Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2021-12-10

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-10

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 10

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Receipts

2,071 head

▼ 163 vs last sale 2,234▲ 297 vs year ago 1,774 · +16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold steady, 500 - 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, over 600 sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifer calves 400 - 500 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 500 - 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good for all packages of steers, and very good for quality heifers with a strong market and active buyers. Several large packages of both quality heifers and steers were offered, with most large packages weaned, and both spring and fall vaccinations. Buyer attendance was strong, with cattlemen's meetings following the sale. Next week will be that last sale of 2021; December 17, with a bred cow special and 2000 feeder calves expected.

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 $183.79/cwt on 1,096 head.

Average price

$183.79

1,096 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	185.00	1,048	1,008
Medium and Large 1-2	542	169.91	920	88

One grade step is worth $15.09/cwt here — about $128 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 sale1,096 hd

183.79

—

SD average9 barns · 23,847 hd

177.49

+6.30

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	287	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	617	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	744	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	211.65/cwt	211.00–212.00	897	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	170.52/cwt	169.00–171.00	732	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	202.80/cwt	193.00–217.00	965	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	184.75/cwt	166.00–210.00	894	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	823	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	192.17/cwt	190.00–201.50	1,017	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	967	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	576	173.27/cwt	173.00–173.50	998	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	184.71/cwt	172.00–190.50	1,066	357
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	173.10/cwt	164.75–176.50	1,061	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,132	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,199	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,190	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,273	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	477	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	657	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	729	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	168.10/cwt	165.00–176.00	719	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	183.40/cwt	180.00–186.00	792	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	183.04/cwt	172.00–189.00	880	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	171.39/cwt	160.00–174.00	888	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	153.04/cwt	150.50–156.50	885	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	161.78/cwt	156.50–163.50	956	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	159.07/cwt	146.00–161.00	1,020	193
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,150	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,212	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,315	5

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 Dec 10, 2021

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

Receipts 2,071Last week 2,234Year ago 1,774

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	865	152.00	152.00
9	—	265	180.00	180.00
9	—	346	190.00	190.00
11	—	396	184.00	184.00
73	—	432	180.00–186.00	183.40
193	—	641	146.00–161.00	159.07
94	—	518	160.00–174.00	171.39
122	—	481	172.00–189.00	183.04
139	—	591	156.50–163.50	161.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	428	165.00–176.00	168.10
15	—	827	146.50	146.50
16	—	772	149.00	149.00
28	—	578	150.50–156.50	153.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	672	168.50	168.50
357	—	577	172.00–190.50	184.71
12	—	729	164.50	164.50
9	—	287	215.00	215.00
102	—	476	193.00–217.00	202.80
183	—	529	190.00–201.50	192.17
183	—	613	164.75–176.50	173.10
36	—	424	211.00–212.00	211.65
5	—	376	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	511	161.00	161.00
14	—	562	172.00	172.00
23	—	484	166.00–210.00	184.75
20	—	429	169.00–171.00	170.52
6	—	816	156.00	156.00
9	—	780	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	576	173.00–173.50	173.27

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.