Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 350-450lbs, mostly steady; 450-500, 4.00 lower; 500-600, 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 350-400lbs, 2.00 lower; 400-450, 15.00 lower; 450-500, 5.00 lower; 500-600, 2.00-4.00 higher. Quality was mixed as the rollercoaster temperatures and dry fields in the area are showing in the condition of some of the calves. However, the market remained active with lots of buyers in the seats, and steer and heifer calves sold on good demand. Quality black hided spring calves and those with a full round of shots brought premium prices. The yearling numbers continue to dwindle, as the fall calf run is in full swing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.57/cwt on 2,109 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −177.97 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$313.57

2,109 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$20.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.81

vs SD average

+14.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	314.62	1,747	2,003
Medium and Large 1-2	554	293.78	1,627	106

One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $121 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 sale2,109 hd

313.57

—

SD average11 barns · 10,792 hd

318.38

−4.81

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+14.53

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−177.97

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

44 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	900–950	914	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	394	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,271	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	350–400	397	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,247	19
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,289	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	287.32/cwt	277.50–296.00	1,681	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,672	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	295.29/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,680	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,816	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	409.61/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,577	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	290.83/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,524	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	290.99/cwt	275.00–295.50	1,798	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,188	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	340.75/cwt	323.00–355.00	1,639	716
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	550–600	575	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,653	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	270.55/cwt	251.00–274.50	1,810	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,497	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	320.56/cwt	301.00–336.00	1,677	735
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	312.06/cwt	291.00–320.00	1,791	1,226
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,135	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,270	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	586	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,635	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	342.30/cwt	325.00–357.50	1,304	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,860	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,403	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,060	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,900	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	260.53/cwt	245.00–264.50	1,719	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	298.76/cwt	275.00–308.25	1,545	744
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	492	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,510	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	776	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,002	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	260.93/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,605	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	279.35/cwt	261.00–288.00	1,573	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	287.46/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,383	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	324.97/cwt	307.50–332.50	1,404	440
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,141	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,470	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	450–500	492	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,358	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,911	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	306.94/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,464	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	377.51/cwt	357.50–391.00	1,604	162
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,344	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,815	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,221	13

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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