Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-09-13

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,487 head
1,943 vs last sale 3,430 2,002 vs year ago 3,489 · 57.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer consignment numbers were light for this week and last, so no comparison can be made. Heifers 750-800lbs, 12.00 higher on a light test from last weeks showing; 800-900, 4.00-5.00 higher; 900-1000, steady to 2.00 lower. Several lots of home raised, spayed or preg checked open heifers sold on moderate demand. Market activity was moderate for this smaller sale of primarily yearlings, with many of the regular buyers missing from the stands. Weather in the area remains hot and dry, with pastures drying up, however, the forecast is calling for cooler temperatures next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.68/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 194.02 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.
Average price
$255.68
16 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,408
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
10.79
vs SD average
+17.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551255.681,40816thin
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 sale16 hd
255.68
SD average3 barns · 193 hd
266.47
−10.79
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
+17.07
This barn, trailing median8 sales
449.70
−194.02
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

30 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650641237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5196
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570250.99/cwt246.00–257.001,43111
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750748245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,83319
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,11824
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,029208.87/cwt206.50–210.502,14924
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000972218.48/cwt210.00–220.252,12453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900851213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8139
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400392307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,20315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500494272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,34432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5505
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950920187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7256
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700673221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,48714
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700682244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6645
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750739249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,8445
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550548281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5406
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8948
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000977225.65/cwt224.00–228.002,20512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6806
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900890220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,96211
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4496
SteersLarge 11050–11001,080220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,37612
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900879240.83/cwt240.50–241.002,11748
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850806252.77/cwt250.00–254.002,03756
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950936238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,23262
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950937221.06/cwt220.50–221.502,07160
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850828230.58/cwt228.50–231.501,90969
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700672253.35/cwt241.00–257.501,70376
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900868228.28/cwt222.50–230.001,981137
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800778241.17/cwt237.50–245.751,876266
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550508266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3515

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.