Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2021-12-10

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
2,071 head
163 vs last sale 2,234 297 vs year ago 1,774 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold steady, 500 - 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, over 600 sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifer calves 400 - 500 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 500 - 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good for all packages of steers, and very good for quality heifers with a strong market and active buyers. Several large packages of both quality heifers and steers were offered, with most large packages weaned, and both spring and fall vaccinations. Buyer attendance was strong, with cattlemen's meetings following the sale. Next week will be that last sale of 2021; December 17, with a bred cow special and 2000 feeder calves expected.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.79/cwt on 1,096 head.
Average price
$183.79
1,096 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.30
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567185.001,0481,008
Medium and Large 1-2542169.9192088
One grade step is worth $15.09/cwt here — about $128 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 sale1,096 hd
183.79
SD average9 barns · 23,847 hd
177.49
+6.30
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 Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1865152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3155
HeifersMedium and Large 1265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004779
HeifersMedium and Large 1346190.00/cwt190.00–190.006579
HeifersMedium and Large 1396184.00/cwt184.00–184.0072911
HeifersMedium and Large 1432183.40/cwt180.00–186.0079273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428168.10/cwt165.00–176.0071922
SteersMedium and Large 1672168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,13299
SteersMedium and Large 1577184.71/cwt172.00–190.501,066357
SteersMedium and Large 1729164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,19912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511161.00/cwt161.00–161.0082316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562172.00/cwt172.00–172.0096714
SteersMedium and Large 1287215.00/cwt215.00–215.006179
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484184.75/cwt166.00–210.0089423
SteersMedium and Large 1476202.80/cwt193.00–217.00965102
SteersMedium and Large 1529192.17/cwt190.00–201.501,017183
HeifersMedium and Large 1641159.07/cwt146.00–161.001,020193
SteersMedium and Large 1613173.10/cwt164.75–176.501,061183
SteersMedium and Large 1424211.65/cwt211.00–212.0089736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429170.52/cwt169.00–171.0073220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2816156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,1909
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2827146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,21215
SteersMedium and Large 1376198.00/cwt198.00–198.007445
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,15016
HeifersMedium and Large 1518171.39/cwt160.00–174.0088894
HeifersMedium and Large 1481183.04/cwt172.00–189.00880122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578153.04/cwt150.50–156.5088528
HeifersMedium and Large 1591161.78/cwt156.50–163.50956139
SteersMedium and Large 1Full576173.27/cwt173.00–173.5099822

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.