Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-11-08

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 8
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
6,248 head
1,074 vs last sale 5,174 6,248 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Friday last week: Feeder steers were steady with the exception of the high 400 weights that were 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers were steady to 4.00 higher today. The wide spread price ranges reflected are, in part, due to the lessened demand for cattle that do not have the precondition shots. The price spreads were also due to the lack of truck loads sold today. Many smaller strings were offered of moderate flesh condition. Market activity was at a good pace today. Next sale is Nov. 15, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.66/cwt on 3,489 head.
Average price
$157.66
3,489 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$472
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$39.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570157.948993,400
Medium and Large 1-2510150.2576780
Large 11,157118.501,3719thin
One grade step is worth $39.44/cwt here — about −$472 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 sale3,489 hd
157.66
SD average11 barns · 32,146 hd
156.18
+1.48
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

37 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy510151.50/cwt151.50–151.5077340
HeifersMedium and Large 1294142.50/cwt142.50–142.504195
HeifersMedium and Large 1830138.11/cwt135.50–139.751,14613
HeifersMedium and Large 1431156.24/cwt150.50–162.00673147
HeifersMedium and Large 1485150.89/cwt141.00–162.00732355
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425135.11/cwt132.00–138.0057426
SteersLarge 11,157118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,3719
SteersMedium and Large 1348192.00/cwt192.00–192.0066814
SteersMedium and Large 1710142.33/cwt140.00–143.501,01118
SteersMedium and Large 1673149.19/cwt140.25–152.751,004305
SteersMedium and Large 1523163.52/cwt150.00–173.50855731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519146.00/cwt146.00–146.0075816
HeifersLarge 11,057128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,35311
HeifersMedium and Large 1965131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2644
HeifersMedium and Large 1316140.00/cwt140.00–140.0044213
HeifersMedium and Large 1381154.61/cwt146.00–168.00589106
HeifersMedium and Large 1573140.76/cwt132.00–145.00807263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520128.00/cwt128.00–128.0066619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474137.77/cwt137.00–138.5065345
SteersMedium and Large 1788135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,06810
SteersMedium and Large 1962141.44/cwt140.50–142.501,36117
SteersMedium and Large 1430177.63/cwt173.50–189.00764183
SteersMedium and Large 1572152.72/cwt141.50–165.00874709
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580131.00/cwt131.00–131.0076014
HeifersLarge 11,003129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2945
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy449172.00/cwt172.00–172.0077272
HeifersMedium and Large 1672135.00/cwt135.00–135.009079
HeifersMedium and Large 1940133.16/cwt131.00–134.501,25219
HeifersMedium and Large 1618140.27/cwt131.50–144.00867217
HeifersMedium and Large 1529142.10/cwt133.00–145.75752399
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384138.69/cwt136.00–140.0053328
SteersMedium and Large 1868145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,2633
SteersMedium and Large 1931137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,27517
SteersMedium and Large 1355187.48/cwt187.00–190.0066620
SteersMedium and Large 1474176.44/cwt165.00–189.00836404
SteersMedium and Large 1625148.98/cwt140.00–155.00931969
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488157.00/cwt157.00–157.0076650

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.