Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2020-11-13

St. Onge Livestock

Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-13

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 13

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019

← Nov 6Nov 13Nov 20 →

Receipts

5,596 head

▼ 1,421 vs last sale 7,017▲ 56 vs year ago 5,540 · +1.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: Feeder steers of the 450 - 550 weights were 3.00 - 4.00 higher, 650 -700 weights were 7.00 higher while the 400 - 450 weights were higher still; 550 - 650 weights and 350 - 400 weights were 2.00 - 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers carried a higher undertone than last Friday with the 400 - 550 weights 2.00 - 6.00 higher and the 350 - 400 weights higher still; 550 - 600 weights were 2.00 lower. The abundance of buyers' presence created an active market with competitive bidding. Heavy quantity of moderately fleshed offerings made for a very good demand. Next sale is Nov. 20, 2020.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.97/cwt on 3,256 head.

Average price

$167.97

3,256 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$18.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.31

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	168.23	867	3,210
Medium and Large 1-2	536	149.91	803	46

One grade step is worth $18.32/cwt here — about $63 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 sale3,256 hd

167.97

—

SD average10 barns · 30,649 hd

159.67

+8.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	286	178.98/cwt	170.00–193.00	512	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	190.80/cwt	182.50–200.00	605	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	187.79/cwt	175.00–210.00	712	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	194.90/cwt	179.00–201.00	817	371
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	722	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	175.43/cwt	164.25–189.00	833	698
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	164.66/cwt	148.00–172.50	860	1,045
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	795	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	154.14/cwt	141.00–160.75	896	479
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	150.24/cwt	142.50–156.00	921	268
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	147.96/cwt	147.00–149.50	971	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	910	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	141.59/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,042	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	144.13/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,185	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	169.71/cwt	162.00–177.50	543	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	524	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	165.98/cwt	150.00–173.00	637	196
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	510	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	156.55/cwt	141.00–165.00	664	359
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	156.66/cwt	139.00–164.00	747	806
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	671	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	151.04/cwt	136.00–159.00	787	308
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	142.43/cwt	135.00–146.00	808	152
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	136.95/cwt	135.00–142.50	833	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	995	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	140.47/cwt	126.00–142.25	1,075	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,013	4

This sale against other markets

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Fri Nov 13, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 5,596Last week 7,017Year ago 5,540

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	837	121.00	121.00
9	—	684	145.50	145.50
39	—	608	135.00–142.50	136.95
58	—	320	162.00–177.50	169.71
74	—	765	126.00–142.25	140.47
152	—	567	135.00–146.00	142.43
196	—	384	150.00–173.00	165.98
308	—	521	136.00–159.00	151.04
359	—	424	141.00–165.00	156.55
806	—	477	139.00–164.00	156.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	335	156.50	156.50
6	—	497	135.00	135.00
11	—	408	125.00	125.00
12	—	665	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	613	142.50–156.00	150.24
371	—	419	179.00–201.00	194.90
8	—	286	170.00–193.00	178.98
18	—	822	141.00–145.00	144.13
1,045	—	522	148.00–172.50	164.66
43	—	317	182.50–200.00	190.80
52	—	736	132.00–147.00	141.59
479	—	581	141.00–160.75	154.14
698	—	475	164.25–189.00	175.43
145	—	379	175.00–210.00	187.79
83	—	656	147.00–149.50	147.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	440	164.00	164.00
27	—	537	148.00	148.00
8	—	664	137.00	137.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.