Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2020-07-10

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jul 10
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
876 head
876 vs last sale 0 876 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last recorded sale was 9 weeks ago, on May 8, 2020, therefore no accurate comparison can be made with today's sale. The price trend was steady to firm on the feeder cattle offerings today. Flesh conditions for the first sale of yearlings this season, carried attractive eye appeal. There was firm confidence on the part of the buyers to possess offerings for this sale. Next sale is July 17, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.67/cwt on 579 head.
Average price
$144.67
579 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$30.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.85
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1755144.931,094574
Large 11,097114.901,2605thin
One grade step is worth $30.03/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale579 hd
144.67
SD average5 barns · 6,484 hd
133.82
+10.85
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

19 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy848128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,08518
SteersMedium and Large 1768144.83/cwt133.50–147.501,112198
SteersMedium and Large 1580155.59/cwt153.25–162.5090219
HeifersMedium and Large 1791123.75/cwt123.75–123.759798
HeifersMedium and Large 1559134.90/cwt134.50–136.0075419
HeifersMedium and Large 1668130.39/cwt125.50–132.5087122
HeifersMedium and Large 1625140.10/cwt138.50–140.5087624
HeifersMedium and Large 1728131.88/cwt129.00–133.2596037
HeifersMedium and Large 1861131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,13037
SteersLarge 11,115106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,1872
SteersMedium and Large 1619159.35/cwt152.00–165.0098643
SteersLarge 11,085120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,3073
SteersMedium and Large 1879136.15/cwt128.50–137.001,19751
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy722132.25/cwt132.25–132.259556
SteersMedium and Large 1714147.24/cwt137.00–150.001,05159
SteersMedium and Large 1842141.34/cwt135.50–142.501,19072
SteersMedium and Large 1930130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2093
SteersMedium and Large 1675148.76/cwt148.25–154.501,00497
SteersMedium and Large 1994122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,2188

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.