Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-04-19

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 19
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,366 head
528 vs last sale 838 114 vs year ago 1,480 · 7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Most comparable Feeder Steer weights were trending sharply higher. Heifers 600 - 650 lbs were mostly steady; 650 - 700 lbs 10.00 higher. Demand was very good, especially for several packages of quality replacement heifers with buyers in the seats and on the internet. Most of the offering was home raised and fully vaccinated, with light to medium flesh, and ready for grass. Recent rains in the area have brought some optimism for buyers looking forward to moving cattle to summer pastures and haying season.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.87/cwt on 212 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 150.83 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.
Average price
$298.87
212 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.19
vs SD average
+34.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573298.871,711212
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
493456418381median 449.7001/0902/1303/1306/2008/07
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 sale212 hd
298.87
SD average7 barns · 749 hd
293.68
+5.19
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
+34.35
This barn, trailing median8 sales
449.70
−150.83
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

13 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500486336.06/cwt327.50–346.001,63311
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700657300.90/cwt286.00–301.501,977159
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600579302.93/cwt289.00–320.001,754162
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573323.98/cwt315.00–335.001,85675
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650645289.50/cwt289.00–291.001,86720
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850849216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,83414
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660272.70/cwt269.00–279.001,800179
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725268.82/cwt257.00–283.001,949107
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650626289.12/cwt270.00–300.001,81085
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550507316.84/cwt306.00–324.001,60620
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800786242.18/cwt228.50–248.001,90417
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,52516
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full550–600582265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,54230

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.