Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2021-09-17

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-17

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 17

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →

Receipts

2,800 head

▲ 240 vs last sale 2,560▲ 1,352 vs year ago 1,448 · +93.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 2.00 to 8.00 lower, except 300-350 lbs and 450-500 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Too few yearling steers of weights comparable to last week to allow a price comparison, yearling heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Good demand for steer and heifer calves remains, but not as robust as has been seen in recent weeks. There were long strings of high quality calves offered, including full load lots, more calves were fully preconditioned this week yet still many only carrying spring shots. As the market was under pressure the activity was not as rapid as it has been. Very good demand remains for yearlings as the supply has about been exhausted. The CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures continue to retreat which is forcing cattle feeders to refigure their breakevens, as well as the cash fed cattle market that continues to disappoint is putting pressure on the feeder cattle market. Special feeder cattle sale again next week, Sept. 24, 2021.

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 $191.78/cwt on 1,285 head.

Average price

$191.78

1,285 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$516

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$57.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.21

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	192.44	927	1,234
Medium and Large 1-2	385	184.68	711	42
Large 1	1,073	134.50	1,443	9thin

One grade step is worth $57.94/cwt here — about −$516 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 sale1,285 hd

191.78

—

SD average6 barns · 6,389 hd

163.57

+28.21

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

Every lot

39 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	542	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	287	227.08/cwt	220.00–229.00	652	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	221.79/cwt	212.50–227.50	734	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	218.06/cwt	215.00–220.00	829	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	663	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	200.02/cwt	192.00–208.00	834	358
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	191.65/cwt	181.00–195.00	889	295
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	178.41/cwt	169.50–187.00	940	218
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	854	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	150.50/cwt	149.50–155.00	889	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	157.82/cwt	157.00–162.50	1,168	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,313	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,416	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	991	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,449	58
Steers	—	Large 1	1,073	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,443	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	286	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	558	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	187.41/cwt	185.00–190.00	622	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	568	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	182.84/cwt	176.50–184.00	695	194
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	172.77/cwt	162.00–178.00	726	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	155.99/cwt	151.00–163.00	663	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	156.20/cwt	145.00–169.00	720	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	165.73/cwt	153.00–170.50	810	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	498	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	722	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	154.96/cwt	154.00–156.25	792	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	138.07/cwt	130.50–150.00	747	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	766	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	568	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	914	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	605	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	989	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	152.10/cwt	151.50–156.50	1,007	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	144.93/cwt	144.50–146.50	1,068	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,088	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,121	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	145.83/cwt	142.50–146.50	1,210	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	143.76/cwt	140.50–145.25	1,265	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	143.22/cwt	138.50–144.25	1,345	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,310	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,023	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,325	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,063	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,393	3

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 17, 2021

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

Receipts 2,800Last week 2,560Year ago 1,448

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	527	162.00	162.00
7	—	412	161.00	161.00
19	—	255	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,073	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	740	157.00–162.50	157.82
358	—	417	192.00–208.00	200.02
10	—	784	167.50	167.50
10	—	861	164.50	164.50
14	—	287	220.00–229.00	227.08
31	—	591	149.50–155.00	150.50
218	—	527	169.50–187.00	178.41
295	—	464	181.00–195.00	191.65
58	—	991	146.25	146.25
88	—	380	215.00–220.00	218.06
119	—	331	212.50–227.50	221.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	498	145.00	145.00
15	—	565	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	131.00	131.00
12	—	1,023	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	489	153.00–170.50	165.73
194	—	380	176.50–184.00	182.84
49	—	286	195.00	195.00
64	—	939	138.50–144.25	143.22
33	—	662	151.50–156.50	152.10
10	—	781	143.50	143.50
45	—	737	144.50–146.50	144.93
5	—	953	137.50	137.50
77	—	511	154.00–156.25	154.96
17	—	332	185.00–190.00	187.41
105	—	880	140.50–145.25	143.76
79	—	830	142.50–146.50	145.83
89	—	420	162.00–178.00	172.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	541	130.50–150.00	138.07
18	—	776	140.25	140.25
45	—	461	145.00–169.00	156.20
6	—	364	156.00	156.00
12	—	425	151.00–163.00	155.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	605	163.50	163.50

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.