Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-10-25

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 25

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Nov 2Oct 25Nov 1 →

Receipts

3,034 head

▲ 1,803 vs last sale 1,231▲ 959 vs year ago 2,075 · +46.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First special Wednesday calf sale of the fall run, so a market comparison will not be made. The market was active on this nice offering of mostly fully vaccinated calves. Several load lots and large pens of quality, mostly light fleshed calves fresh off the cows, sold on moderate to good demand with buyers in the stands and on the internet. There were also a few loads of nice yearlings, coming from reputable breeders, that sold on good demand. Fully vaccinated and black hided cattle still are bringing premium prices. Weather has remained nice in the area lending to good fall weaning weather; however, colder temps and snow are forecasted for the week. Next feeder sale will be October 27 starting at 8 a.m.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.58/cwt on 1,610 head.

Average price

$272.58

1,610 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$393

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$63.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.46

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	274.01	1,726	1,557
Medium and Large 1-2	596	238.45	1,421	38
Large 1	1,007	210.50	2,120	15thin

One grade step is worth $63.51/cwt here — about −$393 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 sale1,610 hd

272.58

—

SD average12 barns · 29,896 hd

289.04

−16.46

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. 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	333.76/cwt	311.00–342.50	1,258	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	324.09/cwt	285.00–329.00	1,403	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	307.49/cwt	288.00–335.00	1,433	250
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,109	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	288.37/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,508	295
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,436	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	272.82/cwt	261.00–276.50	1,539	235
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,473	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	251.75/cwt	231.00–264.00	1,581	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	244.21/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,636	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	248.02/cwt	245.50–250.50	1,878	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,586	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	243.39/cwt	242.25–244.00	2,010	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	239.90/cwt	235.00–241.25	2,121	305
Steers	—	Large 1	1,007	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,120	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	861	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	266.73/cwt	262.00–271.00	979	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	892	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	261.79/cwt	253.00–277.00	1,094	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	261.21/cwt	256.50–271.00	1,243	185
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	255.61/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,337	195
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	268.25/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,508	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,376	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	227.12/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,544	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,441	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	225.83/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,786	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	801	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,746	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	894	224.86/cwt	220.50–225.50	2,010	45

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 Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD

Wed Oct 25, 2023

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

Receipts 3,034Last week 1,231Year ago 2,075

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	222.00	222.00
195	—	523	245.00–265.00	255.61
185	—	476	256.50–271.00	261.21
72	—	791	223.00–227.00	225.83
131	—	562	240.00–275.00	268.25
5	—	801	218.00	218.00
5	—	703	205.00	205.00
55	—	680	210.00–233.00	227.12
54	—	418	253.00–277.00	261.79
45	—	894	220.50–225.50	224.86
39	—	367	262.00–271.00	266.73
11	—	343	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	393	227.00	227.00
8	—	480	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	611	241.00	241.00
7	—	493	225.00	225.00
5	—	793	200.00	200.00
10	—	546	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	826	242.25–244.00	243.39
23	—	670	242.00–246.00	244.21
235	—	564	261.00–276.50	272.82
60	—	377	311.00–342.50	333.76
295	—	523	282.00–298.00	288.37
305	—	884	235.00–241.25	239.90
250	—	466	288.00–335.00	307.49
139	—	757	245.50–250.50	248.02
66	—	628	231.00–264.00	251.75
73	—	433	285.00–329.00	324.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,007	210.50	210.50

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.