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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Oct 10

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,324 head

▲ 116 vs last sale 1,208▲ 1,324 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

187 head

▲ 73 vs last sale 114▲ 187 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

43 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 60▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, long time weaned steer and heifer calves steady, un-weaned calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, yearlings steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to weak. Demand moderate to light for un-weaned calves, moderate to good for weaned calves and yearlings, supply moderate. Weather changes curtailed demand for calves.

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 $141.23/cwt on 467 head.

Average price

$141.23

467 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$28.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.72

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	145.22	826	148
Medium and Large 1-2	638	141.00	899	285
Medium and Large 2	546	131.37	717	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	631	125.32	791	7thin
Medium 3	767	116.51	894	10thin

One grade step is worth $28.71/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale467 hd

141.23

—

MO average17 barns · 8,649 hd

146.95

−5.72

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	1,625	77.15	1,253	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,348	56.89	767	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	55.23	660	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	44.60	473	82

Every lot

73 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 and Large 1-2	375	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	553	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	155.12/cwt	154.00–157.50	594	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	146.24/cwt	142.50–150.00	613	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	132.82/cwt	130.00–135.00	628	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	157.24/cwt	155.00–158.00	745	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	678	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	144.28/cwt	142.50–148.00	691	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	138.90/cwt	136.00–143.00	721	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	827	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	141.97/cwt	140.00–145.00	743	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	153.34/cwt	146.00–158.50	817	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	139.21/cwt	135.00–142.50	793	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	139.87/cwt	136.00–142.50	801	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	133.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	766	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	127.70/cwt	127.00–128.00	788	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	144.18/cwt	136.00–145.00	907	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	814	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	631	125.32/cwt	122.50–127.50	791	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	144.09/cwt	142.50–145.00	911	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	141.48/cwt	138.00–144.00	934	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	669	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	836	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	141.88/cwt	136.00–144.00	982	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	138.42/cwt	137.50–141.00	1,013	76
Steers	—	Medium 3	767	116.51/cwt	115.00–117.50	894	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	132.51/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,028	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	134.82/cwt	130.00–140.00	446	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	132.03/cwt	130.00–135.00	485	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	128.61/cwt	120.00–135.00	484	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	127.29/cwt	120.00–130.00	531	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	134.20/cwt	132.50–135.00	564	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	122.05/cwt	120.00–125.00	572	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	130.09/cwt	125.00–132.50	621	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	479	131.99/cwt	127.50–135.00	632	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	111.68/cwt	110.00–112.50	541	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	492	136.30/cwt	130.00–137.50	671	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	127.50/cwt	125.00–132.50	662	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	118.68/cwt	115.00–122.50	620	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	530	126.49/cwt	125.00–127.50	670	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	533	136.23/cwt	130.00–138.00	726	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	546	127.99/cwt	125.00–132.50	699	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	114.59/cwt	112.50–117.00	643	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	119.34/cwt	115.00–122.50	683	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	133.50/cwt	130.00–136.00	780	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	126.24/cwt	122.50–130.00	741	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	132.29/cwt	128.00–133.00	800	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	854	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	762	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	891	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	126.52/cwt	125.00–127.50	857	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	524	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	136.79/cwt	130.00–140.00	572	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	126.62/cwt	120.00–130.00	599	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	118.67/cwt	110.00–122.50	624	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	122.29/cwt	122.00–122.50	696	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	114.13/cwt	110.00–118.00	654	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	710	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	111.05/cwt	110.00–112.50	743	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	109.97/cwt	109.00–112.50	805	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	842	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	954	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	67.94/cwt	62.00–74.00	1,036	4
Bulls	—	—	1,661	80.50/cwt	77.50–84.00	1,337	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	892	27.74/cwt	25.00–30.00	247	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	959	35.62/cwt	30.00–42.00	342	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	546	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	48.37/cwt	40.00–54.00	534	58
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	54.77/cwt	50.00–58.50	641	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	50.36/cwt	45.00–52.50	621	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,245	51.05/cwt	50.00–52.00	636	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	62.64/cwt	62.00–64.00	787	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,338	56.82/cwt	54.00–62.00	760	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	63.12/cwt	61.00–65.00	952	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,004	85.59/cwt	70.00–92.50	859	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 Oct 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,324Last week 1,208Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 187Last week 114Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 60Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	331	130.00–140.00	134.82
18	—	477	125.00–132.50	130.09
26	—	675	132.00	132.00
5	—	519	125.00–132.50	127.50
40	—	584	130.00–136.00	133.50
6	—	367	130.00–135.00	132.03
9	—	420	132.50–135.00	134.20
9	—	642	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	530	125.00–127.50	126.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	376	120.00–135.00	128.61
5	—	677	125.00–127.50	126.52
9	—	522	115.00–122.50	118.68
14	—	469	120.00–125.00	122.05
16	—	417	120.00–130.00	127.29
17	—	605	128.00–133.00	132.29
18	—	572	115.00–122.50	119.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	127.50–135.00	131.99
5	—	546	125.00–132.50	127.99
8	—	587	122.50–130.00	126.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	533	130.00–138.00	136.23
19	—	492	130.00–137.50	136.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	112.50–117.00	114.59
21	—	484	110.00–112.50	111.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	526	110.00–122.50	118.67
7	—	473	120.00–130.00	126.62
17	—	573	110.00–118.00	114.13
7	—	669	110.00–112.50	111.05
7	—	926	103.00	103.00
8	—	732	109.00–112.50	109.97
8	—	802	105.00	105.00
5	—	617	115.00	115.00
10	—	418	130.00–140.00	136.79
6	—	388	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	569	122.00–122.50	122.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.82
5	—	576	130.00–135.00	133.02
5	—	617	127.00–128.00	127.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	732	137.50–141.00	138.42
6	—	419	142.50–150.00	146.24
86	—	660	138.00–144.00	141.48
7	—	375	147.50	147.50
9	—	476	142.50	142.50
14	—	519	136.00–143.00	138.90
23	—	570	135.00–142.50	139.21
27	—	629	136.00–145.00	144.18
5	—	776	130.00–135.00	132.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	692	136.00–144.00	141.88
33	—	533	146.00–158.50	153.34
6	—	383	154.00–157.50	155.12
8	—	474	155.00–158.00	157.24
15	—	632	142.50–145.00	144.09
19	—	573	136.00–142.50	139.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	631	122.50–127.50	125.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	767	115.00–117.50	116.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	522	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	631	129.00	129.00
14	—	479	142.50–148.00	144.28
16	—	523	140.00–145.00	141.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	669	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,004	70.00–92.50	85.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,105	40.00–54.00	48.37
1	—	975	56.00	56.00
3	—	892	25.00–30.00	27.74
20	—	959	30.00–42.00	35.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	50.00–52.00	51.05
2	—	1,508	61.00–65.00	63.12
12	—	1,338	54.00–62.00	56.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,257	62.00–64.00	62.64
8	—	1,233	45.00–52.50	50.36
28	—	1,170	50.00–58.50	54.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,525	62.00–74.00	67.94
11	—	1,661	77.50–84.00	80.50

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.