Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2023-09-15

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-15

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 15

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →

Receipts

3,489 head

▲ 2,118 vs last sale 1,371▲ 1,489 vs year ago 2,000 · +74.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold 5.00 - 7.00 higher. Heifers in most weights sold mostly steady, with the exception of 850 - 900 lbs, selling 8.00 lower. Very good demand for this nice offering of yearling steers and heifers, fresh off grass, with several full loads and large lots offered making it possible for buyers to fill some loads with a single source. The market was active, with buyers in the seats and on the internet, vying for the attractive, light conditioned cattle. Several of the heifers consigned with the larger lots and several of the smaller lots were spayed, with the rest tested open.

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 $244.67/cwt on 2,329 head.

Average price

$244.67

2,329 head · 818 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$272

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	820	245.26	2,011	2,239
Medium and Large 1-2	780	232.95	1,818	37
Medium and Large 2	742	228.51	1,695	47
Large 1	1,026	222.50	2,283	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.76/cwt here — about −$272 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 sale2,329 hd

244.67

—

SD average8 barns · 11,531 hd

242.84

+1.83

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,515	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,719	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,794	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,910	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	270.63/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,989	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	744	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,786	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	263.63/cwt	260.00–270.50	2,038	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	252.09/cwt	244.00–256.00	1,949	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	259.53/cwt	259.00–260.00	2,102	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,984	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	843	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,002	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,061	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	252.86/cwt	247.50–257.50	2,197	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	243.32/cwt	242.00–246.00	2,251	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	954	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,342	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	972	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,265	5
Steers	—	Large 1	1,034	227.83/cwt	224.00–229.50	2,356	43
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,408	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,483	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	641	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,763	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,709	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	662	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,688	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	701	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,493	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	253.41/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,802	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	727	258.05/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,876	369
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	752	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,812	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	762	247.32/cwt	242.00–257.50	1,885	228
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	772	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,853	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	788	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,856	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	246.33/cwt	242.50–248.00	1,944	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	802	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	1,967	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	241.72/cwt	236.00–245.50	1,985	331
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	234.42/cwt	227.50–235.50	2,061	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	893	232.15/cwt	230.50–235.50	2,073	183
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	237.70/cwt	228.50–241.75	2,192	191
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	929	239.67/cwt	239.00–240.00	2,227	171
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	958	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	2,230	247
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,102	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,020	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,026	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,283	6

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 15, 2023

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

Receipts 3,489Last week 1,371Year ago 2,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,026	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	964	218.00	218.00
9	—	512	275.00	275.00
22	—	711	249.00–256.00	253.41
37	—	660	259.00	259.00
331	—	821	236.00–245.50	241.72
119	—	789	242.50–248.00	246.33
191	—	922	228.50–241.75	237.70
37	—	879	227.50–235.50	234.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	251.00	251.00
9	—	752	241.00	241.00
9	—	990	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	641	275.00	275.00
228	—	762	242.00–257.50	247.32
147	—	802	245.25	245.25
183	—	893	230.50–235.50	232.15
247	—	958	232.75	232.75
171	—	929	239.00–240.00	239.67
369	—	727	256.00–263.00	258.05
43	—	662	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	772	240.00	240.00
20	—	701	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	788	235.50	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	925	242.00–246.00	243.32
26	—	735	267.00–275.00	270.63
92	—	773	260.00–270.50	263.63
172	—	869	247.50–257.50	252.86
53	—	810	259.00–260.00	259.53
11	—	954	245.50	245.50
15	—	692	276.00	276.00
37	—	613	280.50	280.50
7	—	510	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	972	233.00	233.00
6	—	832	238.50	238.50
46	—	773	244.00–256.00	252.09
19	—	864	238.50	238.50
18	—	690	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	744	240.00	240.00
14	—	843	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,034	224.00–229.50	227.83

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.