Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2021-10-27

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012
Receipts
2,803 head
1,240 vs last sale 1,563 591 vs year ago 2,212 · +26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday Feeder Steers under 500 Steady, 500 to 700 Steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 400 3.00 higher, 400 to 450 Steady, 450 to 500 2.00 higher, 550 to 600 3.00 lower. Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on an Active to Very Active Market. The entire Offering was Home Raised and carried light to moderate flesh. Many of the calves only had Spring Vaccinations as well as showed some mud and tag from the muddy shipping conditions creating broadening price ranges. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is Friday, October 29, Expecting 500 Yearlings and 8,000 Spring Calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.49/cwt on 1,376 head.
Average price
$180.49
1,376 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.12
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523181.429481,236
Medium and Large 1-2413180.5174652
Large 1-2353176.506238thin
Large 1504166.4883980
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,376 hd
180.49
SD average12 barns · 29,757 hd
175.37
+5.12
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

29 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Full525164.50/cwt164.50–164.5086420
HeifersMedium and Large 1463164.28/cwt160.00–166.00761263
HeifersMedium and Large 1426166.05/cwt158.00–173.00707155
HeifersMedium and Large 1563150.75/cwt146.00–152.5084977
HeifersMedium and Large 1521158.96/cwt150.00–162.75828226
HeifersMedium and Large 1320177.50/cwt177.50–177.505683
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474173.70/cwt172.00–176.0082318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2409153.34/cwt150.00–171.0062741
SteersMedium and Large 1579167.88/cwt164.50–175.00972167
SteersLarge 1610158.00/cwt158.00–158.009648
SteersLarge 1525159.16/cwt158.00–160.5083620
SteersLarge 1455175.50/cwt175.50–175.5079919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400187.00/cwt187.00–187.007486
HeifersMedium and Large 1376174.95/cwt173.50–180.0065863
SteersMedium and Large 1612170.77/cwt165.00–172.001,045147
SteersMedium and Large 1474190.82/cwt184.00–193.75904414
SteersLarge 1589161.50/cwt161.50–161.5095115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377183.50/cwt179.00–190.0069228
SteersLarge 1-2353176.50/cwt176.50–176.506238
SteersMedium and Large 1651163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,06125
SteersLarge 1414173.00/cwt173.00–173.0071618
SteersMedium and Large 1530179.63/cwt169.00–186.00952386
SteersMedium and Large 1415199.90/cwt194.00–202.0083077
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466159.25/cwt159.25–159.2574286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007496
HeifersMedium and Large 1627151.60/cwt147.00–154.5095143
HeifersLarge 1373168.00/cwt168.00–168.0062714
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full420152.50/cwt152.50–152.5064136
BullsMedium and Large 1653140.00/cwt140.00–140.0091414

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.