Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-12-01

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,948 head
3,276 vs last sale 5,224 3,972 vs year ago 5,920 · 67.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer Calves 500 - 550, mostly steady; 550 - 600lbs, sharply lower on a much smaller showing than the last sale; 600 - 650lbs, mostly steady. Heifer Calves 500 - 650lbs, sharply lower on a smaller showing from two weeks ago. Moderate to good demand for this offering of calves, with weaned, fully vaccinated, and black hided selling at a premium. Flesh varied, and the market activity was moderate, with many of the regular buyers missing from the seats. The next sale, Friday, December 8 is a feeder calf special.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $264.38/cwt on 926 head.
Average price
$264.38
926 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$574
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$73.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.03
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575271.331,560771
Medium and Large 1-2569233.711,329138
Medium and Large 2498198.0998617thin
One grade step is worth $73.24/cwt here — about $574 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 sale926 hd
264.38
SD average9 barns · 14,752 hd
263.35
+1.03
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1739212.55/cwt206.00–214.001,57127
HeifersMedium and Large 1482248.94/cwt235.00–251.501,20032
HeifersMedium and Large 1420262.80/cwt258.00–270.001,10439
HeifersMedium and Large 1579227.62/cwt226.00–233.501,31852
HeifersMedium and Large 1637224.78/cwt216.00–228.001,43266
HeifersMedium and Large 1528239.57/cwt238.75–241.501,26594
SteersMedium and Large 1624260.83/cwt256.00–263.001,628209
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565228.08/cwt216.00–239.001,28953
SteersMedium and Large 1733227.41/cwt216.00–231.001,66733
SteersMedium and Large 1431320.34/cwt310.00–338.001,38137
SteersMedium and Large 1471298.88/cwt291.00–312.001,40827
SteersMedium and Large 2460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2496256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,27015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383225.00/cwt225.00–225.0086214
HeifersMedium and Large 1691213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,47211
HeifersMedium and Large 16951,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7009
SteersMedium and Large 1-2438246.24/cwt235.50–272.501,07917
SteersMedium and Large 1656247.74/cwt242.50–248.751,62535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,47237
HeifersMedium and Large 16111,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,70018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491201.40/cwt197.50–217.0098925
SteersMedium and Large 1522292.10/cwt279.00–309.001,525222
SteersMedium and Large 1582258.36/cwt244.00–269.501,504208
SteersMedium and Large 2531187.50/cwt187.50–187.509969
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1305

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.