Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-03-11

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 11
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,779 head
1,264 vs last sale 3,043 1,055 vs year ago 2,834 · 37.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers from 500 to 599 lbs, 5.00 to 10.00 higher on a light test; 600 to 699 lbs, 8.00 lower; 700 lbs and up 10.00 higher on a light test. Heifers 500 to 549 lbs were steady; 550 to 600 lbs 5.00 lower; over 600 lbs, 8.00 to10.00 lower. Buyers were offered a nice run of feeder steers, heifers and Bangs vaccinated heifers, with a few load lots and several large packages. Most were fully vaccinated. Active buyers purchased large groups of quality replacement heifers. Attendance was good despite a cold front bringing early morning temperatures in the single digits. The next sale is March 18, 2022, and will be a bred cow special.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.99/cwt on 826 head.
Average price
$165.99
826 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.34
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1627166.071,042819
Medium and Large 1-2502156.007837thin
One grade step is worth $10.07/cwt here — about $258 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 sale826 hd
165.99
SD average9 barns · 12,658 hd
150.65
+15.34
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

16 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 1474179.48/cwt173.50–185.0085161
HeifersMedium and Large 1794158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,25569
HeifersMedium and Large 1716155.40/cwt149.00–165.001,11399
HeifersMedium and Large 1534176.81/cwt161.00–180.00944133
HeifersMedium and Large 1681155.99/cwt149.00–160.001,062145
HeifersMedium and Large 1626163.82/cwt159.25–173.001,026154
SteersMedium and Large 1722170.75/cwt170.75–170.751,233119
SteersMedium and Large 1673167.18/cwt163.00–170.001,12524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2502156.00/cwt156.00–156.007837
HeifersMedium and Large 1588173.53/cwt160.50–178.501,020158
SteersMedium and Large 1485185.00/cwt185.00–185.0089732
SteersMedium and Large 1522203.02/cwt186.50–219.001,06040
SteersMedium and Large 1568213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,21372
SteersMedium and Large 1761161.53/cwt160.00–162.251,229100
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582158.57/cwt150.00–163.5092314
SteersMedium and Large 1637181.82/cwt171.00–188.001,158105

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.