Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer Calves 400-450lbs, 10.00 higher; 450-500, 5.00 higher; 500-550, mostly steady; 550-700lbs, 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifer Calves, 400-550lbs, 15.00 higher; 550-600lbs, 5.00 lower; 600-650, 12.00 higher. Very good demand for a large offering of packages and load lots. Most of the calves were fresh off the cows, most with spring and fall vaccinations. Black hided with full vaccinations brought premium prices. The market was active with the majority of the regular buyers back in the bleachers, along with some new faces. Rain finally made a showing over night, with much needed snow in some areas fighting wildfires. There are two Feeder Calf sales next week, Wednesday, Oct. 23 and Friday, Oct. 25

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.80/cwt on 1,515 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −177.74 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$313.80

1,515 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$41.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.00

vs SD average

+14.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	314.04	1,717	1,506
Medium and Large 1-2	586	273.00	1,600	9thin

One grade step is worth $41.04/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,515 hd

313.80

—

SD average8 barns · 9,955 hd

317.80

−4.00

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+14.47

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−177.74

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

42 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	650–700	679	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,317	13
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,251	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	328.03/cwt	316.00–352.50	1,414	473
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	277.67/cwt	257.50–282.00	1,569	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,088	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,842	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,020	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,778	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	314.95/cwt	314.00–322.50	1,546	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	967	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,399	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	248.00/cwt	243.00–251.50	2,185	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	306.99/cwt	281.00–317.00	1,750	585
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	345.46/cwt	324.00–360.00	1,613	623
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	318.52/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,695	921
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,600	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	345.20/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,533	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	287.34/cwt	267.00–296.50	1,914	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	293.58/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,808	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	369.21/cwt	356.00–405.00	1,588	484
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	378.88/cwt	362.00–388.00	1,277	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	234.94/cwt	233.00–235.50	2,312	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,027	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,023	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	310.17/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,262	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	280.02/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,361	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	281.60/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,332	33
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,419	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	397.76/cwt	388.00–414.00	1,452	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	346.25/cwt	325.00–358.00	1,309	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	314.49/cwt	297.00–325.00	1,459	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,948	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	253.47/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,866	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	240.24/cwt	239.50–240.50	2,044	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	291.38/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,504	604
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	329.39/cwt	325.00–333.00	1,123	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,944	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	223.86/cwt	221.50–228.50	2,176	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	264.81/cwt	261.00–265.50	1,782	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	272.04/cwt	267.00–274.50	1,654	164

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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