Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-12-06

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 6

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Nov 22Dec 6Dec 13 →

Receipts

3,200 head

▲ 496 vs last sale 2,704▲ 602 vs year ago 2,598 · +23.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The best comparable weight range for Steer Calves was 450-600lbs, 6.00 higher. Heifer Calves best comparable weights 350-450lbs were trending lower on a light test from the previous reports smaller numbers; 450-500, 7.00 higher. Demand was very good, especially for nice heifers, likely headed back to a breeding program. Quality was mixed, with some calves carrying some tag or fill, but carried light to moderate flesh. Market was active with buyers and producers in the stands. Smaller sale today, with the holidays coming up and fewer calves coming to town. The next sale is December 13, and will be the final Feeder Calf Special of the year. On Dec. 20, there will be a Bred Heifer and Cow Special.

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 $334.01/cwt on 483 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −127.64 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$334.01

483 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$51.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs SD average

+8.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	336.46	1,880	460
Medium and Large 1-2	593	285.00	1,690	23

One grade step is worth $51.46/cwt here — about $190 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 sale483 hd

334.01

—

SD average8 barns · 4,818 hd

339.85

−5.83

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+8.64

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−127.64

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	305	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,357	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	412.93/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,610	96
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	415.58/cwt	415.00–416.00	1,716	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	425	367.07/cwt	362.50–373.00	1,560	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,344	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	373.77/cwt	365.00–392.00	1,783	163
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	332.40/cwt	315.00–349.00	1,635	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	351.92/cwt	331.00–363.00	1,841	160
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	328.22/cwt	313.00–333.00	1,897	300
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,690	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	304.97/cwt	292.00–307.50	1,906	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,650	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,911	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,713	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	377.19/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,199	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	352.33/cwt	337.50–362.50	1,307	101
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	804	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	308.42/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,209	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	335.54/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,416	158
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,309	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	326.28/cwt	307.00–336.00	1,534	265
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,365	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	318.49/cwt	306.00–327.00	1,675	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,459	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	307.65/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,729	127
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,437	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,050	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,242	14

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 Dec 6, 2024

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

Receipts 3,200Last week 2,704Year ago 2,598

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	318	370.00–380.00	377.19
101	350–400	371	337.50–362.50	352.33
158	400–450	422	325.00–342.00	335.54
265	450–500	470	307.00–336.00	326.28
23	500–550	526	306.00–327.00	318.49
127	550–600	562	307.00–310.00	307.65
12	800–850	825	248.50	248.50
14	950–1000	960	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	392	307.50–310.00	308.42
14	450–500	466	281.00	281.00
5	500–550	521	262.00	262.00
17	550–600	557	262.00	262.00
5	650–700	676	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	448	300.00	300.00
41	450–500	492	315.00–349.00	332.40
23	550–600	593	285.00	285.00
9	600–650	632	261.00	261.00
10	700–750	702	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	305	445.00	445.00
96	350–400	390	390.00–425.00	412.93
31	400–450	413	415.00–416.00	415.58
163	450–500	477	365.00–392.00	373.77
160	500–550	523	331.00–363.00	351.92
300	550–600	578	313.00–333.00	328.22
37	600–650	625	292.00–307.50	304.97
9	650–700	685	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	425	362.50–373.00	367.07

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.