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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 5

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Aug 29Sep 5Sep 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

785 head

▼ 82 vs last sale 867▲ 785 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

113 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 145▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 69▲ 25 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 steady to weak. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate. The feeder supply moderate to light, slaughter cattle supply moderate. Cattlemen harvesting second and third cutting grass hay and choppers working on the field corn.

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 $142.44/cwt on 221 head.

Average price

$142.44

221 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$43.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.07

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	152.70	794	82
Medium and Large 1-2	578	139.47	807	110
Medium and Large 2	540	134.96	729	13thin
Medium 1	648	128.50	832	6thin
Medium 3	463	109.01	504	10thin

One grade step is worth $43.68/cwt here — about $290 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 sale221 hd

142.44

—

MO average10 barns · 3,708 hd

142.37

+0.07

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	—	Low	1,640	81.17	1,331	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,434	56.81	815	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	56.32	697	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,057	45.70	483	37

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	354	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	460	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	426	160.95/cwt	157.00–165.00	686	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	159.56/cwt	155.00–164.00	680	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	152.02/cwt	150.00–153.00	660	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	613	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	158.48/cwt	155.00–162.00	750	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	141.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	691	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	509	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	794	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	142.08/cwt	141.00–142.50	749	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	718	7
Steers	—	Medium 3	535	95.02/cwt	90.00–100.00	508	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	154.47/cwt	154.00–157.00	836	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	148.77/cwt	148.00–150.00	867	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	137.26/cwt	135.00–145.00	806	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	140.87/cwt	140.00–142.00	854	7
Steers	—	Medium 1	608	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	790	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	135.67/cwt	132.50–140.00	845	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	854	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	128.93/cwt	127.50–130.00	873	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	133.34/cwt	132.50–135.00	915	9
Steers	—	Medium 1	687	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	872	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,027	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	298	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	373	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	141.58/cwt	140.00–145.00	530	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	394	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	532	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	133.90/cwt	130.00–135.00	568	14
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	427	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	459	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	137.18/cwt	136.00–137.50	599	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	122.00/cwt	120.00–123.00	549	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	132.32/cwt	127.50–136.00	621	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	121.48/cwt	120.00–122.50	640	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	136.98/cwt	135.00–138.00	731	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	127.58/cwt	123.50–132.00	683	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	126.44/cwt	120.00–132.50	727	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	776	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	614	119.78/cwt	118.00–122.50	735	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	129.75/cwt	121.00–132.00	801	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	840	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	670	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	791	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	605	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	152.84/cwt	152.50–153.00	634	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	670	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	684	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	673	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	123.91/cwt	120.00–127.00	722	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	593	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	747	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	727	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	645	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	726	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,415	70.18/cwt	65.00–76.00	993	3
Bulls	—	—	1,701	84.17/cwt	79.00–92.00	1,432	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	894	32.78/cwt	30.00–37.00	293	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	42.53/cwt	40.00–45.50	447	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	51.30/cwt	46.50–57.50	568	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	52.20/cwt	50.00–54.00	621	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	56.20/cwt	49.50–60.00	699	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	63.56/cwt	61.50–65.00	798	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,285	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	790	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,426	57.25/cwt	55.00–61.50	816	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	790	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,092	835.82/cwt	800.00–925.00	9,127	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	59.13/cwt	57.50–60.00	727	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 Sep 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 785Last week 867Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 145Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 69Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	52.00	52.00
11	—	1,426	55.00–61.50	57.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	61.50	61.50
7	—	894	30.00–37.00	32.78
10	—	1,050	40.00–45.50	42.53
19	—	1,108	46.50–57.50	51.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	61.50–65.00	63.56
3	—	1,190	50.00–54.00	52.20
17	—	1,243	49.50–60.00	56.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	65.00–76.00	70.18
11	—	1,701	79.00–92.00	84.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	623	132.50–140.00	135.67
3	—	815	126.00	126.00
6	—	488	140.00–145.00	141.64
7	—	677	127.50–130.00	128.93
11	—	527	141.00–142.50	142.08
38	—	587	135.00–145.00	137.26
3	—	434	150.00–153.00	152.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	473	155.00–162.00	158.48
7	—	606	140.00–142.00	140.87
9	—	686	132.50–135.00	133.34
10	—	583	148.00–150.00	148.77
12	—	541	154.00–157.00	154.47
19	—	426	155.00–164.00	159.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	354	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	127.50	127.50
7	—	528	135.00–137.00	135.99
3	—	438	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	157.00–165.00	160.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	157.00	157.00
4	—	509	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	130.00	130.00
3	—	687	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	130.00	130.00
3	—	650	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	90.00–100.00	95.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	130.00	130.00
3	—	450	120.00–123.00	122.00
5	—	527	120.00–122.50	121.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	617	121.00–132.00	129.75
24	—	469	127.50–136.00	132.32
46	—	575	120.00–132.50	126.44
4	—	394	135.00	135.00
8	—	656	128.00	128.00
14	—	424	130.00–135.00	133.90
15	—	535	123.50–132.00	127.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	437	136.00–137.50	137.18
18	—	534	135.00–138.00	136.98
3	—	374	140.00–145.00	141.58
4	—	588	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	298	125.00	125.00
5	—	427	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	118.00	118.00
5	—	614	118.00–122.50	119.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	583	120.00–127.00	123.91
4	—	470	142.50	142.50
4	—	518	130.00	130.00
6	—	415	152.50–153.00	152.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	135.00	135.00
3	—	378	160.00	160.00
3	—	593	126.00	126.00
5	—	480	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	115.00	115.00
3	—	653	118.00	118.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,230	57.50–60.00	59.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,092	800.00–925.00	835.82

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.