Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-08-30

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-30

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

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Aug 16Aug 30Sep 6 →

Receipts

1,105 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 1,150▼ 265 vs year ago 1,370 · −19.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Steers and Heifers were too lightly tested to make a market comparison; however, there were slightly lower to steady undertones. Demand was good for this nice offering of mostly yearling steers and heifers, coming straight from grass. Quality was mostly attractive, with most of the open tested heifers very attractive. There were several large packages that sold on a moderate to active market. Drought in the area continues, with pastures drying up. Several destructive grass fires have left some producers looking for fall feed options.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $240.39/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −103.06 against this barn's trailing median of $343.44.

Average price

$240.39

46 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.44

vs SD average

+8.74 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	240.39	1,755	46

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

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

240.39

—

SD average6 barns · 759 hd

242.83

−2.44

National average131 barns · 5,579 hd

231.65

+8.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

343.44

−103.06

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 700–800 lb

13 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $396.74, low $326.00, median $343.44 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,630	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	252.24/cwt	252.00–252.50	1,864	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	243.19/cwt	240.00–249.50	1,843	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	240.56/cwt	234.50–245.00	2,093	77
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,164	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,102	16
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,232	37
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	225.20/cwt	225.00–225.50	2,304	10
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,052	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,314	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	240.56/cwt	237.00–242.50	1,722	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	239.95/cwt	239.50–241.00	1,838	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	234.68/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,920	51
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	872	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,914	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	226.91/cwt	225.00–229.25	1,981	156
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	219.84/cwt	215.00–225.50	2,029	56
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	219.53/cwt	218.00–220.50	2,138	117
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,032	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,203	4

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 Aug 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,105Last week 1,150Year ago 1,370

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,032	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	700–750	716	237.00–242.50	240.56
13	750–800	766	239.50–241.00	239.95
51	800–850	818	225.00–238.00	234.68
156	850–900	873	225.00–229.25	226.91
56	900–950	923	215.00–225.50	219.84
117	950–1000	974	218.00–220.50	219.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	872	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	643	253.50	253.50
17	700–750	739	252.00–252.50	252.24
21	750–800	758	240.00–249.50	243.19
77	850–900	870	234.50–245.00	240.56
16	900–950	916	229.50	229.50
37	950–1000	952	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	900–950	913	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,023	225.00–225.50	225.20
5	1050–1100	1,052	220.00	220.00

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.