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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 19

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

615 head

▼ 212 vs last sale 827▲ 615 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

79 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 81▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 221 vs last sale 251▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

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 $125.10/cwt on 264 head.

Average price

$125.10

264 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$219

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$49.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.23

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	132.41	676	94
Medium and Large 1-2	481	124.58	600	129
Large 1-2	598	117.67	703	6thin
Medium and Large 2	501	111.59	559	28
Medium 1-2	906	108.00	978	4thin
Medium 2	1,085	82.50	895	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.91/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 sale264 hd

125.10

—

MO average18 barns · 5,613 hd

131.33

−6.23

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	1,606	77.08	1,238	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,181	53.49	632	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,383	51.67	715	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	46.52	501	37

Every lot

78 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	163.98/cwt	163.00–165.00	525	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	145.68/cwt	142.00–147.50	482	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	369	137.16/cwt	127.50–140.00	506	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	148.00/cwt	145.00–152.00	561	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	140.76/cwt	136.00–149.00	586	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	128.02/cwt	124.00–130.00	548	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	155.16/cwt	150.00–157.00	673	10
Steers	—	Large 1-2	467	133.68/cwt	125.00–140.00	624	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	147.37/cwt	144.00–156.00	701	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	133.59/cwt	127.50–138.00	643	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	134.54/cwt	125.00–140.00	702	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	136.43/cwt	135.00–137.50	757	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	129.80/cwt	122.50–132.50	740	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	119.59/cwt	116.00–120.00	697	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	139.16/cwt	135.00–142.00	854	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	127.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	788	12
Steers	—	Large 1-2	628	129.34/cwt	128.00–132.50	812	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	137.84/cwt	135.00–140.00	915	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	127.40/cwt	123.00–130.00	852	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	122.20/cwt	120.00–125.00	877	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	134.00/cwt	132.50–135.00	966	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	108.33/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,029	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	506	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	137.50/cwt	133.00–140.00	446	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	114.25/cwt	110.00–122.50	375	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	118.31/cwt	117.50–120.00	438	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	502	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	128.67/cwt	125.00–132.50	483	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	111.67/cwt	110.00–112.50	467	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	127.19/cwt	122.50–129.00	534	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	131.67/cwt	130.00–134.00	575	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	110.90/cwt	107.50–113.00	523	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	122.43/cwt	119.00–128.00	593	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	129.88/cwt	127.00–133.00	630	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	128.97/cwt	127.00–133.00	660	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	109.39/cwt	105.00–115.00	571	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	122.18/cwt	117.50–126.00	645	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	555	120.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	670	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	127.91/cwt	125.00–132.50	730	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	120.83/cwt	115.00–125.00	690	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	113.25/cwt	110.00–115.00	653	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	130.06/cwt	125.00–132.50	805	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	117.01/cwt	112.50–122.50	725	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	640	114.67/cwt	114.00–115.00	734	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	108.03/cwt	95.00–112.00	697	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	699	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	888	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	721	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	761	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	109.61/cwt	107.50–114.00	852	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	906	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	978	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	1,085	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	895	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	383	145.09/cwt	140.00–147.50	556	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	145.21/cwt	135.00–148.00	607	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	128.72/cwt	125.00–132.50	552	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	139.79/cwt	135.00–145.00	668	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	512	132.01/cwt	130.00–135.00	676	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	126.60/cwt	117.50–131.00	660	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	120.37/cwt	115.00–128.00	698	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	117.81/cwt	112.00–120.50	722	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	111.99/cwt	111.00–113.00	744	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	112.61/cwt	111.00–114.00	832	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	845	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	849	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	310	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	202	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,484	69.77/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,035	4
Bulls	—	—	1,490	77.60/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,156	4
Bulls	—	—	1,925	86.12/cwt	85.50–87.50	1,658	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	39.26/cwt	35.00–40.00	376	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,051	53.40/cwt	52.50–55.00	561	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	46.59/cwt	41.00–52.00	514	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,128	49.07/cwt	47.50–51.00	554	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	53.77/cwt	50.00–57.50	639	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,237	59.66/cwt	59.00–60.00	738	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,383	51.67/cwt	50.00–55.00	715	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	845	54.25/cwt	49.50–67.00	458	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	887	97.12/cwt	92.50–105.00	861	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	919	738.67/cwt	725.00–775.00	6,788	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,005	739.76/cwt	700.00–775.00	7,435	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,167	867.05/cwt	825.00–900.00	10,118	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 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 615Last week 827Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 81Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 251Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	125.00–140.00	133.68
12	—	628	128.00–132.50	129.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	522	125.00–140.00	134.54
6	—	331	142.00–147.50	145.68
7	—	669	123.00–130.00	127.40
12	—	570	122.50–132.50	129.80
12	—	620	120.00–130.00	127.11
3	—	950	107.50–110.00	108.33
14	—	481	127.50–138.00	133.59
5	—	379	145.00–152.00	148.00
15	—	416	136.00–149.00	140.76
5	—	718	120.00–125.00	122.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	664	135.00–140.00	137.84
10	—	434	150.00–157.00	155.16
16	—	476	144.00–156.00	147.37
5	—	320	163.00–165.00	163.98
6	—	614	135.00–142.00	139.16
6	—	721	132.50–135.00	134.00
7	—	555	135.00–137.50	136.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	124.00–130.00	128.02
9	—	369	127.50–140.00	137.16
10	—	583	116.00–120.00	119.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	619	125.00–132.50	130.06
3	—	372	135.00	135.00
27	—	485	127.00–133.00	129.88
6	—	699	127.00	127.00
9	—	320	158.00	158.00
9	—	437	130.00–134.00	131.67
10	—	571	125.00–132.50	127.91
14	—	512	127.00–133.00	128.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	117.50–120.00	118.31
3	—	418	110.00–112.50	111.67
4	—	472	107.50–113.00	110.90
4	—	577	110.00–115.00	113.25
5	—	522	105.00–115.00	109.39
6	—	645	95.00–112.00	108.03
3	—	328	110.00–122.50	114.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	484	119.00–128.00	122.43
19	—	571	115.00–125.00	120.83
3	—	777	107.50–114.00	109.61
20	—	420	122.50–129.00	127.19
5	—	295	140.00	140.00
21	—	375	125.00–132.50	128.67
13	—	324	133.00–140.00	137.50
14	—	528	117.50–126.00	122.18
14	—	620	112.50–122.50	117.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	120.00–122.00	120.67
3	—	640	114.00–115.00	114.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	906	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	105.50	105.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	613	112.00–120.50	117.81
4	—	429	125.00–132.50	128.72
5	—	739	111.00–114.00	112.61
6	—	664	111.00–113.00	111.99
7	—	580	115.00–128.00	120.37
11	—	521	117.50–131.00	126.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	135.00–145.00	139.79
3	—	383	140.00–147.50	145.09
5	—	418	135.00–148.00	145.21
5	—	512	130.00–135.00	132.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	100.50	100.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	310	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,128	47.50–51.00	49.07
13	—	1,189	50.00–57.50	53.77
3	—	1,237	59.00–60.00	59.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	50.00–55.00	51.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	958	35.00–40.00	39.26
5	—	1,051	52.50–55.00	53.40
27	—	1,104	41.00–52.00	46.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,925	85.50–87.50	86.12
4	—	1,484	67.00–74.00	69.77
4	—	1,490	75.00–82.00	77.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	5	—	845	49.50–67.00	54.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	887	92.50–105.00	97.12

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	919	725.00–775.00	738.67

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)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,167	825.00–900.00	867.05

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)	3	—	1,005	700.00–775.00	739.76

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.