Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-11-15

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 15

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Nov 8Nov 15Nov 22 →

Receipts

2,800 head

▼ 200 vs last sale 3,000▼ 2,424 vs year ago 5,224 · −46.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer Calves 350-550lbs were sharply higher; 550-600lbs, 9.00 higher; 600-650lbs, 5.00 higher; 650-700lbs, 8.00 higher. Heifer Calves, 400-450lbs, 8.00 higher; 450-500lbs, sharply higher; 500-600lbs, mostly steady. A nice offering of quality steers and heifers sold on good demand. Most of the calves were carrying light to moderate flesh. Larger lots and fully vaccinated brought premiums. The market was very active, despite fewer buyers in the seats. Weather continues to be a bit of a roller coaster of temperatures, with producers still hoping for moisture soon.

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 $330.51/cwt on 743 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −131.15 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$330.51

743 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$1.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.83

vs SD average

+25.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	330.84	1,784	620
Medium and Large 1-2	516	328.85	1,697	123

One grade step is worth $1.99/cwt here — about $87 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 sale743 hd

330.51

—

SD average8 barns · 7,892 hd

323.68

+6.83

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+25.07

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−131.15

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

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	426.27/cwt	422.50–430.00	1,454	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,081	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	395.21/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,557	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	381.37/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,617	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,635	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	366.76/cwt	351.00–376.00	1,716	139
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	298.18/cwt	287.50–336.00	1,428	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	328.85/cwt	328.50–330.00	1,697	123
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	335.95/cwt	321.00–352.00	1,760	394
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	321.92/cwt	301.00–328.00	1,822	226
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,643	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	292.18/cwt	281.00–300.50	1,812	202
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	283.36/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,882	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,993	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,132	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,003	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	342.81/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,310	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	330.89/cwt	312.50–347.50	1,386	77
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	279.08/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,211	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	309.29/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,441	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	328.72/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,555	305
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	297.15/cwt	286.00–302.00	1,581	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	287.49/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,644	267
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	276.73/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,749	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	279.60/cwt	259.00–292.00	1,898	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	248.84/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,889	52
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,146	39
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,483	5

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 2,800Last week 3,000Year ago 5,224

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	332	341.00	341.00
46	350–400	382	335.00–350.00	342.81
77	400–450	419	312.50–347.50	330.89
305	450–500	473	324.00–334.00	328.72
61	500–550	532	286.00–302.00	297.15
267	550–600	572	281.00–293.00	287.49
46	600–650	632	271.00–285.00	276.73
19	650–700	679	259.00–292.00	279.60
52	750–800	759	248.00–249.00	248.84
39	900–950	921	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	285.00	285.00
37	400–450	434	275.00–280.00	279.08
35	450–500	466	306.00–310.00	309.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	280.00	280.00
8	400–450	442	370.00	370.00
37	450–500	479	287.50–336.00	298.18
123	500–550	516	328.50–330.00	328.85
5	600–650	604	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	341	422.50–430.00	426.27
40	350–400	394	380.00–405.00	395.21
16	400–450	424	377.50–385.00	381.37
139	450–500	468	351.00–376.00	366.76
394	500–550	524	321.00–352.00	335.95
226	550–600	566	301.00–328.00	321.92
202	600–650	620	281.00–300.50	292.18
57	650–700	664	278.00–295.00	283.36
9	700–750	722	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	282.00	282.00

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.