Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-03-24

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,480 head
16 vs last sale 1,496 37 vs year ago 1,517 · 2.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last feeder cattle sale was three weeks ago; therefor, a market trend can not be established. There was very good demand for this nice offering of feeder steers and replacement type heifer calves. A few load lots and large packages of mostly home raised calves sold on an active market with buyers both on the internet and in the stands. Several of the consignments were carry overs from two weeks ago, after another storm hit the area. Despite the long winter, the condition on the calves was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $240.46/cwt on 508 head.
Average price
$240.46
508 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+36.06
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598242.451,449468
Medium and Large 1-2660217.131,43240
One grade step is worth $25.33/cwt here — about $17 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 sale508 hd
240.46
SD average7 barns · 16,148 hd
204.40
+36.06
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

21 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 1341230.00/cwt230.00–230.007847
HeifersMedium and Large 1682197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3479
HeifersMedium and Large 1443225.33/cwt221.00–235.0099816
HeifersMedium and Large 1520221.37/cwt216.00–226.001,15123
HeifersMedium and Large 1775176.59/cwt168.00–181.001,36923
HeifersMedium and Large 1845170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,43770
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,32710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,49425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450213.00/cwt213.00–213.0095915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,14717
HeifersMedium and Large 1577222.73/cwt214.00–225.001,28592
SteersMedium and Large 1438269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,17877
SteersMedium and Large 1578250.98/cwt241.00–258.001,45179
SteersMedium and Large 1719221.82/cwt221.00–222.001,59586
HeifersMedium and Large 1483234.39/cwt221.00–237.501,132101
HeifersMedium and Large 1620220.15/cwt219.00–221.001,365121
SteersMedium and Large 1634229.76/cwt223.00–233.001,45748
SteersMedium and Large 1685229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,569120
SteersMedium and Large 1357275.00/cwt275.00–275.0098219
SteersMedium and Large 1490259.39/cwt256.00–261.001,27139

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.