Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers stayed steady in a narrow comparison from last week. The demand was good this week with 2 large consignments, offering truck loads of cattle that had an appreciative weighing condition. The market activity was overall active with green and an attractive stretch of the majority of calves. Next sale is Sept. 27, 2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.72/cwt on 1,028 head.

Average price

$129.72

1,028 head · 836 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$12.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	825	130.65	1,078	946
Large 1	1,037	119.57	1,239	49
Medium and Large 1-2	843	118.41	998	33

One grade step is worth $12.24/cwt here — about $81 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 sale1,028 hd

129.72

—

SD average5 barns · 2,988 hd

129.02

+0.71

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

27 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	127.86/cwt	127.00–128.25	1,176	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	786	134.36/cwt	133.75–135.00	1,056	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	902	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,078	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	132.69/cwt	128.50–133.75	1,266	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	136.25/cwt	131.50–137.00	1,037	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	862	126.28/cwt	121.00–127.25	1,089	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	765	118.07/cwt	117.00–119.00	903	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	137.20/cwt	132.50–139.25	1,133	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	129.26/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,069	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	966	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,222	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	876	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,025	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,133	35
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	—	1,037	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,231	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	687	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	817	130.37/cwt	128.50–132.25	1,065	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	108.58/cwt	105.50–109.50	1,020	30
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,014	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,247	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	626	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	908	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	729	136.47/cwt	131.50–139.00	995	164
Steers	Large 1	—	1,042	124.02/cwt	120.00–124.75	1,292	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	133.36/cwt	130.75–135.00	1,219	244
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,078	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,229	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	127.03/cwt	125.25–128.25	1,109	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	909	125.26/cwt	124.00–126.75	1,139	121
Steers	Large 1	—	1,055	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,329	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	134.85/cwt	128.75–137.00	1,160	188

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.

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