Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-10-25

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-25

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 25

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Receipts

7,436 head

▼ 1,290 vs last sale 8,726▲ 4,171 vs year ago 3,265 · +127.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 350-450lbs, mostly steady; 450-500, 4.00 lower; 500-600, 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 350-400lbs, 2.00 lower; 400-450, 15.00 lower; 450-500, 5.00 lower; 500-600, 2.00-4.00 higher. Quality was mixed as the rollercoaster temperatures and dry fields in the area are showing in the condition of some of the calves. However, the market remained active with lots of buyers in the seats, and steer and heifer calves sold on good demand. Quality black hided spring calves and those with a full round of shots brought premium prices. The yearling numbers continue to dwindle, as the fall calf run is in full swing.

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 $313.57/cwt on 2,109 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −148.08 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$313.57

2,109 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$20.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.81

vs SD average

+14.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	314.62	1,747	2,003
Medium and Large 1-2	554	293.78	1,627	106

One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale2,109 hd

313.57

—

SD average11 barns · 10,792 hd

318.38

−4.81

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+14.53

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−148.08

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $437.19, median $461.65 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,188	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	409.61/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,577	225
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,497	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	377.51/cwt	357.50–391.00	1,604	162
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,489	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,577	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	340.75/cwt	323.00–355.00	1,639	716
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	492	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,510	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	492	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,358	123
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	320.56/cwt	301.00–336.00	1,677	735
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	290.83/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,524	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	295.29/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,680	70
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	312.06/cwt	291.00–320.00	1,791	1,226
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	575	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,653	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	586	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,635	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	290.99/cwt	275.00–295.50	1,798	100
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	270.55/cwt	251.00–274.50	1,810	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,815	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,816	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	776	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,002	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,221	13
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,037	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,344	54
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,135	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,270	7
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,141	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,470	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	27
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	342.30/cwt	325.00–357.50	1,304	179
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	394	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,271	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	397	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,247	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	324.97/cwt	307.50–332.50	1,404	440
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	306.94/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,464	420
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	287.46/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,383	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,403	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	298.76/cwt	275.00–308.25	1,545	744
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	279.35/cwt	261.00–288.00	1,573	338
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	287.32/cwt	277.50–296.00	1,681	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	260.93/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,605	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,672	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	260.53/cwt	245.00–264.50	1,719	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,860	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,911	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,900	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,060	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,057	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,050	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,289	6

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 Oct 25, 2024

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Receipts 7,436Last week 8,726Year ago 3,265

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
179	350–400	381	325.00–357.50	342.30
440	400–450	432	307.50–332.50	324.97
420	450–500	477	290.00–321.00	306.94
744	500–550	517	275.00–308.25	298.76
338	550–600	563	261.00–288.00	279.35
35	600–650	615	251.00–269.00	260.93
61	650–700	660	245.00–264.50	260.53
78	700–750	728	255.50	255.50
12	750–800	754	253.50	253.50
12	850–900	860	239.50	239.50
5	900–950	914	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	394	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	397	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,050	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	481	286.00–290.00	287.46
21	500–550	514	273.00	273.00
27	550–600	585	277.50–296.00	287.32
34	600–650	624	268.00	268.00
8	800–850	826	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	397	377.00	377.00
5	400–450	438	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	478	330.00	330.00
36	500–550	524	290.00–291.00	290.83
70	550–600	569	285.00–299.00	295.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	297	400.00	400.00
225	350–400	385	390.00–415.00	409.61
162	400–450	425	357.50–391.00	377.51
716	450–500	481	323.00–355.00	340.75
735	500–550	523	301.00–336.00	320.56
1,226	550–600	574	291.00–320.00	312.06
100	600–650	618	275.00–295.50	290.99
37	650–700	669	251.00–274.50	270.55
13	700–750	732	248.00	248.00
9	750–800	771	235.50	235.50
13	850–900	890	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
123	450–500	492	276.00	276.00
31	550–600	575	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	586	279.00	279.00
33	750–800	776	258.00	258.00
7	1100–1150	1,135	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	492	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,037	226.00	226.00
48	1100–1150	1,141	216.50	216.50

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.