Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2021-08-06

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 6
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
1,102 head
89 vs last sale 1,191 1,102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was May 21, 2021. With the time that has elapsed there will no comparison made. Early yearlings made up the feeder cattle sale today. The longer strings of guaranteed open heifers and yearling steers, came off grass carrying an attractive, green flesh condition. The market was moderate to active with offerings rapidly absorbed. Next sale is Aug 20, 2021 due to Sturgis rally.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.66/cwt on 679 head.
Average price
$159.66
679 head · 766 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$435
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.63
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1765161.121,232650
Medium and Large 1-2697147.801,03110thin
Large 11,168125.001,4606thin
Medium and Large 2711112.0079613thin
One grade step is worth $49.12/cwt here — about $435 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 sale679 hd
159.66
SD average7 barns · 9,256 hd
154.04
+5.63
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 1-2555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720138.90/cwt131.00–143.251,00011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2747145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0836
SteersMedium and Large 1629171.88/cwt166.00–172.501,08185
HeifersMedium and Large 1651162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,05631
HeifersMedium and Large 1877140.94/cwt136.50–142.001,23622
SteersMedium and Large 1728158.11/cwt152.00–166.001,15175
SteersMedium and Large 1666160.94/cwt158.50–164.001,0729
SteersMedium and Large 1541179.20/cwt177.00–180.5096932
HeifersMedium and Large 1577159.85/cwt155.50–161.0092248
HeifersMedium and Large 1704157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,10788
SteersMedium and Large 1873154.80/cwt148.50–156.001,351152
SteersMedium and Large 1770163.22/cwt152.50–166.251,257210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623152.00/cwt152.00–152.009474
SteersMedium and Large 2711112.00/cwt112.00–112.0079613
HeifersLarge 11,013138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,40312
SteersLarge 11,168125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4606
HeifersMedium and Large 1764149.76/cwt145.50–154.001,14411
HeifersMedium and Large 1528167.00/cwt167.00–167.0088213
HeifersMedium and Large 1926141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,30614
HeifersMedium and Large 1848144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,22119
SteersMedium and Large 1818152.52/cwt138.50–154.501,24887

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.