Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2024-02-09

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-09

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 9

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Jan 26Feb 9Feb 23 →

Receipts

2,411 head

▲ 711 vs last sale 1,700▼ 258 vs year ago 2,669 · −9.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers 500 - 550lbs, sharply higher; 550 - 600lbs, 4.00 higher; 600 - 650lbs, 12.00 higher; 650 - 700lbs 15.00 higher; over 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 450 - 500lbs, 5.00 lower; 500 - 600lbs 8.00 - 10.00 higher; 600 - 650lbs, 5.00 lower, on a light test from last week's smaller showing. Good demand for load lots and large packages. Optimism in the markets showed with order buyers and producers in the stands and on the internet bidding actively. Several large packages of heifers, bangs vaccinated, were likely headed back to a breeding program; F1 Baldies brought premium prices. Flesh condition varied, with most light to moderate. Almost spring like conditions in the area for the last few weeks showed on cattle coming from feed yards, as the mud has set in.

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 $278.50/cwt on 1,131 head.

Average price

$278.50

1,131 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$13.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.96

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	278.72	1,655	1,112
Medium and Large 1-2	541	265.58	1,437	19thin

One grade step is worth $13.14/cwt here — about $218 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 sale1,131 hd

278.50

—

SD average9 barns · 13,301 hd

252.54

+25.96

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	360.94/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,357	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	342.05/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,498	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	335.10/cwt	328.00–338.00	1,619	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	327.16/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,698	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,321	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	324.66/cwt	299.00–328.00	1,909	104
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	304.51/cwt	291.50–316.00	1,912	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	277.05/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,762	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	285.82/cwt	279.00–293.00	1,929	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	264.75/cwt	246.00–274.00	1,901	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,832	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,915	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,983	75
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,218	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	317.14/cwt	308.00–321.00	1,326	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	297.75/cwt	283.50–315.50	1,435	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,488	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	299.17/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,577	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,397	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	285.82/cwt	274.00–291.50	1,669	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	277.65/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,716	270
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	258.42/cwt	240.50–270.50	1,734	305
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,560	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	220.02/cwt	214.00–240.00	1,727	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,743	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,278	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,425	40

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 Feb 9, 2024

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

Receipts 2,411Last week 1,700Year ago 2,669

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	448	318.00	318.00
17	—	364	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	850	205.00	205.00
11	—	714	218.50	218.50
19	—	383	318.00	318.00
26	—	785	214.00–240.00	220.02
126	—	482	283.50–315.50	297.75
126	—	584	274.00–291.50	285.82
270	—	618	260.00–290.00	277.65
182	—	527	289.00–306.00	299.17
305	—	671	240.50–270.50	258.42
39	—	418	308.00–321.00	317.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	308.00	308.00
13	—	568	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	636	260.00–283.00	277.05
6	—	539	245.00	245.00
19	—	730	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	806	246.00	246.00
10	—	376	355.00–367.50	360.94
13	—	438	337.50–345.00	342.05
84	—	718	246.00–274.00	264.75
104	—	588	299.00–328.00	324.66
119	—	519	320.00–338.00	327.16
55	—	772	248.00	248.00
45	—	675	279.00–293.00	285.82
56	—	628	291.50–316.00	304.51
49	—	483	328.00–338.00	335.10

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.