Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-09-29

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-29

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 29

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6 →

Receipts

3,092 head

▲ 2,279 vs last sale 813▲ 1,838 vs year ago 1,254 · +146.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling Steers, 700 - 900 lbs, 5.00 - 8.00 lower; over 900 lbs, trending higher on a light test from last week's small numbers. Yearling heifers 800 - 900 lbs, 3.00 - 6.00 lower. Spring Calves were still too lightly tested to make a comparison. Good demand for this mostly yearling offering, featuring several loads from one source and lots of large packages. Quality varied but there were lots of attractive cattle, fresh off of green grass to pick from, selling on an active market. The next sale is Oct. 6, a spring calf special, but selling all classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $258.03/cwt on 1,843 head.

Average price

$258.03

1,843 head · 803 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$64

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

$30.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.37

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	714	259.86	1,855	162
Medium and Large 1	799	259.31	2,073	1,594
Large 1	1,083	231.86	2,512	68
Medium and Large 2	838	229.00	1,919	19thin

One grade step is worth $30.86/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale1,843 hd

258.03

—

SD average7 barns · 10,701 hd

244.66

+13.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,149	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,374	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	430	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,385	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,621	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,501	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	277.37/cwt	275.50–278.00	1,706	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,612	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	269.39/cwt	259.50–273.50	1,953	402
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,822	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	261.88/cwt	259.00–265.25	2,030	366
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	796	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,966	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,052	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	259.22/cwt	252.50–260.50	2,146	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	838	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,919	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	244.83/cwt	234.50–250.50	2,140	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	247.45/cwt	245.00–247.75	2,244	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	238.54/cwt	231.00–240.25	2,311	377
Steers	—	Large 1	1,067	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,545	61
Steers	—	Large 1	1,227	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,135	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	840	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,375	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,431	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,678	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,692	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	252.66/cwt	248.50–258.50	1,862	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,905	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	239.84/cwt	238.75–241.50	1,979	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	235.53/cwt	230.00–238.00	2,037	205
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	231.83/cwt	228.50–236.50	2,098	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,222	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,022	225.13/cwt	220.00–227.50	2,301	17

This sale against other markets

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Fri Sep 29, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 3,092Last week 813Year ago 1,254

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,022	220.00–227.50	225.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	756	252.00	252.00
86	—	825	238.75–241.50	239.84
12	—	905	228.50–236.50	231.83
129	—	737	248.50–258.50	252.66
30	—	493	279.00	279.00
12	—	657	257.50	257.50
12	—	964	230.50	230.50
205	—	865	230.00–238.00	235.53
5	—	536	267.00	267.00
5	—	637	263.50	263.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	350	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	528	307.00	307.00
66	—	907	245.00–247.75	247.45
402	—	725	259.50–273.50	269.39
366	—	775	259.00–265.25	261.88
32	—	828	252.50–260.50	259.22
133	—	615	275.50–278.00	277.37
147	—	874	234.50–250.50	244.83
377	—	969	231.00–240.25	238.54
26	—	550	295.00	295.00
7	—	397	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	536	280.00	280.00
18	—	736	247.50	247.50
6	—	344	334.00	334.00
18	—	632	255.00	255.00
32	—	820	250.25	250.25
65	—	796	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,227	174.00	174.00
61	—	1,067	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	838	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	430	322.00	322.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.