Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-10-23

St. Onge Livestock

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

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 23

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Nov 1Oct 23Oct 30 →

Receipts

2,321 head

▼ 2,066 vs last sale 4,387▼ 713 vs year ago 3,034 · −23.5%

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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 — 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 $307.77/cwt on 342 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −149.39 against this barn's trailing median of $457.16.

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

This barn, trailing median3 sales

457.16

−149.39

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

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $466.74, low $446.46, median $457.16 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	277	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,060	12
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	386.79/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,218	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,193	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,245	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	378.71/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,416	124
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	353.08/cwt	344.00–375.00	1,508	141
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,341	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	456	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,436	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	338.17/cwt	318.00–346.00	1,610	243
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	318.84/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,658	187
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	288.14/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,605	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	296.53/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,672	116
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	290.26/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,782	125
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,847	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	266.83/cwt	246.00–271.00	1,900	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,896	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	281	301.57/cwt	275.00–315.00	847	15
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	338.50/cwt	322.50–357.50	958	29
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	335.79/cwt	326.00–352.50	1,155	162
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,105	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	320.90/cwt	310.00–327.00	1,239	47
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	310.41/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,310	294
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	441	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,244	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,306	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	299.18/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,406	129
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	496	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,339	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,356	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	282.89/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,471	270
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	270.34/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,538	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,598	19

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	456	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.