Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-03-24

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-24

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 24

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Mar 3Mar 24Sep 1 →

Receipts

1,480 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 1,496▼ 37 vs year ago 1,517 · −2.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last feeder cattle sale was three weeks ago; therefor, a market trend can not be established. There was very good demand for this nice offering of feeder steers and replacement type heifer calves. A few load lots and large packages of mostly home raised calves sold on an active market with buyers both on the internet and in the stands. Several of the consignments were carry overs from two weeks ago, after another storm hit the area. Despite the long winter, the condition on the calves was good.

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 $240.46/cwt on 508 head.

Average price

$240.46

508 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

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

$25.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+36.06

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	242.45	1,449	468
Medium and Large 1-2	660	217.13	1,432	40

One grade step is worth $25.33/cwt here — about $17 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 sale508 hd

240.46

—

SD average7 barns · 16,148 hd

204.40

+36.06

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	357	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	982	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,178	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	259.39/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,271	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	250.98/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,451	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,327	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,322	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	229.76/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,457	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,569	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,494	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	221.82/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,595	86
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	784	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	225.33/cwt	221.00–235.00	998	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	959	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	234.39/cwt	221.00–237.50	1,132	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	221.37/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,151	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	222.73/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,285	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	220.15/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,365	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,147	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,347	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	176.59/cwt	168.00–181.00	1,369	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,437	70

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 Mar 24, 2023

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

Receipts 1,480Last week 1,496Year ago 1,517

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	341	230.00	230.00
9	—	682	197.50	197.50
16	—	443	221.00–235.00	225.33
23	—	520	216.00–226.00	221.37
23	—	775	168.00–181.00	176.59
70	—	845	170.00	170.00
92	—	577	214.00–225.00	222.73
101	—	483	221.00–237.50	234.39
121	—	620	219.00–221.00	220.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	450	213.00	213.00
17	—	663	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	216.00	216.00
10	—	595	223.00	223.00
25	—	695	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	438	269.00	269.00
79	—	578	241.00–258.00	250.98
86	—	719	221.00–222.00	221.82
48	—	634	223.00–233.00	229.76
120	—	685	229.00	229.00
19	—	357	275.00	275.00
39	—	490	256.00–261.00	259.39

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.