Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-01-05

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-05

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 5

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Dec 8Jan 5Jan 19 →

Receipts

2,707 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 2,598▲ 233 vs year ago 2,474 · +9.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend can be made for the first sale of 2024; the last reported sale was 4 weeks ago. Demand was good for this offering with premium prices going to fully vaccinated, weaned, black hided calves. Flesh condition was mixed and also a factor in prices. Winter weather has set in with temperatures slowly becoming more seasonable in the area. Snow fall just before Christmas brought some moisture, but also deteriorated conditions in yards.

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 $283.21/cwt on 870 head.

Average price

$283.21

870 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$421

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

$4.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.27

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	433	287.84	1,247	29
Medium and Large 1	589	283.05	1,667	841

One grade step is worth $4.79/cwt here — about −$421 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 sale870 hd

283.21

—

SD average7 barns · 12,029 hd

248.94

+34.27

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,190	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	328.10/cwt	326.50–332.50	1,411	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	312.82/cwt	299.00–321.00	1,470	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	307.97/cwt	282.00–317.50	1,617	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	288.68/cwt	266.00–299.00	1,669	425
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	245.72/cwt	241.00–263.00	1,526	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	244.15/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,648	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	246.31/cwt	238.50–249.50	1,788	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,685	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	986	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,686	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	828	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,079	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	933	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	279.42/cwt	270.50–284.00	1,224	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	278.55/cwt	268.00–289.00	1,329	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	265.22/cwt	259.00–278.00	1,376	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	260.94/cwt	256.00–264.50	1,482	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	230.65/cwt	224.50–234.00	1,414	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	806	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,298	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,532	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,721	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	946	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,883	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	991	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,695	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	804	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,214	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	867	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,231	12

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 Jan 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,707Last week 2,598Year ago 2,474

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
425	—	578	266.00–299.00	288.68
24	—	675	241.00–245.00	244.15
5	—	986	171.00	171.00
19	—	430	326.50–332.50	328.10
67	—	621	241.00–263.00	245.72
7	—	810	208.00	208.00
171	—	525	282.00–317.50	307.97
100	—	726	238.50–249.50	246.31
23	—	470	299.00–321.00	312.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	460	280.00	280.00
13	—	400	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	477	268.00–289.00	278.55
76	—	438	270.50–284.00	279.42
110	—	519	259.00–278.00	265.22
107	—	613	224.50–234.00	230.65
104	—	568	256.00–264.50	260.94
16	—	856	201.00	201.00
10	—	991	171.00	171.00
7	—	828	185.00	185.00
7	—	300	276.00	276.00
49	—	946	199.00	199.00
24	—	380	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	806	161.00	161.00
8	—	381	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	867	142.00	142.00
5	—	804	151.00	151.00

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.