Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-10-27

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 27
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
3,265 head
5,078 vs last sale 8,343 3,627 vs year ago 6,892 · 52.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer Calves 450 to 650lbs, 5.00 - 8.00 lower; over 650lbs, mostly steady. Heifers 450 - 600lbs were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers over 650lbs were 5.00 lower. Consigner numbers were down for this sale because of road conditions and weather, but demand remained good for this nice offering of calves. The next special spring calf sale will be Wednesday, November 1, with 4500 expected.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $287.95/cwt on 1,686 head.
Average price
$287.95
1,686 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575288.431,6591,635
Medium and Large 1-2520272.721,41951
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $240 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 sale1,686 hd
287.95
SD average12 barns · 28,535 hd
278.35
+9.60
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

27 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
SteersMedium and Large 1475323.94/cwt311.00–339.001,539241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4577
SteersMedium and Large 1790239.46/cwt220.00–243.251,89241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463262.40/cwt262.00–263.001,21513
SteersMedium and Large 1528298.29/cwt284.00–311.001,575278
SteersMedium and Large 1431336.36/cwt321.00–346.001,45039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466292.80/cwt266.00–314.001,36422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2225
SteersMedium and Large 1662264.14/cwt242.00–269.501,74988
HeifersMedium and Large 1522275.46/cwt259.00–299.001,438417
HeifersMedium and Large 1618252.38/cwt237.00–260.001,56073
HeifersMedium and Large 1571265.30/cwt250.00–273.001,515140
SteersMedium and Large 1895237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,12646
SteersMedium and Large 1341373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,2727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606243.14/cwt226.00–255.001,47317
HeifersMedium and Large 1974217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,1149
HeifersMedium and Large 1726217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,57512
HeifersMedium and Large 1677226.39/cwt224.00–236.001,53325
HeifersMedium and Large 1378300.40/cwt288.00–305.001,13633
HeifersMedium and Large 1413290.76/cwt278.00–299.001,20163
HeifersMedium and Large 1345327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2409271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2956
HeifersMedium and Large 1474281.64/cwt269.00–310.001,335252
SteersMedium and Large 1395347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,3717
SteersMedium and Large 1620275.24/cwt256.00–283.751,706332
SteersMedium and Large 1575282.49/cwt257.00–294.501,624556

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.