Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-09-08

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-08

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 8

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15 →

Receipts

1,371 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 1,370▲ 756 vs year ago 615 · +122.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of high quality, yearling steers and heifers off grass. The flesh condition was light and attractive and buyers were quick with their bids, which resulted in a very active market. Several full loads in the offering, along with many half loads and smaller packages allowing buyers to get full loads put together. Next week expecting 3,000 yearling steers and heifers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $244.05/cwt on 644 head.

Average price

$244.05

644 head · 824 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$293

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$21.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.63

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	822	244.95	2,012	598
Medium and Large 1-2	773	236.60	1,829	31
Large 1	1,031	223.60	2,305	15thin

One grade step is worth $21.35/cwt here — about −$293 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 sale644 hd

244.05

—

SD average4 barns · 2,693 hd

237.42

+6.63

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,906	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,952	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	756	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,003	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,007	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	838	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,129	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	841	253.03/cwt	247.50–255.00	2,128	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	851	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,025	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	894	251.48/cwt	246.00–252.50	2,248	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,209	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,340	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,291	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,587	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,784	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,760	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	725	259.67/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,883	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,839	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	773	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,813	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	249.73/cwt	245.50–256.50	1,938	185
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,959	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	240.78/cwt	238.75–247.00	1,998	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	242.36/cwt	237.00–246.75	2,101	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,171	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	232.43/cwt	226.50–234.50	2,238	57
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,031	223.60/cwt	223.50–224.00	2,305	15

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 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,371Last week 1,370Year ago 615

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	963	226.50–234.50	232.43
3	—	690	258.50	258.50
4	—	942	230.50	230.50
6	—	727	253.00	253.00
7	—	620	256.00	256.00
124	—	867	237.00–246.75	242.36
185	—	776	245.50–256.50	249.73
163	—	830	238.75–247.00	240.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,031	223.50–224.00	223.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	725	259.00–260.00	259.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	825	237.50	237.50
5	—	720	244.50	244.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	773	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	756	265.00	265.00
83	—	894	246.00–252.50	251.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	795	252.50	252.50
9	—	971	241.00	241.00
38	—	928	238.00	238.00
18	—	693	275.00	275.00
89	—	841	247.50–255.00	253.03
5	—	723	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	745	255.00	255.00
70	—	838	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	975	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	851	238.00	238.00

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.