Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-09-16

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 16
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
2,000 head
1,385 vs last sale 615 800 vs year ago 2,800 · 28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were not enough steer calves in last weeks sale to develop a market trend. And a market trend has yet to develop on heifers under 800 lbs. Heifers over 800 lbs were 3.00 - 5.00 lower. The sale included a very nice offering of spayed and open heifers, with several load lots and large packages. Demand was moderate, with minimal order buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.79/cwt on 1,139 head.
Average price
$169.79
1,139 head · 841 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,428
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.55
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1845170.881,444997
Medium and Large 1-2811162.181,315142
One grade step is worth $8.69/cwt here — about $129 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 sale1,139 hd
169.79
SD average8 barns · 10,339 hd
173.34
−3.55
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

36 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
SteersMedium and Large 1628189.43/cwt189.00–190.001,19014
SteersMedium and Large 1676177.89/cwt172.00–183.501,20314
SteersMedium and Large 11,023169.25/cwt169.25–169.251,73161
SteersMedium and Large 1843177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,49275
SteersMedium and Large 1926178.23/cwt175.00–180.501,650125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491195.00/cwt195.00–195.009576
SteersMedium and Large 1741190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,40810
SteersMedium and Large 1898172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,54510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2990165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6346
SteersMedium and Large 1-2559188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,23410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed751180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,35220
HeifersMedium and Large 1568189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,07413
HeifersMedium and Large 1676180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,22021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2861184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,58417
HeifersMedium and Large 1399207.00/cwt207.00–207.008265
HeifersMedium and Large 11,093151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,6565
HeifersMedium and Large 11,102145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,6039
HeifersMedium and Large 1401191.00/cwt191.00–191.0076612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed889168.51/cwt167.00–169.251,498100
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed826171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,41734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732179.77/cwt168.50–181.751,31674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2833181.79/cwt170.00–184.751,51475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422204.00/cwt204.00–204.008616
HeifersMedium and Large 1766176.22/cwt175.00–179.001,35060
HeifersMedium and Large 1978164.75/cwt162.50–165.751,61161
HeifersMedium and Large 1739178.90/cwt173.00–180.251,32281
HeifersMedium and Large 1886171.33/cwt167.50–173.751,518207
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed929166.75/cwt166.75–166.751,5496
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed645172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725161.19/cwt153.50–169.501,16921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2872157.28/cwt153.00–166.001,37124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2808159.35/cwt159.00–163.251,28863
HeifersMedium and Large 1836168.54/cwt161.00–178.001,409311
HeifersMedium and Large 11,035160.71/cwt159.00–161.501,66330
HeifersMedium and Large 1919168.19/cwt167.50–168.751,54648

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.