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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Oct 17

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,302 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 1,324▲ 1,302 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

142 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 187▲ 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 43▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, heifer calves and yearlings steady. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate. The feeder sale was highlighted with a single consignment of five loads of eight weight steers.

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 $143.87/cwt on 516 head.

Average price

$143.87

516 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.36

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	765	145.70	1,115	406
Medium and Large 1-2	621	137.11	851	110

One grade step is worth $8.59/cwt here — about $264 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 sale516 hd

143.87

—

MO average18 barns · 10,848 hd

147.23

−3.36

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	1,712	76.44	1,309	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,362	52.60	716	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	49.83	625	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	36.14	374	39

Every lot

70 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	155.03/cwt	152.50–157.50	598	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	160.37/cwt	151.00–166.00	685	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	465	149.78/cwt	146.00–152.50	696	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	149.59/cwt	145.00–152.50	712	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	511	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	792	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	134.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	719	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	153.19/cwt	153.00–154.00	820	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	143.40/cwt	142.50–144.00	771	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	150.46/cwt	147.50–158.00	855	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	133.89/cwt	130.00–137.50	769	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	138.29/cwt	137.50–142.50	809	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	143.04/cwt	138.00–145.00	881	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	131.54/cwt	125.00–135.00	819	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	144.24/cwt	142.00–145.00	919	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	127.77/cwt	125.00–132.00	865	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	136.61/cwt	132.50–142.50	928	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	141.57/cwt	140.00–143.50	971	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	135.92/cwt	133.00–137.50	1,037	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	128.71/cwt	127.50–129.00	1,075	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	145.10/cwt	145.10–145.10	1,214	304
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	132.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	484	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	134.03/cwt	130.00–138.00	574	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	124.62/cwt	120.00–129.00	583	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	137.40/cwt	130.00–140.00	657	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	114.41/cwt	112.00–115.00	549	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	596	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	121.95/cwt	120.00–125.00	638	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	135.84/cwt	130.00–140.00	727	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	113.51/cwt	112.50–115.00	636	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	139.60/cwt	132.50–144.50	793	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	121.61/cwt	115.00–127.00	696	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	121.49/cwt	120.00–122.50	703	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	731	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	611	113.85/cwt	110.00–118.00	696	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	134.78/cwt	133.00–136.00	828	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	134.32/cwt	131.00–136.00	889	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	664	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	942	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	740	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	944	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	127.33/cwt	123.00–128.00	947	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	311	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	513	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	402	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	482	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	132.84/cwt	127.50–140.00	566	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	131.74/cwt	130.00–134.00	609	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	506	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	653	5
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	557	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	668	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	605	114.54/cwt	114.00–115.00	693	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	714	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	679	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	747	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	852	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	895	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	558	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	419	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	679	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	509	6
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	741	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	519	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	832	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	616	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,340	69.01/cwt	68.00–70.00	925	2
Bulls	—	—	1,743	78.38/cwt	72.50–81.00	1,366	11
Bulls	—	—	2,120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,484	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	917	21.40/cwt	20.00–26.00	196	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,014	34.42/cwt	30.00–40.00	349	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,109	42.04/cwt	40.00–50.00	466	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	52.45/cwt	50.00–56.00	582	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,113	44.61/cwt	40.00–47.50	497	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	43.29/cwt	40.00–46.00	519	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	50.57/cwt	46.00–54.00	636	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	57.02/cwt	56.00–58.00	756	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,381	52.57/cwt	48.00–57.00	726	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	58.78/cwt	58.00–60.00	843	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,096	916.16/cwt	875.00–975.00	10,041	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	1,126	674.14/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,591	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 Oct 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,302Last week 1,324Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 187Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 43Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	835	127.50–129.00	128.71
25	—	679	132.50–142.50	136.61
7	—	616	138.00–145.00	143.04
26	—	574	130.00–137.50	133.89
10	—	763	133.00–137.50	135.92
12	—	533	130.00–140.00	134.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	142.50–144.00	143.40
5	—	677	125.00–132.00	127.77
15	—	585	137.50–142.50	138.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	427	151.00–166.00	160.37
6	—	686	140.00–143.50	141.57
26	—	568	147.50–158.00	150.46
10	—	476	145.00–152.50	149.59
5	—	386	152.50–157.50	155.03
304	—	837	145.10	145.10
12	—	637	142.00–145.00	144.24
5	—	535	153.00–154.00	153.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	155.00	155.00
6	—	465	146.00–152.50	149.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	623	125.00–135.00	131.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	112.50–115.00	113.51
5	—	480	112.00–115.00	114.41
5	—	518	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	611	110.00–118.00	113.85
5	—	664	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	468	120.00–129.00	124.62
22	—	744	123.00–128.00	127.33
14	—	523	120.00–125.00	121.95
15	—	572	115.00–127.00	121.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	120.00–122.50	121.49
5	—	609	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	478	130.00–140.00	137.40
10	—	614	133.00–136.00	134.78
6	—	662	131.00–136.00	134.32
26	—	535	130.00–140.00	135.84
11	—	365	130.00–135.00	132.47
8	—	736	128.00	128.00
14	—	568	132.50–144.50	139.60
9	—	428	130.00–138.00	134.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	740	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	402	120.00	120.00
5	—	852	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	110.00	110.00
11	—	605	114.00–115.00	114.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	112.50	112.50
6	—	426	127.50–140.00	132.84
6	—	462	130.00–134.00	131.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	311	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	506	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	679	75.00	75.00
13	—	832	74.00	74.00
4	—	558	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	741	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,109	40.00–50.00	42.04
8	—	917	20.00–26.00	21.40
14	—	1,014	30.00–40.00	34.42
4	—	1,110	50.00–56.00	52.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,381	48.00–57.00	52.57
4	—	1,435	58.00–60.00	58.78
3	—	1,113	40.00–47.50	44.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,257	46.00–54.00	50.57
5	—	1,200	40.00–46.00	43.29
3	—	1,325	56.00–58.00	57.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,743	72.50–81.00	78.38
2	—	1,340	68.00–70.00	69.01
1	—	2,120	70.00	70.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,096	875.00–975.00	916.16

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,126	600.00–750.00	674.14

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.