fog in the area. Temperatures have cooled but still little to no moisture.

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 $437.19/cwt on 1,162 head, down $21.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −27.90 against this barn's trailing median of $465.09.

Average price

$437.19

▼ 21.03 vs prior sale

1,162 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,425

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$10.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.18

vs SD average

+2.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	438.10	2,438	1,056
Medium and Large 1-2	537	428.10	2,299	106

One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $138 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 sale1,162 hd

437.19

—

SD average9 barns · 7,616 hd

458.37

−21.18

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+2.04

This barn, trailing median11 sales

465.09

−27.90

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

35 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	695	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	598.56/cwt	590.00–645.00	2,041	29
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	585.63/cwt	570.00–615.00	2,261	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	545.67/cwt	517.50–567.00	2,303	202
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	490.07/cwt	479.00–517.50	2,352	351
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	471.14/cwt	466.00–475.00	2,285	89
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	456.67/cwt	440.00–472.00	2,425	446
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	430.60/cwt	415.00–439.00	2,304	101
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	426.22/cwt	400.00–437.00	2,451	583
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	575	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,231	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,190	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	411.85/cwt	398.00–418.00	2,549	271
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	404.04/cwt	388.00–409.00	2,651	207
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	694	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,512	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	289	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,532	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	528.07/cwt	515.00–535.00	1,780	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	504.25/cwt	487.50–520.00	1,916	57
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	516.06/cwt	515.00–517.50	2,090	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	478.83/cwt	465.00–497.50	2,073	130
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	448.33/cwt	436.00–457.50	1,946	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	445	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,007	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	424.68/cwt	423.00–426.00	2,013	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	463.17/cwt	431.00–478.00	2,223	378
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,357	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,402	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	386.18/cwt	377.00–406.00	2,035	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	424.56/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,250	180
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	424.83/cwt	400.00–442.00	2,417	686
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	394.82/cwt	390.00–418.00	2,282	86
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	389.00/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,350	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	362.00/cwt	350.00–371.00	2,422	60
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,562	27
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,513	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	305.94/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,870	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	6

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 Oct 30, 2026

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

Receipts 4,630Last week 7,030Year ago 5,200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	405	515.00–517.50	516.06
21	450–500	481	490.00	490.00
35	500–550	511	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	445	451.00	451.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	289	530.00	530.00
22	300–350	337	515.00–535.00	528.07
57	350–400	380	487.50–520.00	504.25
130	400–450	433	465.00–497.50	478.83
378	450–500	480	431.00–478.00	463.17
180	500–550	530	415.00–450.00	424.56
686	550–600	569	400.00–442.00	424.83
10	600–650	604	388.00–390.00	389.00
60	650–700	669	350.00–371.00	362.00
27	750–800	786	326.00	326.00
10	800–850	808	311.00	311.00
31	900–950	938	305.00–311.00	305.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	434	436.00–457.50	448.33
28	450–500	474	423.00–426.00	424.68
56	500–550	527	377.00–406.00	386.18
86	550–600	578	390.00–418.00	394.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	575	388.00	388.00
18	650–700	694	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	341	590.00–645.00	598.56
44	350–400	386	570.00–615.00	585.63
202	400–450	422	517.50–567.00	545.67
351	450–500	480	479.00–517.50	490.07
446	500–550	531	440.00–472.00	456.67
583	550–600	575	400.00–437.00	426.22
271	600–650	619	398.00–418.00	411.85
207	650–700	656	388.00–409.00	404.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	250.00	250.00
89	450–500	485	466.00–475.00	471.14
101	500–550	535	415.00–439.00	430.60
5	550–600	580	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	530	370.00	370.00

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.