Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2020-02-14

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 14
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
2,466 head
1,437 vs last sale 1,029 2,466 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was not a sale last week due to the Black Hills Stock Show. Compared to two weeks ago: There were few offerings two weeks ago, but prices held steady. Today's offerings held an attractive condition overall, especially the F-1 heifers. There was an active demand with active market activity. Next feeder cattle sale is Feb. 28, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.98/cwt on 998 head.
Average price
$152.98
998 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.48
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583154.07898932
Medium and Large 1-2589137.6181166
One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about $87 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 sale998 hd
152.98
SD average9 barns · 12,081 hd
143.50
+9.48
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

32 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 1380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006467
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy530162.00/cwt162.00–162.008597
HeifersMedium and Large 1696127.50/cwt127.50–127.508876
HeifersMedium and Large 1413169.89/cwt167.50–172.5070213
HeifersMedium and Large 1728129.47/cwt126.50–135.0094368
HeifersMedium and Large 1530154.17/cwt148.00–159.0081789
HeifersMedium and Large 1482161.75/cwt157.00–171.00780111
SteersMedium and Large 1770150.63/cwt149.25–152.501,160242
SteersMedium and Large 1568172.29/cwt164.00–178.2597965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628150.00/cwt150.00–150.0094220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,01930
SteersMedium and Large 1537179.46/cwt172.00–181.7596489
SteersMedium and Large 1831145.96/cwt144.50–146.501,21394
SteersMedium and Large 1669156.36/cwt154.50–157.001,046143
SteersMedium and Large 1631165.54/cwt159.50–171.251,04570
SteersMedium and Large 1724152.36/cwt141.00–155.751,10384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655142.00/cwt142.00–142.009308
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596158.00/cwt158.00–158.0094212
SteersMedium and Large 1478183.11/cwt181.00–184.0087514
SteersMedium and Large 1434194.62/cwt193.00–197.5084516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411158.00/cwt158.00–158.0064920
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2708125.50/cwt125.50–125.5088929
HeifersMedium and Large 1563156.97/cwt151.50–158.00884237
HeifersMedium and Large 1613149.73/cwt140.00–152.50918278
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625129.00/cwt129.00–129.008067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577138.00/cwt138.00–138.0079610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed429185.00/cwt185.00–185.0079411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added510165.96/cwt164.00–168.0084612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added597171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,02121
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added655163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,06811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added646158.08/cwt154.00–161.001,02131
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added709157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,11337

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.