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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Dec 12

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Dec 5Dec 12Jan 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,066 head

▼ 1,282 vs last sale 2,348▲ 1,066 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

201 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 208▲ 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 35▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate and demand was good.

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 $146.87/cwt on 359 head.

Average price

$146.87

359 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$398

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

$40.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.52

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	155.21	842	179
Medium and Large 1-2	548	140.77	771	162
Medium 1-2	572	132.68	759	4thin
Medium and Large 2	386	114.96	443	14thin

One grade step is worth $40.25/cwt here — about $398 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 sale359 hd

146.87

—

MO average19 barns · 19,865 hd

147.39

−0.52

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	1,654	73.12	1,209	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	42.67	504	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,268	41.93	532	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	982	31.07	305	52

Every lot

81 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	237	154.40/cwt	145.00–157.50	366	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	372	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	288	166.06/cwt	160.00–180.00	478	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	163.35/cwt	155.00–168.00	547	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	339	117.67/cwt	115.00–120.00	399	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	502	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	168.88/cwt	162.00–174.00	633	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	143.63/cwt	136.00–158.00	608	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	166.59/cwt	151.00–172.00	716	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	162.74/cwt	152.50–168.00	758	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	152.21/cwt	145.00–160.00	738	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	158.25/cwt	149.00–160.50	823	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	144.79/cwt	134.50–156.00	769	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	585	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	133.47/cwt	120.00–147.50	763	30
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	572	132.68/cwt	125.00–140.00	759	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	147.77/cwt	135.00–150.00	859	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	132.43/cwt	120.00–137.00	816	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	133.24/cwt	126.00–134.00	839	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	133.35/cwt	119.00–137.50	883	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	131.86/cwt	125.00–135.00	940	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	135.17/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,044	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,066	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	131.11/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,063	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,240	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	260	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	325	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	269	135.43/cwt	135.00–137.00	364	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	283	121.59/cwt	118.00–125.00	344	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	111.21/cwt	109.00–116.00	345	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	145.19/cwt	141.00–147.00	462	14
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	367	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	486	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	135.60/cwt	125.00–141.00	507	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	132.58/cwt	127.50–138.00	567	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	141.15/cwt	136.50–143.50	661	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	132.73/cwt	122.00–139.00	634	38
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	130.36/cwt	124.00–135.00	678	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	729	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	137.37/cwt	125.00–145.00	778	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	130.13/cwt	122.50–147.00	746	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	122.84/cwt	122.00–127.00	743	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	873	8
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	665	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	808	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	769	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	965	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	824	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	951	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,065	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	721	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	457	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	717	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	120.53/cwt	115.00–126.00	552	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	130.24/cwt	127.50–133.00	675	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	121.78/cwt	118.00–124.00	747	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	622	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	715	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	643	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	759	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	791	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	234	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	140	7
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	310	39.68/cwt	30.00–45.00	123	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	402	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	161	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2-3	215	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	118	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2-3	260	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	169	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,547	89.44/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,384	3
Bulls	—	—	1,580	74.59/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,179	8
Bulls	—	—	1,768	65.54/cwt	64.00–66.50	1,159	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	13.82/cwt	10.00–15.50	132	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	39.26/cwt	30.00–48.00	388	31
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	989	22.84/cwt	20.00–32.00	226	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,051	34.00/cwt	25.00–39.00	357	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	40.31/cwt	31.00–47.00	476	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,259	41.57/cwt	33.00–48.50	523	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,273	51.38/cwt	49.00–55.00	654	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	55.64/cwt	51.00–58.00	714	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,283	36.99/cwt	35.00–37.50	475	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	922	835.04/cwt	775.00–875.00	7,699	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,245	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,960	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,316	717.38/cwt	700.00–750.00	9,441	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,390	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	11,468	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	848	692.70/cwt	685.00–700.00	5,874	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	834	2

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 Dec 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,066Last week 2,348Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 208Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 35Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate and demand was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	87.00–94.00	89.44
8	—	1,580	70.00–78.00	74.59
8	—	1,768	64.00–66.50	65.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,180	31.00–47.00	40.31
12	—	1,283	51.00–58.00	55.64
9	—	1,051	25.00–39.00	34.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,259	33.00–48.50	41.57
5	—	1,283	35.00–37.50	36.99
3	—	1,273	49.00–55.00	51.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	988	30.00–48.00	39.26
12	—	989	20.00–32.00	22.84
9	—	953	10.00–15.50	13.82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	115.00	115.00
4	—	429	168.00	168.00
3	—	457	157.00	157.00
3	—	380	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	115.00–126.00	120.53
5	—	613	118.00–124.00	121.78
5	—	518	127.50–133.00	130.24
4	—	665	118.00–120.00	118.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	30.00–45.00	39.68
7	—	234	60.00	60.00
2	—	402	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	260	65.00	65.00
5	—	215	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	335	155.00–168.00	163.35
13	—	581	135.00–150.00	147.77
13	—	922	134.50	134.50
17	—	466	152.50–168.00	162.74
50	—	520	149.00–160.50	158.25
9	—	778	137.00	137.00
9	—	811	131.00–132.00	131.11
10	—	630	126.00–134.00	133.24
4	—	288	160.00–180.00	166.06
18	—	375	162.00–174.00	168.88
32	—	430	151.00–172.00	166.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	572	125.00–140.00	132.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	105.00	105.00
11	—	339	115.00–120.00	117.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	146.00	146.00
3	—	365	137.50	137.50
4	—	237	145.00–157.50	154.40
5	—	772	134.00–137.00	135.17
6	—	662	119.00–137.50	133.35
7	—	423	136.00–158.00	143.63
33	—	485	145.00–160.00	152.21
36	—	531	134.50–156.00	144.79
30	—	572	120.00–147.50	133.47
26	—	616	120.00–137.00	132.43
10	—	713	125.00–135.00	131.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	573	122.50–147.00	130.13
6	—	669	115.00	115.00
6	—	310	109.00–116.00	111.21
4	—	770	107.00	107.00
2	—	283	118.00–125.00	121.59
23	—	605	122.00–127.00	122.84
13	—	374	125.00–141.00	135.60
8	—	428	127.50–138.00	132.58
38	—	478	122.00–139.00	132.73
34	—	520	124.00–135.00	130.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	538	135.50	135.50
19	—	468	136.50–143.50	141.15
14	—	318	141.00–147.00	145.19
13	—	910	117.00	117.00
13	—	566	125.00–145.00	137.37
4	—	820	116.00	116.00
3	—	397	139.00	139.00
10	—	754	128.00	128.00
9	—	269	135.00–137.00	135.43
8	—	606	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	132.50	132.50
2	—	260	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	121.50	121.50
2	—	505	115.00	115.00

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,245	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	922	775.00–875.00	835.04
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,316	700.00–750.00	717.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,390	825.00	825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	848	685.00–700.00	692.70

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	2	—	758	110.00	110.00

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.