Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-11-08

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

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

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15 →

Receipts

3,000 head

▼ 2,649 vs last sale 5,649▼ 4,148 vs year ago 7,148 · −58.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 400-500lbs, 8.00-9.00 lower; 500-600lbs, 5.00-6.00 lower. Heifer calves 350-450lbs, 5.00-6.00 lower; 450-500lbs, 10.00 lower; 500-550lbs, 4.00 lower; 550-600lbs, mostly steady. While demand was good for this offering, todays steer calf quality was mixed. Larger lots were in high demand, along with some of the more attractive calves that came through. Good replacement type heifers sold on an active market, with many likely headed back to producers. Fully vaccinated calves continue to also bring premium prices.

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 $314.60/cwt on 731 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −147.05 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$314.60

731 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$28.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.44

vs SD average

+12.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	315.65	1,736	704
Medium and Large 1-2	551	287.30	1,583	27

One grade step is worth $28.35/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale731 hd

314.60

—

SD average9 barns · 6,740 hd

322.04

−7.44

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+12.75

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−147.05

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

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,268	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	375.32/cwt	357.50–395.00	1,471	55
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	363.14/cwt	357.00–387.50	1,569	124
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,510	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	333.48/cwt	327.00–352.50	1,587	252
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,448	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,538	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	321.07/cwt	307.00–333.00	1,695	368
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	309.71/cwt	292.00–322.00	1,778	336
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,643	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	288.79/cwt	286.00–291.00	1,782	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	276.04/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,847	100
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,962	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	2,113	70
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,121	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,018	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	342.39/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,106	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	331.72/cwt	318.00–347.50	1,251	97
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	320.81/cwt	307.00–337.00	1,354	273
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	282.80/cwt	282.50–283.00	1,363	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	305.01/cwt	294.00–310.00	1,476	158
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	290.27/cwt	277.00–315.00	1,533	218
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	271.28/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,446	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	288.56/cwt	281.00–292.50	1,636	122
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	273.98/cwt	257.50–281.00	1,660	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,547	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	653	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,646	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,824	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	746	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,887	44
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,532	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	257.11/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,628	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 Nov 8, 2024

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

Receipts 3,000Last week 5,649Year ago 7,148

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	295	345.00	345.00
15	300–350	323	337.50–345.00	342.39
97	350–400	377	318.00–347.50	331.72
273	400–450	422	307.00–337.00	320.81
158	450–500	484	294.00–310.00	305.01
218	500–550	528	277.00–315.00	290.27
122	550–600	567	281.00–292.50	288.56
27	600–650	606	257.50–281.00	273.98
5	700–750	743	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	653	252.00	252.00
44	700–750	746	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	482	282.50–283.00	282.80
56	500–550	533	261.00–274.00	271.28
7	600–650	642	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	317	400.00	400.00
55	350–400	392	357.50–395.00	375.32
124	400–450	432	357.00–387.50	363.14
252	450–500	476	327.00–352.50	333.48
368	500–550	528	307.00–333.00	321.07
336	550–600	574	292.00–322.00	309.71
90	600–650	617	286.00–291.00	288.79
100	650–700	669	269.00–285.00	276.04
20	700–750	712	275.50	275.50
70	750–800	782	270.25	270.25
8	850–900	862	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	444	340.00	340.00
7	450–500	491	295.00	295.00
16	500–550	525	293.00	293.00
11	550–600	589	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	555	276.00	276.00
15	600–650	633	255.00–259.00	257.11

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.