Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-01-05

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
2,707 head
109 vs last sale 2,598 233 vs year ago 2,474 · +9.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend can be made for the first sale of 2024; the last reported sale was 4 weeks ago. Demand was good for this offering with premium prices going to fully vaccinated, weaned, black hided calves. Flesh condition was mixed and also a factor in prices. Winter weather has set in with temperatures slowly becoming more seasonable in the area. Snow fall just before Christmas brought some moisture, but also deteriorated conditions in yards.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $283.21/cwt on 870 head.
Average price
$283.21
870 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$421
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+34.27
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2433287.841,24729
Medium and Large 1589283.051,667841
One grade step is worth $4.79/cwt here — about −$421 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 sale870 hd
283.21
SD average7 barns · 12,029 hd
248.94
+34.27
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

26 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 1578288.68/cwt266.00–299.001,669425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,28816
HeifersMedium and Large 1477278.55/cwt268.00–289.001,32988
HeifersMedium and Large 1438279.42/cwt270.50–284.001,22476
HeifersMedium and Large 1519265.22/cwt259.00–278.001,376110
HeifersMedium and Large 1613230.65/cwt224.50–234.001,414107
SteersMedium and Large 1675244.15/cwt241.00–245.001,64824
SteersMedium and Large 1986171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6865
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2806161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,29819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381245.00/cwt245.00–245.009338
SteersMedium and Large 1430328.10/cwt326.50–332.501,41119
SteersMedium and Large 1621245.72/cwt241.00–263.001,52667
SteersMedium and Large 1810208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6857
SteersMedium and Large 1525307.97/cwt282.00–317.501,617171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,19013
HeifersMedium and Large 1568260.94/cwt256.00–264.501,482104
SteersMedium and Large 1726246.31/cwt238.50–249.501,788100
SteersMedium and Large 1470312.82/cwt299.00–321.001,47023
HeifersMedium and Large 1856201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,72116
HeifersMedium and Large 1991171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,69510
HeifersMedium and Large 1828185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5327
HeifersMedium and Large 1300276.00/cwt276.00–276.008287
BullsMedium and Large 1867142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,23112
BullsMedium and Large 1804151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2145
HeifersMedium and Large 1946199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,88349
HeifersMedium and Large 1380284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,07924

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.