Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer Calves 400-450lbs, 12.00 higher; 450-500lbs, 10.00 lower; 500-550lbs mostly steady; 550-650lbs, 16.00 higher. Heifer Calves 350-400lbs, 10.00 higher; 400-450lbs, 17.00 higher; 450-500lbs 15.00 lower; 500-550lbs, steady to 2.00 higher; 550-600lbs, steady to 2.00 lower. Very good demand for load lots and packages of spring calves. Demand was moderate for the smaller offering of yearlings, and there were not enough to make a market comparison. Black hided cattle, with spring and fall vaccinations were bringing premium prices. Spring calves were mostly fresh off the cow, with some showing signs of a hot, dry fall. Buyers and producers packed the stands for today's first full day of only Yearlings and Spring Calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.64/cwt on 1,193 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −179.90 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$311.64

1,193 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$14.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.59

vs SD average

+17.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	312.15	1,671	1,150
Medium and Large 1-2	531	297.98	1,582	43

One grade step is worth $14.17/cwt here — about $89 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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $463.68, median $491.54 across 7 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 sale1,193 hd

311.64

—

SD average6 barns · 4,223 hd

319.23

−7.59

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+17.33

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−179.90

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,310	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	400–450	445	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,242	22
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,152	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,206	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,280	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,164	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	319.21/cwt	297.00–336.00	1,660	728
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,129	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	346.04/cwt	327.50–354.00	1,488	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,070	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	397.43/cwt	371.00–410.00	1,502	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	370.11/cwt	353.00–392.50	1,577	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	290.80/cwt	271.00–297.50	1,922	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	301.68/cwt	284.00–320.00	1,704	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	337.68/cwt	327.00–355.00	1,594	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	281.14/cwt	269.00–295.50	1,482	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	316.67/cwt	308.00–322.00	1,552	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	532	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,527	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,326	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	299.33/cwt	284.75–307.50	2,149	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	290.81/cwt	283.00–305.50	1,788	647
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	354.36/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,336	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	297.98/cwt	294.00–306.00	1,582	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	299.80/cwt	275.00–314.00	1,421	418
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	229.23/cwt	225.00–233.00	2,152	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	247.03/cwt	240.50–250.25	1,922	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	240.89/cwt	239.00–244.00	2,011	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	234.93/cwt	234.00–240.50	2,105	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	546	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,583	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	275.99/cwt	253.00–289.50	1,559	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	251.28/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,799	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	321.16/cwt	315.00–334.00	1,349	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	258.11/cwt	254.50–266.00	1,595	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	266.36/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,252	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,271	5

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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