Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-04-05

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-05

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 5

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Mar 22Apr 5Apr 19 →

Receipts

838 head

▼ 1,105 vs last sale 1,943▼ 642 vs year ago 1,480 · −43.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Most weight ranges were not well tested because of smaller receipts. Steers, 700 - 750 lbs, 7.00 lower. Heifers 650 - 750 lbs, 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Demand was fair for this smaller offering of home raised calves. Some calves were carrying some tag from a much needed spring snow storm, but most were fully vaccinated and weaned.

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 $290.43/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −128.98 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$290.43

27 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.04

vs SD average

+19.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	290.43	1,618	27

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 sale27 hd

290.43

—

SD average5 barns · 505 hd

292.47

−2.04

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+19.84

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−128.98

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

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,517	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,576	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	307.72/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,659	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	286.09/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,654	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	301.91/cwt	293.00–310.50	1,884	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	284.08/cwt	261.00–293.00	1,895	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	287.87/cwt	274.50–293.50	2,053	107
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	256.10/cwt	241.00–260.25	2,080	77
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,264	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	311.88/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,478	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	288.05/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,535	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,708	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	288.37/cwt	279.00–295.00	1,782	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	279.99/cwt	262.50–283.50	1,859	138
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	258.64/cwt	256.50–264.00	1,867	44
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,008	15

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 Apr 5, 2024

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

Receipts 838Last week 1,943Year ago 1,480

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	474	303.00–315.00	311.88
14	500–550	533	287.00–290.00	288.05
13	550–600	583	293.00	293.00
32	600–650	618	279.00–295.00	288.37
138	650–700	664	262.50–283.50	279.99
44	700–750	722	256.50–264.00	258.64
15	850–900	873	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	453	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	341.00	341.00
9	450–500	488	323.00	323.00
13	500–550	539	305.00–310.00	307.72
17	550–600	578	285.00–288.00	286.09
45	600–650	624	293.00–310.50	301.91
26	650–700	667	261.00–293.00	284.08
107	700–750	713	274.50–293.50	287.87
77	800–850	812	241.00–260.25	256.10

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.