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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 25

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Apr 18Apr 25May 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

990 head

▲ 203 vs last sale 787▲ 990 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

147 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 174▲ 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 59▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand moderate for feeders, good for slaughter cattle, supply moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.57/cwt on 313 head.

Average price

$143.57

313 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2-3

$19.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.92

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	501	146.94	736	142
Medium and Large 2	390	146.75	572	20
Large 1	565	145.00	819	3thin
Medium and Large 1	623	140.89	877	137
Medium 1-2	540	127.50	689	3thin
Medium 2-3	406	127.25	517	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.69/cwt here — about $219 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 sale313 hd

143.57

—

MO average17 barns · 7,939 hd

149.49

−5.92

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	—	High	1,549	85.83	1,330	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	58.97	702	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,374	58.17	799	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	50.03	518	52

Every lot

79 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	245	197.67/cwt	195.00–199.00	484	3
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	363	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	552	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	190.50/cwt	187.50–201.00	707	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	182.25/cwt	180.00–185.00	683	11
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	407	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	611	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	177.39/cwt	172.50–182.50	757	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	183.68/cwt	179.00–191.00	790	22
Steers	—	Medium 2	432	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	713	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	178.03/cwt	170.00–182.00	835	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	182.81/cwt	177.00–186.00	883	24
Steers	—	Medium 2	496	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	833	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	498	172.67/cwt	172.00–174.00	860	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	171.79/cwt	170.00–177.00	900	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	181.31/cwt	177.50–184.00	956	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	172.37/cwt	167.00–177.00	917	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	954	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	158.44/cwt	155.00–161.00	900	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	164.56/cwt	160.00–173.00	961	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	599	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	952	8
Steers	—	Large 1	619	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	953	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	155.66/cwt	153.00–159.50	974	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,020	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	737	137.46/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,013	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,081	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,064	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,072	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	283	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	487	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	158.12/cwt	155.00–164.00	530	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	155.60/cwt	155.00–158.00	534	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	350	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	459	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	356	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	538	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	159.57/cwt	150.00–165.00	594	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	157.33/cwt	147.50–160.00	585	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	148.65/cwt	145.00–150.00	629	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	139.62/cwt	135.00–146.00	593	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	155.21/cwt	152.50–157.00	678	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	148.77/cwt	147.50–151.50	695	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	152.59/cwt	150.00–154.00	719	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	147.89/cwt	144.00–150.50	754	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	801	17
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	540	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	689	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	543	148.01/cwt	145.00–148.50	804	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	145.74/cwt	142.00–148.50	822	30
Heifers	—	Large 1	565	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	819	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	576	133.72/cwt	132.50–135.00	770	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	139.13/cwt	138.00–140.50	863	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	875	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	134.37/cwt	132.50–135.00	877	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	709	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	815	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	127.85/cwt	127.85–127.85	1,009	65
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	368	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	607	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	173.73/cwt	165.00–185.00	658	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	167.59/cwt	165.00–177.50	724	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	458	168.44/cwt	165.00–172.50	771	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	162.53/cwt	157.50–172.50	762	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	150.45/cwt	144.00–160.00	799	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	542	155.18/cwt	154.50–156.00	841	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	863	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	150.18/cwt	143.00–152.50	942	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	653	141.21/cwt	140.00–143.00	922	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	131.51/cwt	130.00–133.00	865	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	69.22/cwt	65.00–74.50	983	3
Bulls	—	—	1,458	84.79/cwt	78.50–89.50	1,236	9
Bulls	—	—	1,659	91.21/cwt	88.50–94.00	1,513	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	832	27.10/cwt	25.00–30.00	225	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	918	39.88/cwt	35.00–44.00	366	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	50.85/cwt	45.00–56.00	530	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	59.17/cwt	55.00–64.00	667	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	57.15/cwt	54.00–60.50	657	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	63.18/cwt	60.00–69.00	763	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,210	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	666	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	52.86/cwt	50.00–54.50	689	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,368	61.76/cwt	61.50–62.00	845	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	57.67/cwt	54.00–59.50	805	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	943	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,601	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,063	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,378	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,086	939.07/cwt	900.00–950.00	10,198	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,097	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,679	3

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 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 990Last week 787Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 174Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 59Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	425	135.00–146.00	139.62
4	—	356	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	564	142.00–148.50	145.74
26	—	467	147.50–151.50	148.77
24	—	372	147.50–160.00	157.33
19	—	620	138.00–140.50	139.13
14	—	510	144.00–150.50	147.89
9	—	423	145.00–150.00	148.65
8	—	335	155.00–164.00	158.12
4	—	653	132.50–135.00	134.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	709	115.00	115.00
4	—	576	132.50–135.00	133.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	543	145.00–148.50	148.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	789	127.85	127.85
18	—	471	150.00–154.00	152.59
17	—	529	151.50	151.50
11	—	437	152.50–157.00	155.21
10	—	372	150.00–165.00	159.57
5	—	343	155.00–158.00	155.60
3	—	648	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	125.00	125.00
3	—	350	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	379	165.00–185.00	173.73
13	—	469	157.50–172.50	162.53
12	—	627	143.00–152.50	150.18
10	—	432	165.00–177.50	167.59
8	—	531	144.00–160.00	150.45
4	—	658	130.00–133.00	131.51
3	—	555	155.50	155.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	542	154.50–156.00	155.18
11	—	458	165.00–172.50	168.44
5	—	653	140.00–143.00	141.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	599	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	737	135.00–140.00	137.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	245	195.00–199.00	197.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	427	172.50–182.50	177.39
18	—	584	160.00–173.00	164.56
11	—	532	167.00–177.00	172.37
11	—	375	180.00–185.00	182.25
8	—	469	170.00–182.00	178.03
7	—	626	153.00–159.50	155.66
3	—	760	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	170.00–177.00	171.79
4	—	568	155.00–161.00	158.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	483	177.00–186.00	182.81
22	—	430	179.00–191.00	183.68
12	—	371	187.50–201.00	190.50
10	—	527	177.50–184.00	181.31
8	—	809	132.50	132.50
8	—	751	144.00	144.00
6	—	654	156.00	156.00
6	—	553	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	498	172.00–174.00	172.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	152.00	152.00
3	—	407	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	496	168.00	168.00
3	—	432	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	154.00	154.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,063	600.00	600.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,086	900.00–950.00	939.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,097	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	943	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,043	45.00–56.00	50.85
14	—	1,128	55.00–64.00	59.17
8	—	918	35.00–44.00	39.88
3	—	832	25.00–30.00	27.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,396	54.00–59.50	57.67
2	—	1,368	61.50–62.00	61.76
1	—	1,210	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,150	54.00–60.50	57.15
10	—	1,207	60.00–69.00	63.18
3	—	1,303	50.00–54.50	52.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,659	88.50–94.00	91.21
9	—	1,458	78.50–89.50	84.79
3	—	1,420	65.00–74.50	69.22

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.