Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday's Spring Calf Special: Steer Calves 350-550, 7.00 - 10.00 lower; 550-650lbs, mostly steady. Heifer Calves 400-450lbs, 5.00 lower; 450-500lbs, 10.00 lower; 500-550lbs, mostly steady. Good demand for todays offering of mostly fully vaccinated spring calves, fresh from grass, carrying light to medium flesh. Some were showing some tag from the much needed storm that came through the day before and the likely muddy trip to the sale barn. The market was very active, despite fewer buyers in the seats. The next Feeder Calf sale is Friday, November 1.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.20/cwt on 503 head.

Average price

$307.20

503 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$29.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.34

vs SD average

+6.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	308.93	1,686	474
Medium and Large 1-2	571	279.00	1,593	29

One grade step is worth $29.93/cwt here — about $93 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 sale503 hd

307.20

—

SD average11 barns · 12,223 hd

319.54

−12.34

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+6.51

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

18 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	600–650	616	286.32/cwt	279.50–293.00	1,764	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	379.48/cwt	352.50–382.50	1,381	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	311.24/cwt	296.00–324.00	1,656	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	483	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,364	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,258	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	306.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,484	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,593	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,038	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	337.89/cwt	315.00–354.00	1,591	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	304.71/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,740	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	357.57/cwt	325.00–366.00	1,570	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	284.70/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,461	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	281.27/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,333	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	309.57/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,313	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	327.94/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,276	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	268.78/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,521	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	344.64/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,192	27

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,917Last week 2,321Year ago 4,387

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	350–400	364	352.50–382.50	379.48
129	400–450	439	325.00–366.00	357.57
266	450–500	471	315.00–354.00	337.89
306	500–550	532	296.00–324.00	311.24
168	550–600	571	290.00–308.00	304.71
72	600–650	616	279.50–293.00	286.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	483	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	428	242.50	242.50
81	450–500	485	300.00–310.00	306.00
29	550–600	571	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	480	262.00	262.00
6	550–600	562	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	346	340.00–348.00	344.64
84	350–400	389	320.00–335.00	327.94
107	400–450	424	290.00–319.00	309.57
117	450–500	474	275.00–290.00	281.27
248	500–550	513	270.00–291.00	284.70
71	550–600	566	265.00–290.00	268.78

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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