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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Aug 29

● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Aug 22Aug 29Sep 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

867 head

▲ 185 vs last sale 682▲ 867 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

145 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 93▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

69 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 50▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves traded 2.00-4.00 higher. Heifer calves were lightly tested however undertones were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply.

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 $144.82/cwt on 418 head.

Average price

$144.82

418 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

per head · Large 1 over Small and Medium 3

$93.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.50

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	557	153.40	855	19thin
Medium and Large 1	598	151.95	908	220
Medium and Large 1-2	557	143.36	799	106
Large 1-2	593	137.55	816	13thin
Medium 1-2	654	134.06	876	24
Medium and Large 2	631	123.09	776	29
Small and Medium 3	663	60.00	398	7thin

One grade step is worth $93.40/cwt here — about $457 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 sale418 hd

144.82

—

MO average17 barns · 7,887 hd

148.32

−3.50

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	1,463	76.67	1,122	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,181	59.44	702	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,409	57.99	817	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	45.13	452	52

Every lot

104 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	171.27/cwt	170.00–173.00	642	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	160.63/cwt	147.50–162.50	614	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	171.65/cwt	171.00–175.00	723	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	155.94/cwt	150.00–164.00	674	8
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	161.70/cwt	158.00–167.00	757	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	134.85/cwt	132.50–137.00	641	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	151.00/cwt	145.00–157.00	723	16
Steers	—	Large 1-2	506	146.02/cwt	140.00–148.00	739	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	158.25/cwt	153.00–162.00	837	44
Steers	—	Large 1	535	155.44/cwt	155.00–155.50	832	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	146.17/cwt	142.50–149.00	785	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	151.78/cwt	150.00–152.50	845	7
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	568	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	781	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	143.67/cwt	141.00–146.00	829	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	593	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	771	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	874	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	135.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	838	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	151.56/cwt	142.50–152.00	944	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	123.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	779	8
Steers	—	Large 1-2	632	133.79/cwt	125.00–136.00	846	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	652	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	831	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	143.76/cwt	142.50–145.00	952	12
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	663	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	398	7
Steers	—	Large 1	675	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	962	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	131.31/cwt	130.00–134.00	890	11
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	683	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	929	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	142.03/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,001	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	126.20/cwt	122.50–128.00	912	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	728	112.99/cwt	110.00–119.00	823	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	840	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	138.01/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,061	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	123.74/cwt	122.50–127.50	952	4
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	780	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	975	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	262	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	406	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	292	144.08/cwt	140.00–146.00	421	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	293	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	352	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	143.50/cwt	143.00–145.00	509	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	138.74/cwt	130.00–142.50	522	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	140.31/cwt	137.50–145.00	601	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	134.85/cwt	127.50–138.00	580	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	138.48/cwt	136.00–140.00	655	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	132.71/cwt	127.50–135.00	640	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	134.81/cwt	132.50–139.00	697	13
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	521	125.96/cwt	120.00–128.00	656	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	128.65/cwt	120.00–132.50	674	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	134.14/cwt	132.50–135.00	744	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	568	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	744	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	570	134.22/cwt	132.50–136.00	765	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	125.55/cwt	120.00–130.00	721	24
Heifers	—	Large 2	595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	726	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	598	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	658	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	816	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	123.64/cwt	121.00–127.50	758	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	619	125.31/cwt	123.00–126.00	776	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	113.08/cwt	107.50–117.50	702	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	125.55/cwt	122.50–128.00	839	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	884	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	694	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	815	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	954	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	825	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	928	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	324	161.35/cwt	155.00–170.00	523	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	139.00/cwt	138.00–140.00	542	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	428	147.29/cwt	145.00–150.00	630	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	147.41/cwt	140.00–156.00	699	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	127.25/cwt	120.00–138.00	618	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	141.21/cwt	135.00–149.00	720	10
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	543	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	733	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	124.62/cwt	115.00–132.50	712	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	119.17/cwt	115.00–125.00	727	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	118.31/cwt	112.50–122.50	805	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	108.99/cwt	106.00–110.00	789	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	98.71/cwt	97.50–100.00	765	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	869	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	438	72.96/cwt	71.00–82.00	320	16
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	690	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	466	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,370	70.09/cwt	60.00–75.00	960	6
Bulls	—	—	1,575	84.56/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,332	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	28.00/cwt	20.00–32.50	241	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,016	41.79/cwt	36.00–49.50	425	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	54.05/cwt	49.50–58.00	566	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	59.10/cwt	58.00–60.00	664	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	53.35/cwt	50.00–55.00	620	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,179	59.71/cwt	55.00–63.00	704	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	68.60/cwt	65.00–74.00	836	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,376	53.21/cwt	50.00–56.00	732	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,416	59.76/cwt	56.00–63.00	846	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,467	63.69/cwt	63.00–64.00	934	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	920	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,520	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	987	737.88/cwt	600.00–850.00	7,283	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,084	747.19/cwt	675.00–800.00	8,100	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,245	959.77/cwt	800.00–1,010.00	11,949	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	1,098.14/cwt	1,085.00–1,150.00	14,221	10
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	918	57.87/cwt	54.00–62.50	531	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,296	58.96/cwt	52.50–63.00	764	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,053	1,181.25/cwt	1,175.00–1,200.00	12,439	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,102	1,041.67/cwt	1,025.00–1,050.00	11,479	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,247	1,265.63/cwt	1,150.00–1,285.00	15,782	8

