Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Best test on Steers 850-950lbs, 15.00 higher. Heifers, 700-750lbs, 5.00 higher; 850-950lbs were sharply higher. Today's offering was mostly yearlings, with a few spring calves in the mix. There were still a few load lots of yearling available for buyers to fill a trailer from one seller. Open and spayed yearling heifers sold on very good demand, with yearling steers selling on good demand. The yearlings, mostly coming off grass, were carrying mostly light to moderate flesh. Spring calves sold on moderate demand, as buyers still seem to by vying for the last of the yearlings. Weather in the area remains dry and hot, with temps still reaching the uppers 80s and into the 90s. The next Calf Sale is October 4, with weigh-ups in the morning and calves starting at 11 a.m.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.97/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −196.73 against this barn's trailing median of $449.70.

Average price

$252.97

54 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$53

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$17.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.11

vs SD average

+12.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	257.51	1,342	40
Medium and Large 1-2	581	240.00	1,394	14thin

One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about −$53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale54 hd

252.97

—

SD average4 barns · 289 hd

262.08

−9.11

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

+12.88

This barn, trailing median8 sales

449.70

−196.73

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	242.09/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,867	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	239.82/cwt	237.50–241.00	1,947	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,474	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,109	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	256.46/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,739	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	257.88/cwt	248.00–268.00	1,609	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,155	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,394	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,302	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	245.49/cwt	241.50–247.00	1,799	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	225.99/cwt	221.50–227.50	2,185	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	2,311	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	256.67/cwt	255.50–257.50	2,092	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,778	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	350–400	377	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,112	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	283.16/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,433	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,617	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	271.77/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,557	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	356.56/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,519	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,206	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	389.15/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,401	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	321.65/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,316	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	227.12/cwt	221.50–230.00	2,112	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	257.51/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,342	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	235.19/cwt	232.50–237.75	2,060	37
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,316	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,448	12

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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