Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2020-05-01

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, May 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,018 head
1,018 vs last sale 0 1,018 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last report published 6 weeks ago, therefore, no comparisons will be calculated. A very large string of black and red Chars (steers and heifers) were offered, amongst black steers and replacement quality heifers, resulting in wide price spreads. Flesh conditions were inconsistent, with moderate to moderate plus with a splash of green. The price trend was steady to weak with prices tending lower, but not measurably so. Moderate to slow was our market activity for today's sales. Next feeder cattle special is May 8th, 2020

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.56/cwt on 528 head.
Average price
$123.56
528 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.59
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1647126.75821462
Medium and Large 1-2618101.1962666
One grade step is worth $25.56/cwt here — about $195 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 sale528 hd
123.56
SD average7 barns · 3,834 hd
119.97
+3.59
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 1805110.00/cwt110.00–110.008864
HeifersMedium and Large 1519137.70/cwt132.00–141.5071523
HeifersMedium and Large 1628122.54/cwt118.50–132.0077078
HeifersMedium and Large 1-246190.00/cwt90.00–90.004157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-263097.61/cwt94.00–99.5061530
HeifersMedium and Large 1923110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0153
HeifersMedium and Large 1466136.40/cwt133.00–137.5063621
HeifersMedium and Large 1581139.91/cwt130.00–143.0081369
HeifersMedium and Large 1675130.43/cwt123.50–133.0088096
SteersMedium and Large 1422143.00/cwt143.00–143.006037
SteersMedium and Large 1798120.00/cwt120.00–120.0095829
SteersMedium and Large 1629138.50/cwt137.50–149.0087190
SteersMedium and Large 1554163.00/cwt163.00–163.009036
SteersMedium and Large 1474155.39/cwt153.00–158.0073720
SteersMedium and Large 1538159.55/cwt156.00–160.0085884
SteersMedium and Large 1650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009102
SteersMedium and Large 1358152.69/cwt141.00–164.0054714
SteersMedium and Large 1723131.75/cwt131.75–131.7595379
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740125.50/cwt125.50–125.5092915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2592106.51/cwt102.00–117.0063120
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy699118.75/cwt118.75–118.7583034
HeifersMedium and Large 1419128.73/cwt123.00–137.0053911
HeifersMedium and Large 1783124.00/cwt124.00–124.0097129
HeifersMedium and Large 1707116.76/cwt116.50–118.0082594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008369

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.