Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-01-26

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,700 head
▲ 671 vs last sale 1,029▼ 883 vs year ago 2,583 · −34.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 550 - 600lbs, 11.00 higher; 600 - 650lbs, 17.00 higher; 650 - 700lbs, 10.00 higher; 700 - 750, 5.00 higher. Heifers in all comparable weights were trending significantly higher from last weeks smaller sale. Very good demand for a nice offering of quality steers and heifers in both load lots and large packages. Lots of buyers and producers in the seats for today's Feeder Calf and Bred Cow special. Most of todays offering were weaned with spring and fall vaccinations. Frigid temperatures from last week were replaced by much warmer weather, with today's temperature reaching 47. The next sale will be February 9, and will be a Feeder Cattle and Replacement Heifer special.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $296.16/cwt on 613 head.
Average price
$296.16
613 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$292
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+49.95
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521296.741,547597
Medium and Large 1-2457274.881,25516thin
One grade step is worth $21.86/cwt here — about $292 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 sale613 hd
296.16
—
SD average8 barns · 14,206 hd
246.22
+49.95
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

22 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—542272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4777
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319301.41/cwt289.00–312.5096110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,21517
HeifersMedium and Large 1—611283.15/cwt275.50–290.001,73058
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411318.75/cwt298.00–327.001,31059
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470308.01/cwt292.00–317.001,44886
SteersMedium and Large 1—475344.33/cwt325.00–359.001,63662
SteersMedium and Large 1—609289.40/cwt284.00–299.001,76270
SteersMedium and Large 1—430348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,49617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—407324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3197
SteersMedium and Large 1—569310.29/cwt299.00–324.001,76659
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—538271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,45810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—539246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519300.47/cwt273.00–309.001,559159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,42330
SteersMedium and Large 1—375342.41/cwt336.00–350.001,28437
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572284.80/cwt262.00–291.001,629208
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—419288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,20711
SteersMedium and Large 1—808246.75/cwt246.75–246.751,99473
SteersMedium and Large 1—691267.61/cwt267.25–274.001,84990
SteersMedium and Large 1—711261.63/cwt255.00–263.501,860105
SteersMedium and Large 1—528311.40/cwt297.00–316.001,64447

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.