Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first reported sale of the summer, so a price trend can not be established. Very good demand for this nice offering of mostly yearlings. A few loads and large lots, along with smaller packages, including lots of tested open heifers, sold on an active market. Buyers both in the stands and on the internet vied for this offering. The quality was attractive today, with mostly black hided cattle, and most coming off green grass or out of grow yards. Summer temperatures have hit the area just in time for fall, following a wet spring and summer for most in the area. The next feeder sale is September 8, and is a yearling special.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.83/cwt on 558 head.

Average price

$239.83

558 head · 827 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,114

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$32.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	832	240.30	2,000	550
Medium and Large 1-2	427	207.50	886	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.80/cwt here — about $1,114 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 sale558 hd

239.83

—

SD average5 barns · 5,555 hd

239.14

+0.69

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

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,166	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	231.89/cwt	228.50–236.25	2,152	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	253.05/cwt	248.50–254.00	1,718	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	237.73/cwt	229.75–241.00	2,299	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	233.39/cwt	233.00–233.50	2,189	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	886	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,051	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	252.15/cwt	248.00–253.25	2,216	148
Steers	Large 1	—	1,034	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,321	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,075	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,370	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	237.99/cwt	234.00–241.50	2,082	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	226.72/cwt	225.25–228.50	2,229	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,223	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	253.81/cwt	251.00–254.50	1,985	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	243.25/cwt	240.50–245.00	1,900	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	243.29/cwt	238.75–246.25	1,995	98

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.

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