Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the late summer marketing season, good demand for this offering of yearling steers and heifers off grass. A couple of long strings, along with part loads and packages, sold readily as cattle feeders want to get these yearlings bought while they are available. Another day of steep losses in the cattle futures complex, leaving cattle producers wondering where the bearish tone of the board is coming from as cash fed cattle still trade up to 191.00. Very dry conditions across western SD and into eastern WY and MT is causing producers to ship their preg open heifers as they try to stretch their grass for their cowherds. Next special feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 30, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $256.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −150.31 against this barn's trailing median of $406.31.

Average price

$256.00

9 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.21

vs SD average

+15.24 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	256.00	1,746	9thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

8 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $427.80, low $381.89, median $406.31 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

256.00

—

SD average4 barns · 39 hd

258.21

−2.21

National average153 barns · 6,586 hd

240.76

+15.24

This barn, trailing median8 sales

406.31

−150.31

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

20 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	950–1000	966	228.25/cwt	228.25–228.25	2,205	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	758	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,880	8
Steers	Large 1Full	1000–1050	1,027	225.25/cwt	225.25–225.25	2,313	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,618	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	223.00/cwt	222.50–223.50	2,243	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	241.83/cwt	234.50–245.00	2,230	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,966	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,152	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	233.64/cwt	231.50–234.00	2,140	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,746	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,146	17
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	2,378	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	226.20/cwt	222.50–232.50	2,104	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	237.21/cwt	233.50–241.50	1,945	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	244.19/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,770	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,852	23

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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