Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-11-06

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 6

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Oct 30Nov 6Oct 22 →

Receipts

2,100 head

▲ 183 vs last sale 1,917▼ 2,287 vs year ago 4,387 · −52.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday's Spring Calf Special: Steer Calves, 350-400 were sharply higher on a light test; 400-450lbs, 8.00 higher; 450-500lbs, 4.00 higher; 500-550lbs, mostly steady; 550-600lbs, 8.00 higher. Heifer Calves 400-550lbs, 12.00-14.00 higher. Today's smaller offering consisted of lots of nice reds, Charolais, and Herefords, selling on very good demand, with most of the regular buyers in the seats. Optimism in the barn seemed high following the election results and the stock market surge. Weather has finally turned fall like, with cooler temps at nights and some moisture. The next spring calf sale will be Friday, Nov. 8, starting at 8:30a.m.

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 $309.13/cwt on 582 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −148.03 against this barn's trailing median of $457.16.

Average price

$309.13

582 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$28.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.04

vs SD average

+7.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	310.12	1,754	562
Medium and Large 1-2	544	281.25	1,529	20

One grade step is worth $28.87/cwt here — about $226 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale582 hd

309.13

—

SD average9 barns · 8,396 hd

318.18

−9.04

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+7.28

This barn, trailing median3 sales

457.16

−148.03

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

25 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,310	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,032	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	399.47/cwt	389.00–412.50	1,502	40
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,432	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,541	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	366.40/cwt	337.50–372.00	1,605	78
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	338.89/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,596	280
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,479	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	316.17/cwt	292.00–325.00	1,666	187
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,506	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,596	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	307.11/cwt	288.00–312.50	1,797	375
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	289.18/cwt	281.00–292.00	1,778	114
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,681	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,932	37
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	349.90/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,151	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,076	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,271	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	333.97/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,286	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	313.25/cwt	306.00–330.00	1,341	140
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	301.18/cwt	281.00–312.50	1,403	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	297.93/cwt	289.00–302.50	1,394	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	295.90/cwt	277.00–304.00	1,539	161
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	278.13/cwt	263.00–284.00	1,552	90
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,536	7

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Receipts 2,100Last week 1,917Year ago 4,387

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	329	345.00–352.50	349.90
18	350–400	363	350.00	350.00
140	400–450	428	306.00–330.00	313.25
25	450–500	468	289.00–302.50	297.93
161	500–550	520	277.00–304.00	295.90
90	550–600	558	263.00–284.00	278.13
7	600–650	612	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	385	315.00–340.00	333.97
70	450–500	466	281.00–312.50	301.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	362	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	383	374.00	374.00
35	400–450	434	355.00	355.00
19	450–500	471	314.00	314.00
15	500–550	534	282.00	282.00
5	550–600	572	279.00	279.00
10	600–650	644	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	310	422.50	422.50
40	350–400	376	389.00–412.50	399.47
78	400–450	438	337.50–372.00	366.40
280	450–500	471	320.00–357.50	338.89
187	500–550	527	292.00–325.00	316.17
375	550–600	585	288.00–312.50	307.11
114	600–650	615	281.00–292.00	289.18
37	700–750	709	272.50	272.50

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.