Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-10-23

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 23
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012
Receipts
1,700 head
516 vs last sale 1,184 1,700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: Feeder steers were steady to 5.00 lower while heifers were steady to 3.00 lower. Over 95% of the offerings included pre-condition shots coupled with attractive light to moderate flesh conditions resulted in active market activity with very good demand. Next Calf Special is Friday Oct 25, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.42/cwt on 945 head.
Average price
$153.42
945 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.10
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575153.73883916
Medium and Large 1-2539143.8077529
One grade step is worth $9.93/cwt here — about $108 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 sale945 hd
153.42
SD average12 barns · 25,516 hd
153.52
−0.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1591151.50/cwt145.00–153.50895271
SteersMedium and Large 1706140.50/cwt140.50–140.5099215
SteersMedium and Large 1447163.00/cwt163.00–163.007295
HeifersMedium and Large 1565138.88/cwt134.50–142.00785146
HeifersMedium and Large 1701131.00/cwt131.00–131.0091813
SteersMedium and Large 1614151.04/cwt147.00–155.75927314
SteersMedium and Large 1491163.37/cwt160.00–167.00802105
SteersMedium and Large 1391161.00/cwt161.00–161.0063010
HeifersMedium and Large 1538142.17/cwt135.00–144.50765301
HeifersMedium and Large 1422145.23/cwt139.00–154.5061337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539143.80/cwt143.50–145.0077529
SteersMedium and Large 1528157.44/cwt153.00–164.25831184
SteersMedium and Large 1667139.61/cwt139.00–140.5093112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535130.50/cwt130.50–130.5069810
HeifersMedium and Large 1478141.08/cwt133.00–149.00674101

How this sale compares

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.