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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, May 16

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,007 head

▲ 408 vs last sale 599▲ 1,007 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

201 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 119▲ 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 0▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compard to last week, Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady to 8.00 higher, Over 500 lbs no good price cpmparison,, however the undertone was lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, Over 500 lbs no good price comparison, however the undertone was lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher.

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 $137.91/cwt on 317 head.

Average price

$137.91

317 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$15

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

$8.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.42

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	138.46	704	297
Medium and Large 1-2	554	129.71	718	20

One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale317 hd

137.91

—

MO average20 barns · 9,292 hd

139.32

−1.42

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	1,749	79.74	1,394	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,358	54.49	740	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,166	53.89	628	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,048	44.63	468	45

Every lot

52 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	303	185.86/cwt	182.50–192.50	563	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	174.21/cwt	167.50–177.50	564	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	181.87/cwt	176.00–184.00	678	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	668	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	176.24/cwt	171.00–181.00	747	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	160.22/cwt	158.00–167.00	713	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	169.30/cwt	165.00–174.00	791	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	160.59/cwt	155.00–164.50	841	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	124.17/cwt	122.50–125.00	689	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	151.27/cwt	145.00–154.00	870	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	602	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	933	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	146.53/cwt	140.00–151.00	901	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	138.68/cwt	134.00–140.00	949	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	137.47/cwt	132.50–140.00	980	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	900	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	958	8
Steers	—	Large 2	781	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	906	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,056	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	319	146.51/cwt	144.00–150.00	467	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	147.58/cwt	142.50–155.50	550	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	145.46/cwt	144.00–150.00	608	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	422	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	658	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	140.55/cwt	137.50–142.50	603	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	467	149.20/cwt	149.00–150.00	697	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	140.07/cwt	135.00–144.00	656	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	135.99/cwt	133.00–139.00	703	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	134.61/cwt	127.50–139.00	762	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	133.02/cwt	130.00–142.50	822	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	122.48/cwt	117.50–127.50	780	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	120.59/cwt	116.00–124.00	863	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	158.35/cwt	155.00–160.00	679	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	156.62/cwt	145.00–167.00	730	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	139.11/cwt	127.00–146.00	729	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	134.75/cwt	132.50–137.00	767	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	426	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	332	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	496	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	298	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,605	88.07/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,414	3
Bulls	—	—	1,791	70.88/cwt	57.00–75.00	1,269	4
Bulls	—	—	1,801	81.84/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,474	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	27.86/cwt	20.00–31.00	260	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	58.60/cwt	55.00–62.00	567	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	42.36/cwt	35.00–47.00	444	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	49.86/cwt	46.00–54.00	540	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,158	48.52/cwt	44.00–51.00	562	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	55.44/cwt	52.00–60.00	645	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	63.98/cwt	62.00–65.50	808	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,283	54.44/cwt	53.00–56.00	698	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,343	51.30/cwt	50.00–52.50	689	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,615	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	985	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,144	826.48/cwt	760.00–875.00	9,455	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,246	998.90/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	12,446	4

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 May 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,007Last week 599Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 119Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	467	165.00–174.00	169.30
32	—	684	134.00–140.00	138.68
31	—	424	171.00–181.00	176.24
28	—	615	140.00–151.00	146.53
14	—	373	176.00–184.00	181.87
11	—	713	132.50–140.00	137.47
4	—	828	127.50	127.50
3	—	303	182.50–192.50	185.86
41	—	524	155.00–164.50	160.59
42	—	575	145.00–154.00	151.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	781	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	602	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	122.50–125.00	124.17
4	—	445	158.00–167.00	160.22
6	—	324	167.50–177.50	174.21
6	—	735	122.50	122.50
7	—	384	174.00	174.00
8	—	766	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	637	117.50–127.50	122.48
8	—	429	137.50–142.50	140.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	467	149.00–150.00	149.20
10	—	422	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	517	133.00–139.00	135.99
63	—	566	127.50–139.00	134.61
41	—	468	135.00–144.00	140.07
34	—	373	142.50–155.50	147.58
23	—	716	116.00–124.00	120.59
21	—	418	144.00–150.00	145.46
16	—	618	130.00–142.50	133.02
6	—	319	144.00–150.00	146.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	127.00–146.00	139.11
8	—	466	145.00–167.00	156.62
6	—	429	155.00–160.00	158.35
4	—	655	123.00	123.00
4	—	569	132.50–137.00	134.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	78.00	78.00
4	—	496	60.00	60.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	4	—	1,246	950.00–1,050.00	998.90

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,144	760.00–875.00	826.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	86.00–90.00	88.07
4	—	1,791	57.00–75.00	70.88
5	—	1,801	78.00–84.00	81.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	62.00–65.50	63.98
13	—	1,158	44.00–51.00	48.52
32	—	1,163	52.00–60.00	55.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	61.00	61.00
2	—	1,343	50.00–52.50	51.30
3	—	1,283	53.00–56.00	54.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	55.00–62.00	58.60
4	—	935	20.00–31.00	27.86
17	—	1,084	46.00–54.00	49.86
22	—	1,049	35.00–47.00	42.36

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.