Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-10-30

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 30
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012
Receipts
1,312 head
388 vs last sale 1,700 1,312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers were 5.00 - 10.00 higher and feeder heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. There were 3 large consignments offering truck loads contributing to the good demand. There was moderate market activity on the moderate flesh conditioned calves. Next sale Friday Nov. 1, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.63/cwt on 785 head.
Average price
$159.63
785 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552159.91882773
Medium and Large 1-2535141.5075712thin
One grade step is worth $18.41/cwt here — about $125 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 sale785 hd
159.63
SD average12 barns · 28,468 hd
155.22
+4.41
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

20 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 1567156.36/cwt152.50–159.00887286
SteersMedium and Large 1682144.86/cwt142.50–146.2598867
SteersMedium and Large 1378183.96/cwt178.00–190.0069517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469131.84/cwt128.00–136.0061812
HeifersMedium and Large 1464147.07/cwt140.00–150.2568288
HeifersMedium and Large 1383151.50/cwt151.50–151.5058013
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full855133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,14110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535141.50/cwt141.50–141.5075712
SteersMedium and Large 1602149.17/cwt146.50–150.00898136
SteersMedium and Large 1417180.95/cwt178.50–186.0075534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2609130.00/cwt130.00–130.0079213
HeifersMedium and Large 1562138.22/cwt132.50–140.0077796
HeifersMedium and Large 1842138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,16624
HeifersMedium and Large 1966131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,2703
SteersMedium and Large 1483171.69/cwt168.00–178.00829165
SteersMedium and Large 1509168.01/cwt163.50–178.5085564
SteersMedium and Large 1937134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2564
HeifersMedium and Large 1515143.74/cwt134.00–145.75740156
HeifersMedium and Large 1424147.80/cwt146.00–150.5062740
HeifersMedium and Large 1796137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,0958

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.