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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 11

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,044 head

▲ 1,044 vs last sale 0▲ 1,044 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

180 head

▲ 180 vs last sale 0▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No report issued last week, compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate.

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 $172.05/cwt on 274 head.

Average price

$172.05

274 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$4.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.55

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	174.45	923	127
Medium and Large 1-2	508	169.97	864	147

One grade step is worth $4.49/cwt here — about $59 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 sale274 hd

172.05

—

MO average15 barns · 10,011 hd

164.49

+7.55

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,579	82.32	1,300	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	54.74	658	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,359	53.75	730	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	46.05	483	44

Every lot

74 lots · USDA AMS · Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava, MO

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	219	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	460	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	286	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	572	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	195.95/cwt	192.50–197.00	647	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	341	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	672	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	363	189.34/cwt	188.00–190.00	687	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	196.21/cwt	192.50–205.00	736	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	186.25/cwt	185.00–187.00	700	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	190.73/cwt	185.00–194.00	790	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	742	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	182.17/cwt	175.00–187.00	856	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	169.09/cwt	162.00–179.00	796	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	182.27/cwt	182.00–183.00	951	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	170.61/cwt	162.50–174.00	892	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	161.12/cwt	155.00–169.00	905	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	167.13/cwt	160.00–171.00	973	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	161.43/cwt	154.00–165.00	977	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	162.18/cwt	160.00–164.00	991	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,024	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,078	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,093	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	447	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	157.91/cwt	154.00–160.00	510	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	165.14/cwt	162.50–167.00	543	7
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	363	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	545	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	153.89/cwt	150.00–162.50	580	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	162.36/cwt	160.00–165.00	617	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	161.47/cwt	151.00–164.00	680	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	150.00/cwt	145.00–153.00	632	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	431	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	672	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	151.30/cwt	148.00–152.50	716	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	154.40/cwt	152.50–159.00	732	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	483	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	737	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	504	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	766	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	515	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	742	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	146.75/cwt	135.00–151.00	759	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	151.18/cwt	146.00–154.00	803	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	825	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	850	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	141.97/cwt	140.00–144.00	873	10
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	833	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	928	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	922	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	178.73/cwt	175.00–187.00	479	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	336	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	647	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	190.49/cwt	188.00–192.00	705	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	178.25/cwt	175.00–182.50	667	9
Bulls	—	Medium 2	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	388	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	708	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	188.46/cwt	185.00–191.00	788	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	166.98/cwt	165.00–169.00	711	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	157.87/cwt	145.00–170.00	748	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	490	163.00/cwt	162.50–165.00	799	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	152.15/cwt	149.00–160.00	803	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	567	149.36/cwt	143.00–153.00	847	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	679	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	930	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	410	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	308	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	623	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	436	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	662	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	483	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,328	71.63/cwt	65.00–76.50	951	3
Bulls	—	—	1,579	82.40/cwt	76.50–87.50	1,301	18
Bulls	—	—	1,828	92.56/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,692	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	36.18/cwt	30.00–44.00	366	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,038	49.46/cwt	48.00–51.00	513	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	47.68/cwt	44.50–49.50	495	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,094	54.41/cwt	50.50–57.50	595	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	57.16/cwt	54.00–61.50	670	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	53.59/cwt	49.00–56.50	666	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	730	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,352	54.50/cwt	53.00–56.00	737	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	49.98/cwt	45.00–53.50	705	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	750	1,117.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,135.00	8,381	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	830	1,142.50/cwt	1,110.00–1,175.00	9,483	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,021	920.87/cwt	850.00–985.00	9,402	5

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava, MO

Thu Apr 11, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,044Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 0Year ago 0

No report issued last week, compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	715	129.00	129.00
10	—	615	140.00–144.00	141.97
22	—	377	150.00–162.50	153.89
20	—	517	135.00–151.00	146.75
12	—	473	148.00–152.50	151.30
12	—	421	145.00–153.00	150.00
7	—	323	154.00–160.00	157.91
6	—	569	145.00	145.00
3	—	293	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	483	152.50	152.50
4	—	504	152.00	152.00
4	—	431	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	666	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	531	146.00–154.00	151.18
28	—	474	152.50–159.00	154.40
25	—	421	151.00–164.00	161.47
12	—	703	132.00	132.00
11	—	574	148.00	148.00
9	—	380	160.00–165.00	162.36
7	—	329	162.50–167.00	165.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	330	192.50–197.00	195.95
7	—	522	182.00–183.00	182.27
10	—	414	185.00–194.00	190.73
12	—	746	144.50	144.50
16	—	375	192.50–205.00	196.21
16	—	611	160.00–164.00	162.18
20	—	470	175.00–187.00	182.17
40	—	582	160.00–171.00	167.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	167.50	167.50
3	—	825	132.50	132.50
5	—	376	185.00–187.00	186.25
8	—	687	149.00	149.00
25	—	605	154.00–165.00	161.43
26	—	562	155.00–169.00	161.12
27	—	523	162.50–174.00	170.61
28	—	471	162.00–179.00	169.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	188.00–190.00	189.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	219	210.00	210.00
4	—	341	197.00	197.00
11	—	286	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	268	175.00–187.00	178.73
9	—	374	175.00–182.50	178.25
6	—	474	145.00–170.00	157.87
4	—	528	149.00–160.00	152.15
4	—	426	165.00–169.00	166.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	418	185.00–191.00	188.46
9	—	567	143.00–153.00	149.36
6	—	490	162.50–165.00	163.00
4	—	679	137.00	137.00
4	—	370	188.00–192.00	190.49
4	—	336	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	70.00	70.00
4	—	410	75.00	75.00
4	—	662	73.00	73.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	830	1,110.00–1,175.00	1,142.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	750	1,100.00–1,135.00	1,117.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,021	850.00–985.00	920.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,579	76.50–87.50	82.40
3	—	1,828	91.00–94.00	92.56
3	—	1,328	65.00–76.50	71.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,243	49.00–56.50	53.59
12	—	1,173	54.00–61.50	57.16
2	—	1,038	48.00–51.00	49.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,352	53.00–56.00	54.50
1	—	1,270	57.50	57.50
3	—	1,410	45.00–53.50	49.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,038	44.50–49.50	47.68
15	—	1,094	50.50–57.50	54.41
15	—	1,011	30.00–44.00	36.18

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.