Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2021-05-21

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, May 21
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,191 head
1,191 vs last sale 0 1,191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale reported Apr 9, 2021. A comparison will not be made due to the length of time that has passed between reported sales. Feeder cattle was mostly comprised of replacement quality heifers, many complete with bangs vaccinations. Many strings of offerings carried a light flesh condition, bordering on an unpleasing eye appeal. The light offering of replacement heifers this week resulted in an occasional bidding war for gate cuts. Available offerings readily cleared the market and held a very good demand for this sale. Next feeder cattle special has not been advertised for the upcoming sales.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.43/cwt on 897 head.
Average price
$141.43
897 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$204
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.97
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542147.1779858
Medium and Large 1710141.031,002839
One grade step is worth $6.14/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale897 hd
141.43
SD average7 barns · 8,672 hd
131.46
+9.97
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

22 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 1903121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,09348
HeifersMedium and Large 1782129.03/cwt125.00–132.001,00950
HeifersMedium and Large 1635143.94/cwt143.50–147.0091463
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy633173.94/cwt170.00–180.001,101115
HeifersMedium and Large 1978115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,1304
HeifersMedium and Large 1490155.65/cwt153.50–157.5076317
HeifersMedium and Large 1523158.79/cwt156.00–159.5083034
HeifersMedium and Large 1578153.40/cwt149.00–154.5088774
SteersMedium and Large 1670160.91/cwt151.50–161.251,078114
SteersMedium and Large 1709136.00/cwt136.00–136.009645
SteersMedium and Large 1486172.55/cwt172.00–173.0083913
SteersMedium and Large 1571172.44/cwt165.00–174.0098535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666147.50/cwt147.50–147.5098212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471150.50/cwt150.50–150.507095
SteersMedium and Large 1842132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1114
HeifersMedium and Large 1681140.24/cwt132.50–146.00955101
HeifersMedium and Large 1876118.75/cwt118.75–118.751,04062
SteersMedium and Large 1639159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,01911
HeifersMedium and Large 1816126.45/cwt125.00–127.001,032100
HeifersMedium and Large 1721134.30/cwt123.00–135.00968171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680134.00/cwt134.00–134.009116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532148.50/cwt148.50–148.5079047

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.