Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-09-27

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-27

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 27

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Sep 20Sep 27Oct 4 →

Receipts

1,537 head

▼ 845 vs last sale 2,382▼ 1,555 vs year ago 3,092 · −50.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Best test on Steers 850-950lbs, 15.00 higher. Heifers, 700-750lbs, 5.00 higher; 850-950lbs were sharply higher. Today's offering was mostly yearlings, with a few spring calves in the mix. There were still a few load lots of yearling available for buyers to fill a trailer from one seller. Open and spayed yearling heifers sold on very good demand, with yearling steers selling on good demand. The yearlings, mostly coming off grass, were carrying mostly light to moderate flesh. Spring calves sold on moderate demand, as buyers still seem to by vying for the last of the yearlings. Weather in the area remains dry and hot, with temps still reaching the uppers 80s and into the 90s. The next Calf Sale is October 4, with weigh-ups in the morning and calves starting at 11 a.m.

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 $252.97/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −166.44 against this barn's trailing median of $419.41.

Average price

$252.97

54 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$53

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

$17.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.11

vs SD average

+12.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	257.51	1,342	40
Medium and Large 1-2	581	240.00	1,394	14thin

One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale54 hd

252.97

—

SD average4 barns · 289 hd

262.08

−9.11

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

+12.88

This barn, trailing median11 sales

419.41

−166.44

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

30 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	389.15/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,401	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	377	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,112	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	356.56/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,519	86
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	283.16/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,433	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	271.77/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,557	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,617	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,742	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,778	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	256.67/cwt	255.50–257.50	2,092	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,206	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	2,311	109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,109	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	321.65/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,316	64
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,155	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,474	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,302	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	257.51/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,342	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,394	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	257.88/cwt	248.00–268.00	1,609	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	256.46/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,739	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	245.49/cwt	241.50–247.00	1,799	82
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	242.09/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,867	204
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	239.82/cwt	237.50–241.00	1,947	110
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	235.19/cwt	232.50–237.75	2,060	37
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	227.12/cwt	221.50–230.00	2,112	42
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	225.99/cwt	221.50–227.50	2,185	81
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,055	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,316	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,448	12

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 Sep 27, 2024

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

Receipts 1,537Last week 2,382Year ago 3,092

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	336	330.00	330.00
20	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
64	400–450	409	295.00–327.50	321.65
25	450–500	468	315.00	315.00
40	500–550	521	253.00–259.00	257.51
26	600–650	624	248.00–268.00	257.88
13	650–700	678	254.00–258.00	256.46
82	700–750	733	241.50–247.00	245.49
204	750–800	771	238.00–245.00	242.09
110	800–850	812	237.50–241.00	239.82
37	850–900	876	232.50–237.75	235.19
42	900–950	930	221.50–230.00	227.12
81	950–1000	967	221.50–227.50	225.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	441	262.00	262.00
9	450–500	493	264.00	264.00
14	550–600	581	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,055	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	360	387.50–390.00	389.15
86	400–450	426	355.00–367.50	356.56
29	500–550	506	281.00–288.00	283.16
86	550–600	573	271.00–272.00	271.77
4	600–650	631	276.00	276.00
13	750–800	790	225.00	225.00
19	800–850	815	255.50–257.50	256.67
61	850–900	850	259.50	259.50
109	900–950	916	252.25	252.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	295.00	295.00
15	450–500	480	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	629	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	568	255.00	255.00

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.