Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2020-11-20

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
5,805 head
209 vs last sale 5,596 1,993 vs year ago 3,812 · +52.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers of the 500 and 600 weights were steady to 3.00 higher, of the 300 and 400 weights 7.00 - 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers of the 550 - 650 weights were 3.00 - 6.00 higher, 400 - 550 weights were steady to 3.00 lower, and the light weights under 400 pounds were lower still. There were wide price spreads today; premiums were given for full loads and large strings while discounts were given for cattle without pre condition shots. Flesh conditions varied with some offerings with fancy condition and good stretch to offerings that had a flesh condition created by dry ground. Offerings cleared the market at a reasonable rate and were rapidly absorbed. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday December 4th, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.21/cwt on 3,476 head.
Average price
$163.21
3,476 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.89
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519164.258523,295
Medium and Large 1-2413144.20596181
One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $257 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 sale3,476 hd
163.21
SD average9 barns · 23,849 hd
154.32
+8.89
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

34 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 1Fleshy525131.00/cwt131.00–131.0068817
HeifersMedium and Large 1958131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2555
HeifersMedium and Large 1923131.69/cwt131.00–132.001,21513
HeifersMedium and Large 1820133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,09115
HeifersMedium and Large 1876132.72/cwt132.50–133.001,16320
HeifersMedium and Large 1654144.25/cwt144.25–144.2594342
SteersMedium and Large 1579157.52/cwt141.00–162.75912507
SteersMedium and Large 1613153.21/cwt138.50–161.75939413
SteersMedium and Large 1942134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2624
HeifersMedium and Large 1519148.47/cwt133.75–164.00771568
SteersMedium and Large 1853149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,27514
SteersMedium and Large 1668146.43/cwt142.00–148.75978146
SteersMedium and Large 1371180.54/cwt161.50–196.00670130
HeifersMedium and Large 1427158.70/cwt146.00–170.00678435
SteersMedium and Large 1424177.56/cwt168.50–195.00753369
SteersMedium and Large 1333175.34/cwt171.00–184.0058459
SteersMedium and Large 1475168.55/cwt153.50–180.00801857
HeifersMedium and Large 1330148.69/cwt144.00–152.5049157
HeifersMedium and Large 1616140.59/cwt135.00–143.2586675
HeifersMedium and Large 1377152.87/cwt148.00–162.5057691
HeifersMedium and Large 1565148.02/cwt139.00–154.00836298
HeifersMedium and Large 1470154.86/cwt135.00–163.00728414
SteersMedium and Large 1526163.67/cwt148.00–173.50861796
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483133.00/cwt133.00–133.0064217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545143.24/cwt142.00–145.0078112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491150.00/cwt150.00–150.007378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367146.98/cwt125.00–154.0053940
SteersMedium and Large 1-2409145.00/cwt145.00–145.0059320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332144.74/cwt132.50–158.0048146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383124.00/cwt124.00–124.0047527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270145.49/cwt137.50–155.0039321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2302118.00/cwt118.00–118.0035627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568149.00/cwt149.00–149.008467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613135.01/cwt128.00–137.7582827

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.