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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jul 25

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Jul 18Jul 25Aug 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

968 head

▲ 458 vs last sale 510▲ 968 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

146 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 132▲ 146 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 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, 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 $133.81/cwt on 308 head.

Average price

$133.81

308 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$247

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1

$19.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.64

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	344	148.00	509	12thin
Medium 1-2	352	143.00	503	4thin
Medium and Large 1	519	137.03	711	116
Medium and Large 1-2	574	130.76	750	160
Large 1	591	128.06	757	16thin

One grade step is worth $19.94/cwt here — about −$247 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 sale308 hd

133.81

—

MO average16 barns · 5,596 hd

136.45

−2.64

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	1,873	87.89	1,646	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	59.13	730	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,507	57.26	863	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	50.84	558	48

Every lot

67 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	227	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	465	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	320	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	563	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	167.04/cwt	164.00–170.00	718	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	163.07/cwt	160.00–164.00	762	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	155.32/cwt	147.50–158.00	739	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	158.60/cwt	155.00–163.00	825	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	151.24/cwt	145.00–155.00	808	21
Steers	—	Large 1	551	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	815	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	149.59/cwt	147.50–150.50	841	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	153.16/cwt	146.00–158.00	871	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	146.47/cwt	145.00–149.00	844	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	781	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	145.90/cwt	141.00–151.00	906	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	144.57/cwt	136.00–149.00	902	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	139.23/cwt	138.00–140.00	870	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	144.57/cwt	140.00–146.00	917	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	142.08/cwt	140.00–143.50	946	9
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	667	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	884	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	673	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	902	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	142.78/cwt	142.00–145.00	978	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	943	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	139.86/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,004	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	785	130.81/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,027	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	232	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	371	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	291	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	448	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	352	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	503	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	539	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	145.89/cwt	144.00–150.00	630	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	139.01/cwt	135.00–142.50	606	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	143.16/cwt	142.50–143.50	666	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	471	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	659	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	136.41/cwt	131.00–139.00	664	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	135.97/cwt	135.00–137.50	665	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	135.46/cwt	132.50–137.50	707	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	137.89/cwt	137.50–140.00	729	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	705	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	546	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	721	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	132.29/cwt	127.00–134.75	754	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	128.11/cwt	127.50–130.00	738	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	131.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	762	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	602	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	722	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	123.15/cwt	120.00–125.00	756	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	126.79/cwt	124.00–129.00	784	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	796	6
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	626	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	783	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	627	122.51/cwt	122.00–123.00	768	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	828	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	667	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	767	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	124.29/cwt	119.00–127.00	880	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	788	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	887	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	917	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	306	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	528	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	134.94/cwt	132.00–140.00	766	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	589	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	777	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,803	87.99/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,586	6
Bulls	—	—	1,932	91.23/cwt	88.50–95.00	1,763	3
Bulls	—	—	1,995	82.60/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,648	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	33.75/cwt	32.50–35.00	294	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	62.19/cwt	59.50–64.00	630	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	47.15/cwt	40.00–50.50	495	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	53.58/cwt	50.00–59.50	616	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	58.81/cwt	55.00–64.50	721	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	52.65/cwt	50.00–55.00	656	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	65.28/cwt	62.00–68.00	819	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,504	60.55/cwt	58.00–64.00	911	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,509	53.97/cwt	52.00–56.00	814	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 Jul 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 968Last week 510Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 132Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 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
3	—	755	116.00	116.00
18	—	436	135.00–142.50	139.01
4	—	374	144.00	144.00
29	—	487	131.00–139.00	136.41
6	—	618	124.00–129.00	126.79
33	—	570	127.00–134.75	132.29
8	—	815	112.50	112.50
10	—	660	125.50	125.50
16	—	522	132.50–137.50	135.46
17	—	708	119.00–127.00	124.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	432	144.00–150.00	145.89
32	—	529	137.50–140.00	137.89
6	—	624	127.50	127.50
12	—	465	142.50–143.50	143.16
18	—	582	130.00–134.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	122.00–123.00	122.51
3	—	667	115.00	115.00
3	—	788	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	626	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	602	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	131.50	131.50
4	—	576	127.50–130.00	128.11
5	—	489	135.00–137.50	135.97
8	—	614	120.00–125.00	123.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	352	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	291	154.00	154.00
5	—	232	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	625	138.00–140.00	139.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	666	140.00–143.50	142.08
13	—	718	135.00–142.00	139.86
15	—	476	147.50–158.00	155.32
20	—	624	136.00–149.00	144.57
21	—	534	145.00–155.00	151.24
4	—	576	145.00–149.00	146.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	712	132.50	132.50
6	—	673	134.00	134.00
6	—	785	130.00–132.50	130.81
13	—	562	147.50–150.50	149.59
13	—	634	140.00–146.00	144.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	621	141.00–151.00	145.90
11	—	685	142.00–145.00	142.78
18	—	467	160.00–164.00	163.07
19	—	430	164.00–170.00	167.04
25	—	569	146.00–158.00	153.16
32	—	520	155.00–163.00	158.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	227	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	551	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	667	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	306	172.50	172.50
4	—	589	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	568	132.00–140.00	134.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,150	50.00–59.50	53.58
2	—	1,013	59.50–64.00	62.19
2	—	870	32.50–35.00	33.75
17	—	1,050	40.00–50.50	47.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,226	55.00–64.50	58.81
4	—	1,246	50.00–55.00	52.65
5	—	1,255	62.00–68.00	65.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	52.00–56.00	53.97
4	—	1,504	58.00–64.00	60.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,995	80.00–85.00	82.60
3	—	1,932	88.50–95.00	91.23
6	—	1,803	85.00–92.00	87.99

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.