Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-11-04

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 4
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
6,735 head
157 vs last sale 6,892 728 vs year ago 7,463 · 9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 - 4.00 lower; 500 - 700 lbs, 5.00 to 7.00 lower; over 700 lbs, steady on a light test. Feeder Heifers 350 - 400 lbs sold 8.00 higher; 400 - 500 lbs, 7.00 to 10.00 lower; 500 - 550 lbs, 3.00 lower; 550 - 700, 7.00 lower; 600 - 650 lbs, 10.00 higher; 650 - 700 lbs, steady to 2.00 higher. Today's sale, featuring Red Angus, had a nice offering of large strings and load lots of quality calves, that sold on a very active market. Several large packages of Red Angus Heifers, that topped the market in their weight range, were likely headed back to breeding programs. Buyers are still looking for spring calves that have vaccinations, which most of the offerings carried. The next Spring Calf Special is November 11th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.66/cwt on 4,112 head.
Average price
$211.66
4,112 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,149
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.99
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548212.461,1653,602
Medium and Large 1-2506206.071,042510
One grade step is worth $6.39/cwt here — about $122 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 sale4,112 hd
211.66
SD average11 barns · 30,156 hd
205.67
+5.99
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

41 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
BullsMedium and Large 1662146.00/cwt146.00–146.0096711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full525175.00/cwt175.00–175.0091910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,3735
HeifersMedium and Large 1526189.48/cwt178.00–206.00997699
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2391176.95/cwt167.50–212.5069228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541204.39/cwt196.00–207.001,10679
SteersMedium and Large 1393244.37/cwt241.00–252.0096023
SteersMedium and Large 1573205.95/cwt192.00–212.001,1801,185
SteersMedium and Large 1325242.50/cwt242.50–242.507886
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567188.61/cwt176.00–203.001,06949
SteersMedium and Large 1476229.69/cwt192.00–244.001,093496
SteersMedium and Large 1294231.09/cwt227.50–232.5067921
SteersMedium and Large 1796185.36/cwt184.50–186.001,47528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416212.67/cwt205.00–221.0088571
SteersMedium and Large 1423242.25/cwt219.00–250.001,025308
SteersMedium and Large 1895184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,6475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475214.88/cwt186.00–222.001,021239
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725174.59/cwt172.00–180.501,26632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2392217.50/cwt217.50–217.5085316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621174.27/cwt170.50–183.001,08224
HeifersMedium and Large 1719179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,29112
SteersMedium and Large 1616196.28/cwt178.00–203.101,209473
SteersMedium and Large 1Full571174.00/cwt174.00–174.0099410
SteersMedium and Large 1Full448195.00/cwt195.00–195.008749
SteersMedium and Large 1712190.89/cwt185.50–192.251,359117
SteersMedium and Large 1665187.83/cwt183.50–191.001,249125
HeifersMedium and Large 1611189.81/cwt178.75–197.751,16086
SteersMedium and Large 1525216.70/cwt198.00–241.001,138796
HeifersMedium and Large 1467199.81/cwt185.00–211.50933231
HeifersMedium and Large 1930170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,58610
HeifersMedium and Large 1384224.92/cwt208.00–231.0086496
HeifersMedium and Large 1788177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3955
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424190.23/cwt180.00–191.0080795
HeifersMedium and Large 1286188.07/cwt174.50–225.0053818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522170.20/cwt167.00–174.0088843
HeifersMedium and Large 1575176.22/cwt170.00–187.001,013259
HeifersMedium and Large 1307183.83/cwt175.00–202.5056417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483191.98/cwt171.00–212.50927156
HeifersMedium and Large 1681174.49/cwt169.50–182.501,18875
HeifersMedium and Large 1437202.80/cwt188.00–212.00886274

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.