Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Not enough steers in any weight range to compare. Heifers 500 - 600lbs, 8.00 higher; 600-700lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Good demand for this smaller offering of mostly home raised, vaccinated, weaned calves. Most of the heifers came in with Bangs tags and likely went back to a breeding program. The sale started with a rollover auction to raise money for ranchers in Texas, affected by the devastating fires. The next Feeder Cattle and Replacement Heifer sale will be March 22.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.00/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −150.70 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.

Average price

$299.00

111 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.14

vs SD average

+27.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	299.00	1,613	111

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.77, low $395.00, median $449.70 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

299.00

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SD average7 barns · 1,290 hd

287.86

+11.14

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+27.09

This barn, trailing median8 sales

449.70

−150.70

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

15 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,191	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,401	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,073	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,601	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	278.12/cwt	263.00–284.00	1,722	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,950	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	339.08/cwt	332.50–341.00	1,726	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,044	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	302.04/cwt	290.00–304.50	1,616	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	244.30/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,803	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	267.18/cwt	265.00–270.50	1,801	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	330.72/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,611	11

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.

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