Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2021-12-17

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-17

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

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Receipts

2,203 head

▲ 132 vs last sale 2,071▲ 2,203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Heifer and steer calves were lightly tested, with most weights too lightly tested to develop a market trend. Steer calves 400 - 500 lbs sold steady on a light test. Feeder heifers 400 - 500 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Demand was mostly good for this week's offerings, with mostly small and medium packages of calves. Most offerings were weaned and bunk broke. Buyers were active, for this last sale of 2021, despite snow and high winds in the area. The next sale, a feeder calf special, will be January 7, 2022.

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 $185.31/cwt on 244 head.

Average price

$185.31

244 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$112

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

$39.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.54

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	194.78	984	186
Medium and Large 1-2	707	154.93	1,096	58

One grade step is worth $39.85/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale244 hd

185.31

—

SD average6 barns · 9,725 hd

170.77

+14.54

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

Every lot

16 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	203.12/cwt	200.00–205.00	782	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	406	204.25/cwt	202.00–208.00	829	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	200.05/cwt	199.00–200.50	980	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,051	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,100	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,204	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,327	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	286	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	435	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	606	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	670	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	179.83/cwt	176.00–181.00	786	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	178.04/cwt	176.00–181.00	858	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	873	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	834	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	889	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	140.31/cwt	140.00–141.75	1,021	23

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 17, 2021

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

Receipts 2,203Last week 2,071Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	762	158.00	158.00
94	—	490	199.00–200.50	200.05
41	—	385	200.00–205.00	203.12
24	—	406	202.00–208.00	204.25
18	—	862	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	712	154.50	154.50
5	—	659	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	482	176.00–181.00	178.04
35	—	437	176.00–181.00	179.83
23	—	728	140.00–141.75	140.31
15	—	383	175.00	175.00
11	—	582	150.00	150.00
10	—	622	143.00	143.00
5	—	348	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	600	139.00	139.00
5	—	286	152.00	152.00

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.