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 Aug 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 867Last week 682Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 93Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	611	133.50	133.50
10	—	473	136.00–140.00	138.48
12	—	428	137.50–145.00	140.31
13	—	517	132.50–139.00	134.81
16	—	555	132.50–135.00	134.14
4	—	355	143.00–145.00	143.50
4	—	262	155.00	155.00
2	—	670	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	130.00	130.00
3	—	645	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	292	140.00–146.00	144.08
3	—	812	117.50	117.50
7	—	376	130.00–142.50	138.74
9	—	430	127.50–138.00	134.85
10	—	482	127.50–135.00	132.71
10	—	668	122.50–128.00	125.55
14	—	613	121.00–127.50	123.64
15	—	524	120.00–132.50	128.65
24	—	574	120.00–130.00	125.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	355	110.00	110.00
3	—	293	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	595	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	521	120.00–128.00	125.96
9	—	619	123.00–126.00	125.31
4	—	694	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	660	133.00	133.00
2	—	570	132.50–136.00	134.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	621	107.50–117.50	113.08
4	—	598	110.00	110.00
3	—	825	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	142.50	142.50
16	—	535	155.00–155.50	155.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	506	140.00–148.00	146.02
9	—	632	125.00–136.00	133.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	130.00	130.00
3	—	568	137.50	137.50
3	—	780	125.00	125.00
15	—	683	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	375	170.00–173.00	171.27
7	—	557	150.00–152.50	151.78
11	—	421	171.00–175.00	171.65
12	—	662	142.50–145.00	143.76
21	—	468	158.00–167.00	161.70
22	—	769	135.00–140.50	138.01
32	—	705	140.00–142.50	142.03
44	—	529	153.00–162.00	158.25
56	—	623	142.50–152.00	151.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	663	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	629	120.00–127.00	123.82
5	—	652	127.50	127.50
4	—	750	112.00	112.00
3	—	728	110.00–119.00	112.99
3	—	593	130.00	130.00
3	—	535	120.00	120.00
3	—	475	132.50–137.00	134.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	620	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	122.50–128.00	126.20
4	—	769	122.50–127.50	123.74
8	—	432	150.00–164.00	155.94
9	—	382	147.50–162.50	160.63
10	—	577	141.00–146.00	143.67
11	—	678	130.00–134.00	131.31
16	—	479	145.00–157.00	151.00
22	—	621	130.00–140.00	135.01
23	—	537	142.50–149.00	146.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	571	115.00–132.50	124.62
6	—	610	115.00–125.00	119.17
6	—	486	120.00–138.00	127.25
4	—	775	97.50–100.00	98.71
4	—	724	106.00–110.00	108.99
4	—	390	138.00–140.00	139.00
3	—	808	107.50	107.50
3	—	680	112.50–122.50	118.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	510	135.00–149.00	141.21
7	—	474	140.00–156.00	147.41
6	—	428	145.00–150.00	147.29
4	—	324	155.00–170.00	161.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	438	71.00–82.00	72.96
3	—	690	67.50	67.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,575	81.00–88.00	84.56
6	—	1,370	60.00–75.00	70.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,048	49.50–58.00	54.05
14	—	1,016	36.00–49.50	41.79
4	—	1,123	58.00–60.00	59.10
12	—	860	20.00–32.50	28.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,219	65.00–74.00	68.60
12	—	1,163	50.00–55.00	53.35
34	—	1,179	55.00–63.00	59.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	63.00–64.00	63.69
8	—	1,376	50.00–56.00	53.21
12	—	1,416	56.00–63.00	59.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	6	—	987	600.00–850.00	737.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	920	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,084	675.00–800.00	747.19

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)	10	—	1,295	1,085.00–1,150.00	1,098.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,245	800.00–1,010.00	959.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,296	52.50–63.00	58.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	918	54.00–62.50	57.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,102	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,041.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,025.00	1,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,247	1,150.00–1,285.00	1,265.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,053	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,181.25

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.