Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-09-15

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
3,489 head
▲ 2,118 vs last sale 1,371▲ 1,489 vs year ago 2,000 · +74.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold 5.00 - 7.00 higher. Heifers in most weights sold mostly steady, with the exception of 850 - 900 lbs, selling 8.00 lower. Very good demand for this nice offering of yearling steers and heifers, fresh off grass, with several full loads and large lots offered making it possible for buyers to fill some loads with a single source. The market was active, with buyers in the seats and on the internet, vying for the attractive, light conditioned cattle. Several of the heifers consigned with the larger lots and several of the smaller lots were spayed, with the rest tested open.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $244.67/cwt on 2,329 head.
Average price
$244.67
2,329 head · 818 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.83
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1820245.262,0112,239
Medium and Large 1-2780232.951,81837
Medium and Large 2742228.511,69547
Large 11,026222.502,2836thin
One grade step is worth $22.76/cwt here — about −$272 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 sale2,329 hd
244.67
—
SD average8 barns · 11,531 hd
242.84
+1.83
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

40 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 1—1,026222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,2836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—964218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,1026
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4089
HeifersMedium and Large 1—711253.41/cwt249.00–256.001,80222
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,70937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—591251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4839
SteersMedium and Large 1—925243.32/cwt242.00–246.002,25137
SteersMedium and Large 1—735270.63/cwt267.00–275.001,98926
SteersMedium and Large 1—773263.63/cwt260.00–270.502,03892
SteersMedium and Large 1—869252.86/cwt247.50–257.502,197172
SteersMedium and Large 1—810259.53/cwt259.00–260.002,10253
SteersMedium and Large 1—954245.50/cwt245.50–245.502,34211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—972233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,2655
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—832238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,9846
SteersMedium and Large 1—692276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,91015
SteersMedium and Large 1—613280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,71937
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—773252.09/cwt244.00–256.001,94946
SteersMedium and Large 2—744240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,78617
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—641275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,76399
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—762247.32/cwt242.00–257.501,885228
SteersMedium and Large 1—510297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,5157
SteersMedium and Large 2—843237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,00214
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—802245.25/cwt245.25–245.251,967147
SteersLarge 1—1,034227.83/cwt224.00–229.502,35643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—772240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,85327
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—893232.15/cwt230.50–235.502,073183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—864238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,06119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—690260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,79418
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—958232.75/cwt232.75–232.752,230247
HeifersMedium and Large 1—821241.72/cwt236.00–245.501,985331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—752241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8129
HeifersMedium and Large 2—701213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,49320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—929239.67/cwt239.00–240.002,227171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed—788235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,85610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—990204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,0209
HeifersMedium and Large 1—789246.33/cwt242.50–248.001,944119
HeifersMedium and Large 1—922237.70/cwt228.50–241.752,192191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—879234.42/cwt227.50–235.502,06137
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—727258.05/cwt256.00–263.001,876369
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—662255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,68843

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.