Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-11-22

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-22

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 22

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Nov 15Nov 22Dec 6 →

Receipts

2,704 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 2,800▼ 2,520 vs year ago 5,224 · −48.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 450-550lbs were 7.00-10.00 higher; 550-600lbs, mostly steady; 600-650lbs, 7.00 higher; 650-700lbs, mostly steady. Heifers 350-450lbs were sharply higher, on a light test; 450-500lbs, 9.00 lower; 500-550lbs, 4.00 higher. Very good demand, especially for the larger packages or load lots from reputation breeders, and those weaned up, carrying spring and fall vaccinations. Quality was average to good, with a few of the larger lots very attractive. Market was very active, with feeders and buyers looking to fill pens and trucks prior to the holidays. Temperatures have become more seasonable, but still little to no moisture in the area. No sale next week for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The next Feeder Calf sale will be Dec. 6.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.79/cwt on 717 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −132.30 against this barn's trailing median of $465.09.

Average price

$332.79

717 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$18.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.32

vs SD average

+23.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	333.77	1,821	679
Medium and Large 1-2	538	315.22	1,697	38

One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about $124 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale717 hd

332.79

—

SD average8 barns · 4,909 hd

331.46

+1.32

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+23.53

This barn, trailing median11 sales

465.09

−132.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $437.19, median $465.09 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

32 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,403	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,296	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	456.20/cwt	420.00–475.00	1,651	76
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	397.44/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,661	54
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	359.07/cwt	355.00–362.00	1,537	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	443	356.93/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,581	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	368.34/cwt	346.00–386.00	1,709	126
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	336.57/cwt	331.00–346.00	1,595	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	320.34/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,637	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	345.63/cwt	330.00–363.50	1,815	394
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	317.37/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,822	285
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	305.38/cwt	297.00–310.50	1,805	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	298.02/cwt	291.50–308.50	1,857	200
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	282.23/cwt	278.00–293.00	1,930	114
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,014	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,988	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	898	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,209	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,205	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	359.87/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,403	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	349.34/cwt	329.00–362.00	1,457	49
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	319.17/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,372	58
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	319.66/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,534	245
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	297.65/cwt	287.00–310.00	1,548	208
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,536	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	282.74/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,583	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	272.29/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,691	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	267.13/cwt	266.50–269.00	1,790	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,027	20
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,217	6

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Fri Nov 22, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,704Last week 2,800Year ago 5,224

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	330	365.00	365.00
44	350–400	390	345.00–370.00	359.87
49	400–450	417	329.00–362.00	349.34
245	450–500	480	315.00–323.00	319.66
208	500–550	520	287.00–310.00	297.65
54	550–600	560	271.00–289.00	282.74
38	600–650	621	262.50–280.00	272.29
16	650–700	670	266.50–269.00	267.13
20	800–850	836	242.50	242.50
6	950–1000	994	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	400–450	430	312.50–320.00	319.17
10	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	537	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	372.50	372.50
12	400–450	428	355.00–362.00	359.07
45	450–500	474	331.00–346.00	336.57
25	500–550	511	311.00–325.00	320.34
13	550–600	591	297.00–310.50	305.38
7	600–650	615	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	420.00	420.00
76	350–400	362	420.00–475.00	456.20
54	400–450	418	385.00–407.50	397.44
126	450–500	464	346.00–386.00	368.34
394	500–550	525	330.00–363.50	345.63
285	550–600	574	310.00–324.00	317.37
200	600–650	623	291.50–308.50	298.02
114	650–700	684	278.00–293.00	282.23
4	700–750	727	277.00	277.00
19	750–800	756	263.00	263.00
20	850–900	898	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	443	347.50–360.00	356.93

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.