Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-03-08

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-08

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 8

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Feb 23Mar 8Mar 22 →

Receipts

955 head

▼ 1,890 vs last sale 2,845▼ 541 vs year ago 1,496 · −36.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Not enough steers in any weight range to compare. Heifers 500 - 600lbs, 8.00 higher; 600-700lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Good demand for this smaller offering of mostly home raised, vaccinated, weaned calves. Most of the heifers came in with Bangs tags and likely went back to a breeding program. The sale started with a rollover auction to raise money for ranchers in Texas, affected by the devastating fires. The next Feeder Cattle and Replacement Heifer sale will be March 22.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.00/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −120.41 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$299.00

111 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.14

vs SD average

+27.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	299.00	1,613	111

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

299.00

—

SD average7 barns · 1,290 hd

287.86

+11.14

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+27.09

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−120.41

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.77, low $395.00, median $419.41 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

15 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	330.72/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,611	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	339.08/cwt	332.50–341.00	1,726	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,916	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,918	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,044	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,073	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,191	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,401	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	302.04/cwt	290.00–304.50	1,616	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,601	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	278.12/cwt	263.00–284.00	1,722	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	267.18/cwt	265.00–270.50	1,801	184
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	244.30/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,803	114
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,950	70

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 8, 2024

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

Receipts 955Last week 2,845Year ago 1,496

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	286	375.00	375.00
6	350–400	361	330.00	330.00
11	400–450	442	317.00	317.00
87	500–550	535	290.00–304.50	302.04
24	550–600	556	288.00	288.00
56	600–650	619	263.00–284.00	278.12
184	650–700	674	265.00–270.50	267.18
114	700–750	738	243.00–247.50	244.30
70	800–850	835	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	487	325.00–337.50	330.72
32	500–550	509	332.50–341.00	339.08
6	550–600	567	338.00	338.00
10	700–750	735	261.00	261.00
8	900–950	929	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	340.00	340.00

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.