Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-11-15

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 15
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
5,540 head
708 vs last sale 6,248 5,540 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 steady to 5.00 higher while feeder heifers were unevenly steady. If you look beneath the muddy hides of the offerings today you would find an attractive moderately fleshed condition. The pace of the market was active today with the abundance of consignments. The demand on the commodities was very good for this sale. Next sale is Friday, November 22, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.10/cwt on 3,329 head.
Average price
$161.10
3,329 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.97
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590161.909543,179
Medium and Large 1-2555144.02800150
One grade step is worth $17.88/cwt here — about $155 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 sale3,329 hd
161.10
SD average9 barns · 24,623 hd
157.13
+3.97
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

36 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
HeifersLarge 11,036123.34/cwt122.00–124.001,27815
HeifersMedium and Large 1825139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,14912
HeifersMedium and Large 1386167.75/cwt157.00–174.0064876
HeifersMedium and Large 1566137.67/cwt130.00–144.50779391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372138.00/cwt138.00–138.0051316
SteersMedium and Large 1761138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,0544
SteersMedium and Large 1729141.55/cwt139.50–147.001,03225
SteersMedium and Large 1848156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,32373
SteersMedium and Large 1431184.64/cwt175.00–193.00796247
SteersMedium and Large 1622154.60/cwt142.50–161.10962717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2358158.00/cwt158.00–158.005665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541151.20/cwt151.00–154.0081874
HeifersLarge 11,115116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2937
HeifersMedium and Large 1325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005208
HeifersMedium and Large 1618132.59/cwt130.00–135.0081947
HeifersMedium and Large 1520143.16/cwt130.50–149.00744313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487132.00/cwt132.00–132.006436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425136.50/cwt136.50–136.5058025
SteersMedium and Large 1880152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,33815
SteersMedium and Large 1366191.05/cwt181.00–206.0069929
SteersMedium and Large 1947149.85/cwt149.85–149.851,419214
SteersMedium and Large 1530165.96/cwt158.00–173.00880566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667125.00/cwt125.00–125.008344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618124.19/cwt123.00–125.0076748
HeifersLarge 11,090118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2865
HeifersMedium and Large 1709132.00/cwt132.00–132.009367
HeifersMedium and Large 1658134.97/cwt125.00–138.0088846
HeifersMedium and Large 1409164.67/cwt154.00–171.00674110
HeifersMedium and Large 1478149.91/cwt141.00–158.00717442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573105.00/cwt105.00–105.0060219
SteersMedium and Large 1995134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3334
SteersMedium and Large 1326171.14/cwt167.50–176.0055827
SteersMedium and Large 1682144.91/cwt141.00–148.00988137
SteersMedium and Large 1475176.26/cwt170.00–181.00837365
SteersMedium and Large 1572158.19/cwt145.00–163.75905756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480166.50/cwt166.50–166.5079919

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.