Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First Wednesday special calf sale of the fall season, no price comparison available. Good demand for this nice offering of high quality, eye appealing steer and heifer calves. The cattle were light fleshed and growthy looking as they were coming out of very dry country. The market was very active as the quality and kind was just what cattle feeders are looking for. Not as many of the regular buyers in attendance but still the bidding was fast and the sale moved along quickly. Cattle feeders and yearling operators have had a profitable year and are eager to get these light calves bought while they are available. Next feeder cattle sale will be Fri Oct 25, 2024 expecting 8,000 feeder cattle starting at 8:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.77/cwt on 342 head.

Average price

$307.77

342 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$22.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.56

vs SD average

+8.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	310.30	1,666	303
Medium and Large 1-2	557	288.14	1,605	39

One grade step is worth $22.16/cwt here — about $61 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 sale342 hd

307.77

—

SD average10 barns · 10,241 hd

318.33

−10.56

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+8.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	353.08/cwt	344.00–375.00	1,508	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,598	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	386.79/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,847	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	338.17/cwt	318.00–346.00	1,610	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	318.84/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,658	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	338.50/cwt	322.50–357.50	958	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	378.71/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,416	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	282.89/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,471	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	288.14/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,605	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	270.34/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,538	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	290.26/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,782	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	296.53/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,672	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	310.41/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,310	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	299.18/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,406	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,060	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	266.83/cwt	246.00–271.00	1,900	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,356	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,306	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	281	301.57/cwt	275.00–315.00	847	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,341	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,193	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,105	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,245	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,896	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	335.79/cwt	326.00–352.50	1,155	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	320.90/cwt	310.00–327.00	1,239	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	456	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,436	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	496	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,339	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	441	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,244	8

How this sale compares

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 Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD

Wed Oct 23, 2024

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

Receipts 2,321Last week 4,387Year ago 3,034

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
9	300–350	315	380.00–390.00	386.79
124	350–400	374	360.00–390.00	378.71
141	400–450	427	344.00–375.00	353.08
243	450–500	476	318.00–346.00	338.17
187	500–550	520	305.00–330.00	318.84
116	550–600	564	290.00–307.00	296.53
125	600–650	614	281.00–293.00	290.26
30	650–700	674	274.00	274.00
31	700–750	712	246.00–271.00	266.83
8	750–800	774	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	277	382.50	382.50
6	300–350	336	355.00	355.00
6	350–400	369	337.50	337.50
9	400–450	447	300.00	300.00
39	550–600	557	278.00–290.00	288.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	456	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	250–300	283	322.50–357.50	338.50
162	300–350	344	326.00–352.50	335.79
47	350–400	386	310.00–327.00	320.90
294	400–450	422	300.00–320.00	310.41
129	450–500	470	286.00–305.00	299.18
270	500–550	520	273.00–289.00	282.89
37	550–600	569	255.00–278.00	270.34
19	600–650	603	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	281	275.00–315.00	301.57
12	350–400	381	290.00	290.00
4	450–500	463	282.00	282.00
42	500–550	504	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	282.00	282.00
8	450–500	496	270.00	270.00

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.

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