Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-12-13

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 13

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Dec 6Dec 13Jan 3 →

Receipts

2,746 head

▼ 454 vs last sale 3,200▲ 148 vs year ago 2,598 · +5.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400-450, 9.00 higher on a light test; 450-500lbs, 5.00 higher; 500-600lbs, 14.00-16.00 higher. Heifers 350-450lbs, sharply higher; 450-500lbs, 16.00 higher; 500-550lbs, 8.00 higher. Good demand for today's smaller offering. Quality was mixed, with most of the offering weaned up and vaccinated. Some calves were showing some tag from feedlots and the recent snow. Market was moderate, with fewer buyers in the stands. Next Feeder Calf sale will be January 3, 2025.

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 $345.70/cwt on 506 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −115.96 against this barn's trailing median of $461.65.

Average price

$345.70

506 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$22.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs SD average

+21.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	347.27	1,901	471
Medium and Large 1-2	519	324.51	1,684	35

One grade step is worth $22.76/cwt here — about $217 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 sale506 hd

345.70

—

SD average7 barns · 4,573 hd

340.12

+5.58

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+21.35

This barn, trailing median10 sales

461.65

−115.96

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

20 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,540	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	374	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,524	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,678	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	424.75/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,809	103
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,681	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,518	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	382.87/cwt	364.00–400.00	1,838	122
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	324.51/cwt	319.00–336.00	1,684	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	360.62/cwt	345.00–377.00	1,890	250
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	332.17/cwt	323.50–351.00	1,907	221
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	327.52/cwt	305.00–332.75	2,014	187
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,906	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	392.55/cwt	385.00–404.00	1,468	72
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	365.31/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,556	191
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	336.88/cwt	322.00–353.00	1,614	335
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	327.35/cwt	315.50–333.00	1,715	152
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	531	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,604	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	292.33/cwt	284.00–304.00	1,716	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	617	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,725	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,752	8

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 2,746Last week 3,200Year ago 2,598

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	447	376.00	376.00
5	450–500	467	325.00	325.00
35	500–550	519	319.00–336.00	324.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	346	445.00	445.00
7	350–400	378	444.00	444.00
103	400–450	426	407.50–435.00	424.75
122	450–500	480	364.00–400.00	382.87
250	500–550	524	345.00–377.00	360.62
221	550–600	574	323.50–351.00	332.17
187	600–650	615	305.00–332.75	327.52
13	650–700	683	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	617	279.50	279.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	350–400	374	385.00–404.00	392.55
191	400–450	426	355.00–370.00	365.31
335	450–500	479	322.00–353.00	336.88
152	500–550	524	315.50–333.00	327.35
57	550–600	587	284.00–304.00	292.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	599	292.50	292.50

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.