Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Most weight ranges were not well tested because of smaller receipts. Steers, 700 - 750 lbs, 7.00 lower. Heifers 650 - 750 lbs, 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Demand was fair for this smaller offering of home raised calves. Some calves were carrying some tag from a much needed spring snow storm, but most were fully vaccinated and weaned.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.43/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −159.27 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.

Average price

$290.43

27 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.04

vs SD average

+19.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	290.43	1,618	27

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 sale27 hd

290.43

—

SD average5 barns · 505 hd

292.47

−2.04

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+19.84

This barn, trailing median8 sales

449.70

−159.27

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

16 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	450–500	474	311.88/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,478	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	258.64/cwt	256.50–264.00	1,867	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	279.99/cwt	262.50–283.50	1,859	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,708	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	288.05/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,535	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	256.10/cwt	241.00–260.25	2,080	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	307.72/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,659	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	286.09/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,654	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	284.08/cwt	261.00–293.00	1,895	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	301.91/cwt	293.00–310.50	1,884	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,008	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,264	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	288.37/cwt	279.00–295.00	1,782	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	287.87/cwt	274.50–293.50	2,053	107

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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