Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-11-06

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 6
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012
Receipts
2,052 head
740 vs last sale 1,312 2,052 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday last week: The feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. The large consignments offered today were in very good demand contributing to the slightly higher averages in those weight groups. The majority of consignments were favored for having all the branding time shots coupled with the precondition shots. There was moderate market activity on the moderately fleshed calves. Next sale is Friday Nov. 8, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.77/cwt on 1,072 head.
Average price
$156.77
1,072 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$372
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.59
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578157.069081,058
Medium and Large 1-2397135.0053614thin
One grade step is worth $22.06/cwt here — about $372 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 sale1,072 hd
156.77
SD average11 barns · 32,638 hd
155.18
+1.59
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

13 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 1-2397135.00/cwt135.00–135.0053614
SteersMedium and Large 1490167.67/cwt165.50–178.00822137
SteersMedium and Large 1701144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,01330
HeifersMedium and Large 1538141.01/cwt140.00–143.50759159
HeifersMedium and Large 1419148.00/cwt148.00–148.0062019
SteersMedium and Large 1632152.81/cwt147.00–156.00966330
SteersMedium and Large 1429183.16/cwt180.00–187.5078634
HeifersMedium and Large 1480148.34/cwt138.50–155.00712203
HeifersMedium and Large 1392153.55/cwt152.00–157.0060252
SteersMedium and Large 1580155.05/cwt148.00–156.25899446
SteersMedium and Large 1517161.15/cwt151.00–162.0083381
HeifersMedium and Large 1573147.31/cwt145.00–148.50844284
HeifersMedium and Large 1621143.25/cwt143.25–143.2589094

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.