Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-12-02

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
5,920 head
▲ 1,301 vs last sale 4,619▲ 3,686 vs year ago 2,234 · +165.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder Steers 300 - 400 lbs sold 14.00 to 18.00 higher; 400 - 500 lbs, steady to 5.00 higher; 500 - 600 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher; 600 - 650 lbs, 6.00 higher; over 650 lbs, 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 350 - 400 lbs sold 12.00 lower; 400 - 450 lbs, 5.00 lower; 450 - 500 lbs 14.00 lower; over 500 lbs, mostly steady. Demand was good for this nice offering of calves, mostly weaned, home raised and carrying at least spring shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $210.63/cwt on 2,675 head.
Average price
$210.63
2,675 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$737
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$92.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.68
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563212.671,1972,477
Medium and Large 1-2625188.301,178189
Medium and Large 2384120.004619thin
One grade step is worth $92.67/cwt here — about $737 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 sale2,675 hd
210.63
—
SD average8 barns · 19,921 hd
205.95
+4.68
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

37 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 1—902174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,56913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—862172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4875
HeifersMedium and Large 1—799172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3789
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—618149.19/cwt145.00–153.0092213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—304210.00/cwt210.00–210.006389
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—596161.00/cwt161.00–161.009607
SteersMedium and Large 1—330256.04/cwt247.00–264.0084556
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521177.84/cwt171.00–185.0092714
SteersMedium and Large 1—616200.59/cwt180.00–206.001,236681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—422217.50/cwt217.50–217.5091810
SteersMedium and Large 1—921179.84/cwt179.50–180.251,65641
SteersMedium and Large 1—679188.22/cwt182.00–192.001,278120
SteersMedium and Large 1—970179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,7415
SteersMedium and Large 1—725189.22/cwt186.00–191.001,37235
SteersMedium and Large 1—390261.52/cwt255.00–263.501,02026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—684185.31/cwt182.50–187.501,268130
SteersMedium and Large 2—384120.00/cwt120.00–120.004619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570189.82/cwt185.00–194.001,08211
SteersMedium and Large 1—762178.59/cwt176.50–181.501,36139
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426208.77/cwt197.00–216.50889155
SteersMedium and Large 1—471233.82/cwt226.00–243.001,101199
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321222.94/cwt220.00–225.0071649
SteersMedium and Large 1—421243.79/cwt223.00–252.001,026240
SteersMedium and Large 1—530217.49/cwt201.00–223.001,153488
SteersMedium and Large 1—574207.35/cwt189.75–216.501,190547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—528140.00/cwt140.00–140.007398
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—479197.71/cwt191.00–207.0094724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617179.38/cwt176.50–180.501,10792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523192.27/cwt185.00–197.501,006287
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—762179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,36817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—817179.34/cwt179.00–179.501,46552
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379207.81/cwt190.00–213.0078884
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575187.73/cwt179.00–201.501,079529
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666184.05/cwt175.00–188.001,22678
HeifersMedium and Large 1—738164.60/cwt161.00–169.501,21514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477196.75/cwt184.00–206.00938285
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—438155.89/cwt155.00–160.0068332

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.