Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-09-08

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 8
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,371 head
1 vs last sale 1,370 756 vs year ago 615 · +122.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of high quality, yearling steers and heifers off grass. The flesh condition was light and attractive and buyers were quick with their bids, which resulted in a very active market. Several full loads in the offering, along with many half loads and smaller packages allowing buyers to get full loads put together. Next week expecting 3,000 yearling steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $244.05/cwt on 644 head.
Average price
$244.05
644 head · 824 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$293
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.63
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1822244.952,012598
Medium and Large 1-2773236.601,82931
Large 11,031223.602,30515thin
One grade step is worth $21.35/cwt here — about −$293 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 sale644 hd
244.05
SD average4 barns · 2,693 hd
237.42
+6.63
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

25 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 1963232.43/cwt226.50–234.502,23857
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural756265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,00324
SteersMedium and Large 1795252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,00711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural745255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,90013
SteersMedium and Large 1971241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,3409
HeifersLarge 11,031223.60/cwt223.50–224.002,30515
HeifersMedium and Large 1690258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,7843
HeifersMedium and Large 1942230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,1714
HeifersMedium and Large 1727253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8396
HeifersMedium and Large 1620256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5877
SteersMedium and Large 1928238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,20938
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural894251.48/cwt246.00–252.502,24883
SteersMedium and Large 1693275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,90618
HeifersMedium and Large 1867242.36/cwt237.00–246.752,101124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural838254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,12970
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed725259.67/cwt259.00–260.001,88349
SteersMedium and Large 1841253.03/cwt247.50–255.002,12889
SteersMedium and Large 1723270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2975235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2916
HeifersMedium and Large 1776249.73/cwt245.50–256.501,938185
SteersMedium and Large 2851238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,9595
HeifersMedium and Large 1830240.78/cwt238.75–247.001,998163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,7605
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural773234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,81321

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.