Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2020-07-31

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Jul 31
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
810 head
66 vs last sale 876 810 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale reported was two weeks ago, July 10, 2020. There were not enough offerings to make a comparison breakdown. Although, the price trend held a higher undertone. Flesh conditions of the feeder cattle offered today were of mostly attractive, green conditions. There was active market activity coupled with good demand for today's sale. No sale next week. Aug 14, 2020 will be the next sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.20/cwt on 474 head.
Average price
$142.20
474 head · 829 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.86
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1833142.351,185454
Medium and Large 1-2677142.0696216thin
Large 11,037125.001,2964thin
One grade step is worth $17.35/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale474 hd
142.20
SD average7 barns · 12,892 hd
141.33
+0.86
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

17 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
SteersLarge 11,037125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2964
HeifersMedium and Large 1832132.44/cwt130.75–134.251,10267
HeifersMedium and Large 1721138.13/cwt137.75–138.2599683
SteersMedium and Large 1830142.57/cwt139.50–144.001,183171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677142.06/cwt140.00–143.0096216
HeifersMedium and Large 1892131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,16967
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy669135.00/cwt135.00–135.009035
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy794139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,1086
SteersMedium and Large 1Full834136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,13815
HeifersMedium and Large 1949126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,19810
HeifersMedium and Large 1668143.26/cwt143.00–143.5095717
HeifersMedium and Large 1965126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,22321
HeifersMedium and Large 1622147.60/cwt145.00–150.0091826
SteersMedium and Large 1796147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,17635
SteersMedium and Large 1855143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,22559
SteersMedium and Large 1726151.60/cwt151.50–152.251,10175
SteersMedium and Large 1926133.03/cwt131.75–133.751,23293

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.