Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-10-07

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
2,861 head
1,607 vs last sale 1,254 4,497 vs year ago 7,358 · 61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500 - 600 lbs were 18.00 to 20.00 higher. The other feeder steer weights are just beginning to develop a market trend, as last week's numbers in some weights were low, but prices were trending higher in those weights as well. Heifers 450- 600 lbs were 15.00 higher. Other weights were also trending higher, with limited comparisons from the previous week. A large offering of both yearlings and spring calves this week, with fully vaccinated or spring vaccinated load lots and large packages. Market was good on this sale barns first big fall run calf sale, with good demand. Next week's spring calf special is on October 14th, and over 6000 calves are expected.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.94/cwt on 1,305 head.
Average price
$183.94
1,305 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.08
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581185.221,0761,243
Medium and Large 2725161.501,1716thin
Medium and Large 1-2828157.961,30856
One grade step is worth $27.26/cwt here — about −$231 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 sale1,305 hd
183.94
SD average8 barns · 6,934 hd
178.86
+5.08
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

32 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 1740180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,33299
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486192.21/cwt158.50–209.0093418
SteersMedium and Large 11,067165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,7665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2925163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,5087
SteersMedium and Large 1803183.29/cwt183.00–184.001,47231
SteersMedium and Large 1521209.58/cwt178.00–234.001,092286
SteersMedium and Large 1559205.57/cwt186.00–210.501,149214
SteersMedium and Large 1666192.65/cwt187.50–194.251,28371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1839
HeifersMedium and Large 1576183.39/cwt170.00–192.501,056217
HeifersMedium and Large 1512189.47/cwt164.00–193.00970243
SteersMedium and Large 1383249.87/cwt249.00–251.0095726
SteersMedium and Large 1624196.74/cwt185.00–200.001,228251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445212.00/cwt212.00–212.009436
SteersMedium and Large 11,006165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,66516
HeifersMedium and Large 2725161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,1716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2857160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,3756
SteersMedium and Large 1423240.38/cwt223.00–247.001,017152
SteersMedium and Large 1481235.56/cwt235.00–238.501,13366
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed713167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,19111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed866163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,41630
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed789171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,35148
HeifersMedium and Large 1472192.31/cwt186.00–197.00908236
HeifersMedium and Large 1380193.88/cwt190.00–201.00737101
SteersMedium and Large 11,139157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,79462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2964156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,50912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458137.50/cwt137.50–137.506308
HeifersMedium and Large 1995162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,61796
HeifersMedium and Large 1438196.00/cwt187.00–201.0085892
HeifersMedium and Large 1639181.56/cwt175.00–185.501,16080
HeifersMedium and Large 11,092156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,70914
HeifersMedium and Large 1322200.00/cwt200.00–200.006446

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.