Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-11-02

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 2
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012
Receipts
1,231 head
844 vs last sale 2,075 1,231 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 3 higher, traditional weight heifer calves sold steady on a light test. Market activity was slow for this annual Wednesday sale, with supply lower, compared to the regular Friday sale. Demand was moderate, with many of the regular order buyers missing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.92/cwt on 878 head.
Average price
$195.92
878 head · 701 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,374
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.58
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1702196.711,381821
Medium and Large 1-2689184.471,27257
One grade step is worth $12.24/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 sale878 hd
195.92
SD average11 barns · 28,417 hd
208.50
−12.58
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

23 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
HeifersLarge 1998160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5978
HeifersMedium and Large 1767169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,3005
HeifersMedium and Large 1485186.19/cwt175.00–191.5090324
HeifersMedium and Large 1724170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,23126
HeifersMedium and Large 1610171.73/cwt165.50–181.001,04828
HeifersMedium and Large 1445196.66/cwt194.00–200.0087529
SteersMedium and Large 1629194.36/cwt183.50–197.501,223129
SteersMedium and Large 1474224.89/cwt223.00–229.001,06631
SteersMedium and Large 1823188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,547130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,24524
SteersMedium and Large 1576206.37/cwt190.00–219.001,189221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732186.78/cwt179.50–188.751,36727
SteersMedium and Large 1397234.00/cwt234.00–234.009295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526182.00/cwt182.00–182.009576
SteersMedium and Large 1417230.00/cwt230.00–230.009595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,1356
SteersMedium and Large 1524210.47/cwt195.00–215.501,10344
HeifersMedium and Large 1505186.26/cwt175.50–190.0094132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547165.00/cwt165.00–165.009035
HeifersMedium and Large 1557184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,02577
SteersMedium and Large 1661182.61/cwt172.00–188.001,20718
SteersMedium and Large 1724190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,37655
SteersMedium and Large 1915186.28/cwt176.50–186.501,704183

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.