Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-11-18

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
4,619 head
2,401 vs last sale 2,218 1,016 vs year ago 3,603 · +28.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 300 - 350 lbs sold 6.00 higher; 350 - 400 lbs 14.00 higher; 400 - 450 lbs, 6.00 higher; and Feeder Steers over 450 lbs were mostly steady. Heifer Calves 350 - 500 lbs, 3.00 to 6.00 higher; 500 - 600 lbs, steady. This was a nice offering of spring calves, selling on an active market, despite high winds and frigid temperatures. Load lots and large packages were in high demand. The Spring Calf Sale will be Friday, Dec. 2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $203.18/cwt on 2,448 head.
Average price
$203.18
2,448 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.44
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574203.821,1692,338
Medium and Large 1-2530189.521,005110
One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about $164 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 sale2,448 hd
203.18
SD average9 barns · 24,009 hd
202.73
+0.44
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

34 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
HeifersLarge 1997168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,68014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483189.09/cwt174.00–194.5091324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416201.99/cwt192.00–211.0084028
HeifersMedium and Large 1424214.03/cwt207.00–230.0090772
HeifersMedium and Large 1628179.18/cwt174.00–183.001,125107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2317193.00/cwt193.00–193.0061235
SteersMedium and Large 1583200.51/cwt190.00–211.501,169780
SteersMedium and Large 1623192.73/cwt178.50–197.501,201679
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363177.50/cwt177.50–177.5064427
SteersMedium and Large 1771177.87/cwt171.50–181.001,37116
SteersMedium and Large 1468231.61/cwt224.00–238.501,084168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,06120
SteersMedium and Large 1722176.50/cwt174.50–178.001,27429
SteersMedium and Large 1380244.00/cwt244.00–244.0092769
SteersMedium and Large 1-2930170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5815
SteersMedium and Large 1527213.24/cwt204.00–227.001,124334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,29016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009906
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585177.17/cwt177.00–177.251,03618
HeifersMedium and Large 1885173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,53112
SteersMedium and Large 1310242.89/cwt242.50–243.0075325
SteersMedium and Large 1673193.72/cwt188.50–196.001,304113
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy604180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,08723
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy661172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,13732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521175.29/cwt163.00–185.0091336
HeifersMedium and Large 1567186.63/cwt177.00–192.501,058223
SteersMedium and Large 1434238.96/cwt235.00–250.001,03770
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519198.80/cwt182.50–203.501,03236
HeifersMedium and Large 1531193.27/cwt188.50–201.001,026463
HeifersMedium and Large 1376219.39/cwt210.00–254.00825111
HeifersMedium and Large 1468211.91/cwt195.00–236.00992216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2386184.00/cwt184.00–184.0071013
HeifersMedium and Large 1686184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,26216
HeifersMedium and Large 1304222.50/cwt222.50–222.5067627

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.