Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-10-04

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,343 head
▼ 297 vs last sale 1,640▲ 1,343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were higher 1.00 - 4.00 in a narrow comparison while feeder heifers stayed steady. Most consignments brought moderately fleshed calves and yearlings. Demand of calves and yearlings was active with a moderate demand. Next sale is Oct. 11, 2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.44/cwt on 544 head.
Average price
$137.44
544 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$787
per head · Small and Medium 1 over Large 1
$18.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.51
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 1361147.5453273
Medium and Large 1633136.81866417
Large 11,025128.681,31954
One grade step is worth $18.86/cwt here — about −$787 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 sale544 hd
137.44
—
SD average9 barns · 8,980 hd
135.94
+1.51
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

31 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 1—576143.71/cwt140.50–146.0082849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—840135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1345
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—966131.31/cwt129.50–133.001,26821
SteersMedium and Large 1—794145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,15128
SteersMedium and Large 1—885143.88/cwt142.00–144.751,27357
SteersSmall and Medium 1—310162.00/cwt162.00–162.005029
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—868138.29/cwt132.50–138.751,20093
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—840129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0846
SteersMedium and Large 1—924136.11/cwt134.50–139.001,25811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386150.00/cwt150.00–150.005798
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—881130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,15015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477138.34/cwt135.50–142.50660158
SteersLarge 1—1,015133.20/cwt131.50–134.001,35216
SteersMedium and Large 1—618142.07/cwt133.00–145.5087844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—578135.00/cwt135.00–135.007805
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—913134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,22315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532133.33/cwt131.50–136.5070952
SteersLarge 1—1,069128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,36815
SteersMedium and Large 1—417167.00/cwt167.00–167.0069639
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—496171.50/cwt171.50–171.5085159
HeifersLarge 1Guaranteed Open—1,009130.13/cwt129.75–130.251,31343
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579130.00/cwt130.00–130.0075329
HeifersSmall and Medium 1—388145.24/cwt142.00–148.0056444
SteersMedium and Large 1—508160.00/cwt160.00–160.0081337
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—401180.00/cwt180.00–180.007229
HeifersLarge 1Guaranteed Open—1,086123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,33611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—401146.50/cwt146.50–146.5058720
HeifersSmall and Medium 1—319151.03/cwt149.50–152.0048229
SteersMedium and Large 1—658144.00/cwt144.00–144.0094833
SteersMedium and Large 1—474164.24/cwt153.00–169.5077879
SteersSmall and Medium 1—371165.26/cwt162.00–167.0061342

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.