Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2020-10-14

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 14

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2012

← Nov 6Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

1,359 head

▲ 549 vs last sale 810▲ 175 vs year ago 1,184 · +14.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: Feeder Steers, in the comparable weights of 450 - 600 pounds, were 3.00 - 6.00 higher. Feeder Heifers, in the comparable weights of 400 -550 pounds, were 7.00 lower. Flesh conditions of the majority of offerings was of a moderate condition. Offerings cleared the market at a reasonable rate creating a moderate activity. Demand was moderate for this sale. Next sale is Friday Oct. 16, 2020.

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 $163.27/cwt on 677 head.

Average price

$163.27

677 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$7.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.43

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	163.82	846	626
Medium and Large 1-2	411	156.58	643	51

One grade step is worth $7.24/cwt here — about $203 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 sale677 hd

163.27

—

SD average10 barns · 20,207 hd

154.84

+8.43

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. 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	328	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	541	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	331	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	563	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	347	162.37/cwt	155.00–166.00	563	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	166.41/cwt	163.00–175.00	617	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	392	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	662	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	165.15/cwt	162.00–170.00	694	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	155.56/cwt	150.00–158.00	670	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	451	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	681	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	458	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	737	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	174.72/cwt	167.00–181.00	809	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	163.18/cwt	155.00–170.50	875	242
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	157.19/cwt	155.00–159.25	902	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	143.65/cwt	143.00–144.00	921	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	257	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	419	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	166.77/cwt	163.00–167.00	565	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	353	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	540	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	147.72/cwt	142.00–151.00	640	167
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	145.26/cwt	141.50–147.00	693	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	140.74/cwt	138.00–143.00	736	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	762	44

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

St. Onge Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - St. Onge, SD

Wed Oct 14, 2020

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

Receipts 1,359Last week 810Year ago 1,184

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	433	142.00–151.00	147.72
85	—	339	163.00–167.00	166.77
144	—	523	138.00–143.00	140.74
54	—	477	141.50–147.00	145.26
44	—	556	137.00	137.00
28	—	257	163.00	163.00
6	—	353	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
242	—	536	155.00–170.50	163.18
132	—	463	167.00–181.00	174.72
16	—	371	163.00–175.00	166.41
24	—	420	162.00–170.00	165.15
153	—	574	155.00–159.25	157.19
20	—	641	143.00–144.00	143.65
5	—	328	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	451	151.00	151.00
15	—	347	155.00–166.00	162.37
25	—	431	150.00–158.00	155.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	331	170.00	170.00
16	—	458	161.00	161.00
12	—	392	169.00	169.00

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.