Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2019-12-13

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 13
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
2,220 head
1,972 vs last sale 4,192 2,220 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 between the 450 - 650 pounds. The 650 - 700 weights were 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 3.00 - 5.00 higher in the 450 - 650 weights. Most flesh conditions today were moderate plus with a few consignments that had offerings with a nice shine as well. With the holidays fast approaching the demand to fill loads and orders makes for a good demand. Offerings are of moderate activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.31/cwt on 1,064 head.
Average price
$158.31
1,064 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.01
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583158.849251,030
Medium and Large 1-2499142.1971034
One grade step is worth $16.66/cwt here — about $216 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 sale1,064 hd
158.31
SD average9 barns · 26,009 hd
156.30
+2.01
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

25 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 1371160.00/cwt160.00–160.005944
HeifersMedium and Large 1714140.10/cwt124.00–146.501,00026
HeifersMedium and Large 1416162.63/cwt157.00–165.0067728
HeifersMedium and Large 1673132.14/cwt130.00–136.0088938
SteersMedium and Large 1630151.49/cwt146.50–154.50954140
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333110.00/cwt110.00–110.003666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491159.30/cwt159.00–160.0078210
SteersMedium and Large 1298172.00/cwt172.00–172.005134
SteersMedium and Large 1365183.08/cwt177.00–186.0066820
SteersMedium and Large 1726145.59/cwt141.50–151.001,05732
SteersMedium and Large 1486170.88/cwt165.00–184.5083041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539138.00/cwt138.00–138.007448
SteersMedium and Large 1411184.77/cwt183.00–190.0075943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575147.73/cwt143.00–151.0084910
SteersMedium and Large 1529164.29/cwt158.00–174.00869226
SteersMedium and Large 1669150.36/cwt144.00–156.251,006233
SteersMedium and Large 1574159.02/cwt144.00–168.00913291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618122.00/cwt122.00–122.007543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486143.00/cwt143.00–143.006956
HeifersMedium and Large 1620140.05/cwt132.50–144.00868103
HeifersMedium and Large 1534146.22/cwt140.00–148.50781192
HeifersMedium and Large 1478152.54/cwt145.00–159.50729243
HeifersMedium and Large 1564141.44/cwt137.00–145.50798292
HeifersMedium and Large 1346158.00/cwt158.00–158.005474
HeifersLarge 11,268112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4203

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.