Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-08-30

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 30
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
← earliestAug 30Sep 6
Receipts
1,233 head
1,233 vs last sale 0 1,233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was no comparison calculated considering this is the first reported sale for the fall season at St. Onge Livestock. There were several moderate strings of attractive, green steers. Several small strings of open heifers were also in attractive condition. 35 percent of the offerings were heifers and 65 percent were steers. Next Yearling Special is September 6, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.38/cwt on 620 head.
Average price
$136.38
620 head · 922 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,257
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.29
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1901137.731,241543
Medium and Large 1-2909129.501,17711thin
Large 11,097126.411,38766
One grade step is worth $11.31/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale620 hd
136.38
SD average7 barns · 6,929 hd
135.09
+1.29
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 Livestock Auction - 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 1995135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,343107
HeifersMedium and Large 1886129.54/cwt126.00–131.501,148185
HeifersLarge 11,057116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,2319
SteersMedium and Large 1895139.42/cwt139.00–139.501,248213
SteersLarge 11,121120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3453
HeifersLarge 11,015122.32/cwt119.50–123.751,24218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2909129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,17711
SteersLarge 11,096126.72/cwt125.00–127.001,38963
HeifersMedium and Large 1995123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,22919
SteersMedium and Large 1781140.13/cwt139.25–144.251,09445
HeifersMedium and Large 1781132.62/cwt132.00–133.501,03621
SteersMedium and Large 1837140.34/cwt138.50–140.751,17585
HeifersMedium and Large 1912128.11/cwt126.50–129.251,16870
SteersMedium and Large 1923133.45/cwt130.00–135.251,23293
HeifersMedium and Large 1822129.94/cwt129.00–131.751,06898

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.