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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Oct 24

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

837 head

▼ 465 vs last sale 1,302▲ 837 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

132 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 142▲ 132 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

62 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 38▲ 62 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 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand moderate to good for weaned calves and yearlings, light for unweaned calves, slaughter cows and bull. Supply moderate .

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 $141.04/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$141.04

190 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$292

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$32.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.54

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	142.49	888	133
Medium and Large 1-2	568	141.15	801	41
Medium 2	625	135.00	844	3thin
Medium 1-2	762	132.40	1,009	10thin
Medium 3	542	110.00	596	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.49/cwt here — about $292 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 sale190 hd

141.04

—

MO average17 barns · 8,418 hd

147.58

−6.54

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	1,522	67.79	1,031	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,382	42.44	587	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	38.70	454	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,032	33.54	346	29

Every lot

71 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	628	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	157.44/cwt	155.00–158.00	671	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	453	151.50/cwt	150.00–152.50	686	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	151.08/cwt	148.00–156.50	727	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	144.49/cwt	142.50–149.00	746	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	154.99/cwt	153.00–157.00	803	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	771	8
Steers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	542	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	596	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	564	134.43/cwt	132.50–135.00	758	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	142.40/cwt	142.00–143.00	829	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	799	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	130.59/cwt	129.00–132.50	814	12
Steers	—	Medium 2	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	142.26/cwt	140.00–142.50	891	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	139.92/cwt	135.00–145.00	886	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	137.75/cwt	137.50–138.00	915	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	140.62/cwt	138.00–142.50	938	12
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	684	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	917	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	140.70/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,010	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	132.95/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,084	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,124	3
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	879	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,143	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	245	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	287	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	427	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	468	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	130.95/cwt	130.00–132.50	486	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	133.60/cwt	130.00–138.00	553	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	128.49/cwt	127.50–130.00	535	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	127.22/cwt	126.00–128.00	597	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	132.87/cwt	130.00–136.00	638	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	511	116.85/cwt	115.00–122.50	597	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	694	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	124.30/cwt	115.00–129.00	653	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	124.79/cwt	120.00–127.50	658	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	546	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	633	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	127.56/cwt	126.00–128.00	712	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	131.66/cwt	130.00–132.50	743	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	586	115.24/cwt	112.50–118.00	675	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	587	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	631	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	633	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	791	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	130.48/cwt	129.00–132.50	872	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	683	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	785	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	129.50/cwt	126.00–133.00	945	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	948	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	967	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	367	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	547	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	619	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	447	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	671	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	491	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	540	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	504	134.41/cwt	131.00–135.00	677	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	507	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	608	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	649	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	594	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	754	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	637	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	733	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	747	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	774	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,248	56.82/cwt	55.00–60.00	709	3
Bulls	—	—	1,590	70.53/cwt	65.00–73.00	1,121	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	26.31/cwt	25.00–28.00	234	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	184	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	35.57/cwt	29.50–40.00	377	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	34.90/cwt	34.00–36.00	393	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	39.42/cwt	37.00–42.50	466	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	38.32/cwt	38.00–39.00	524	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,386	43.39/cwt	40.00–47.00	601	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	832.38/cwt	750.00–1,000.00	8,241	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,283	887.28/cwt	875.00–900.00	11,384	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	58.37/cwt	45.00–70.00	541	16

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 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 837Last week 1,302Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 142Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 38Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	774	122.50	122.50
10	—	527	120.00–127.50	124.79
6	—	322	130.00–135.00	132.48
3	—	367	127.50	127.50
14	—	558	126.00–128.00	127.56
9	—	416	127.50–130.00	128.49
3	—	605	125.00	125.00
9	—	469	126.00–128.00	127.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	525	115.00–129.00	124.30
3	—	683	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	480	130.00–136.00	132.87
8	—	730	126.00–133.00	129.50
4	—	524	132.50	132.50
20	—	668	129.00–132.50	130.48
8	—	780	124.00	124.00
5	—	371	130.00–132.50	130.95
10	—	414	130.00–138.00	133.60
6	—	564	130.00–132.50	131.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	112.50–118.00	115.24
4	—	511	115.00–122.50	116.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	245	117.00	117.00
3	—	355	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	132.50–135.00	134.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	150.00–152.50	151.50
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
5	—	516	142.50–149.00	144.49
3	—	412	152.50	152.50
14	—	633	135.00–145.00	139.92
4	—	664	137.50–138.00	137.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	592	135.00	135.00
8	—	528	146.00	146.00
12	—	623	129.00–132.50	130.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	667	138.00–142.50	140.62
7	—	518	153.00–157.00	154.99
15	—	481	148.00–156.50	151.08
9	—	426	155.00–158.00	157.44
3	—	858	131.00	131.00
27	—	718	138.00–142.50	140.70
21	—	626	140.00–142.50	142.26
10	—	815	131.00–134.00	132.95
5	—	582	142.00–143.00	142.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	879	130.00	130.00
6	—	684	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	110.00	110.00
6	—	519	125.00	125.00
3	—	418	148.00	148.00
3	—	860	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	447	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	594	127.00	127.00
14	—	504	131.00–135.00	134.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	149.00	149.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	990	750.00–1,000.00	832.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,283	875.00–900.00	887.28

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	16	—	926	45.00–70.00	58.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	20.00	20.00
24	—	1,059	29.50–40.00	35.57
3	—	890	25.00–28.00	26.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,183	37.00–42.50	39.42
4	—	1,126	34.00–36.00	34.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,386	40.00–47.00	43.39
3	—	1,367	38.00–39.00	38.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,248	55.00–60.00	56.82
12	—	1,590	65.00–73.00	70.53

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.