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 1—998160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5978
HeifersMedium and Large 1—767169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,3005
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485186.19/cwt175.00–191.5090324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,23126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610171.73/cwt165.50–181.001,04828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—445196.66/cwt194.00–200.0087529
SteersMedium and Large 1—629194.36/cwt183.50–197.501,223129
SteersMedium and Large 1—474224.89/cwt223.00–229.001,06631
SteersMedium and Large 1—823188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,547130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—682182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,24524
SteersMedium and Large 1—576206.37/cwt190.00–219.001,189221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—732186.78/cwt179.50–188.751,36727
SteersMedium and Large 1—397234.00/cwt234.00–234.009295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—526182.00/cwt182.00–182.009576
SteersMedium and Large 1—417230.00/cwt230.00–230.009595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—730155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,1356
SteersMedium and Large 1—524210.47/cwt195.00–215.501,10344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505186.26/cwt175.50–190.0094132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—547165.00/cwt165.00–165.009035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—557184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,02577
SteersMedium and Large 1—661182.61/cwt172.00–188.001,20718
SteersMedium and Large 1—724190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,37655
SteersMedium and Large 1—915186.28/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.