Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-09-13

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 13
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
834 head
834 vs last sale 0 834 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers were steady in a narrow comparison. Yearling heifers were 2.00 - 7.00 higher this week. Demand was good for the strings of yearling spayed and open heifers. Many home raised holding an attractive, moderate flesh condition. It appears the inclement weather condition in Eastern South Dakota has not affected market activity. Next sale Sept 20, 2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.84/cwt on 586 head.
Average price
$127.84
586 head · 856 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$7.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.50
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1846128.401,086545
Medium and Large 1-2763120.509197thin
Large 11,038120.461,25034
One grade step is worth $7.94/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale586 hd
127.84
SD average6 barns · 3,807 hd
125.34
+2.50
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

18 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
BullsLarge 11,125103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,15917
HeifersLarge 11,070118.25/cwt118.25–118.251,26511
HeifersLarge 11,022121.51/cwt120.25–123.001,24223
HeifersMedium and Large 1732128.39/cwt128.00–129.0094010
HeifersMedium and Large 1981123.42/cwt121.00–125.251,21127
HeifersMedium and Large 1790131.41/cwt127.50–132.001,03851
HeifersMedium and Large 1914126.84/cwt126.00–127.251,15979
HeifersMedium and Large 1878126.35/cwt123.50–129.751,109113
HeifersMedium and Large 1820130.00/cwt129.50–131.001,066162
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed685134.00/cwt134.00–134.009184
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed722125.50/cwt125.50–125.5090611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed773125.00/cwt125.00–125.0096618
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed831130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,08470
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2763120.50/cwt120.50–120.509197
SteersMedium and Large 1740135.00/cwt135.00–135.009993
SteersMedium and Large 1820135.86/cwt133.00–136.501,11427
SteersMedium and Large 1785133.75/cwt131.50–136.501,05032
SteersMedium and Large 1925134.39/cwt132.25–135.501,24386

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.