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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jan 9

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Jan 2Jan 9Jan 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,510 head

▼ 262 vs last sale 1,772▲ 1,510 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

205 head

▲ 57 vs last sale 148▲ 205 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 16▲ 36 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 under 500 lbs steady to firm, over 500 lbs steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand moderate for feeders, moderate to light for slaughter cows, supply heavy.

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 $157.50/cwt on 474 head.

Average price

$157.50

474 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$21.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.93

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	162.85	866	301
Medium and Large 1-2	568	148.95	845	156
Medium and Large 2	550	141.10	776	17thin

One grade step is worth $21.75/cwt here — about $90 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 sale474 hd

157.50

—

MO average21 barns · 25,183 hd

153.57

+3.93

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	1,620	63.01	1,021	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,392	45.66	636	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	40.90	554	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	28.93	320	83

Every lot

82 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	190.95/cwt	185.00–194.00	634	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	183.14/cwt	174.00–185.50	701	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	169.35/cwt	166.00–171.00	666	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	179.56/cwt	175.00–182.50	758	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	166.93/cwt	162.50–172.00	713	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	154.56/cwt	151.00–157.00	703	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	166.94/cwt	162.50–168.00	788	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	157.49/cwt	150.00–164.00	747	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	174.16/cwt	169.00–179.00	834	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	517	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	843	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	166.56/cwt	161.00–172.50	873	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	152.95/cwt	145.00–162.00	821	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	834	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	558	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	837	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	140.74/cwt	140.00–142.00	802	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	145.61/cwt	137.50–152.00	840	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	579	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	883	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	152.84/cwt	148.50–159.00	888	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	135.43/cwt	130.00–140.00	837	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	148.62/cwt	140.00–154.00	927	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	140.40/cwt	135.00–142.50	880	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	945	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	137.90/cwt	134.00–141.00	931	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	893	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	132.91/cwt	132.50–135.00	949	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	137.77/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,014	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	761	129.50/cwt	127.50–130.00	985	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,041	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	271	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	386	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	282	154.81/cwt	152.50–156.00	437	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	155.31/cwt	150.00–162.00	519	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	482	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	565	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	140.56/cwt	135.00–144.00	547	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	143.05/cwt	140.00–145.00	605	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	137.73/cwt	136.00–140.00	584	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	435	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	620	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	151.06/cwt	145.00–152.50	665	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	149.36/cwt	146.00–152.50	693	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	139.87/cwt	132.50–147.00	656	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	137.02/cwt	130.00–142.50	651	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	479	132.13/cwt	127.50–135.00	633	17
Heifers	—	Large 1	512	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	691	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	125.37/cwt	122.50–127.50	647	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	127.72/cwt	127.50–128.00	668	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	129.30/cwt	128.00–132.00	679	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	133.31/cwt	130.00–136.00	707	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	139.57/cwt	137.00–143.00	744	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	124.61/cwt	124.50–125.00	709	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	130.27/cwt	125.00–135.50	745	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	134.62/cwt	132.50–136.00	779	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	785	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	128.33/cwt	126.00–130.00	802	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	131.31/cwt	130.00–134.00	825	64
Heifers	—	Large 1	630	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	813	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	687	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	842	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	127.13/cwt	125.00–128.00	926	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	298	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	551	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	155.49/cwt	155.00–156.00	648	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	435	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	753	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	708	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	786	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	143.24/cwt	142.50–144.00	690	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	758	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	734	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	537	156.96/cwt	154.00–157.50	843	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	716	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	879	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	571	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,551	59.45/cwt	50.00–67.50	922	8
Bulls	—	—	1,803	72.51/cwt	70.00–76.50	1,307	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	14.20/cwt	10.00–20.00	135	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	40.12/cwt	39.00–42.00	412	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	26.41/cwt	20.00–36.00	288	33
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,172	34.80/cwt	30.00–38.00	408	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,299	36.44/cwt	32.00–37.50	473	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,379	42.94/cwt	37.50–48.00	592	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,392	45.66/cwt	42.00–52.50	636	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	846	726.85/cwt	700.00–750.00	6,149	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,164	864.35/cwt	800.00–900.00	10,061	6

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,510Last week 1,772Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 148Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 16Year 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
9	—	625	126.00–130.00	128.33
17	—	728	125.00–128.00	127.13
39	—	475	130.00–142.50	137.02
20	—	424	136.00–140.00	137.73
10	—	389	135.00–144.00	140.56
4	—	344	140.00	140.00
25	—	572	125.00–135.50	130.27
14	—	530	130.00–136.00	133.31
5	—	271	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	469	132.50–147.00	139.87
6	—	423	140.00–145.00	143.05
6	—	525	128.00–132.00	129.30
3	—	623	126.00	126.00
9	—	569	124.50–125.00	124.61
3	—	687	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	628	130.00–134.00	131.31
19	—	579	132.50–136.00	134.62
6	—	282	152.50–156.00	154.81
21	—	440	145.00–152.50	151.06
11	—	334	150.00–162.00	155.31
30	—	533	137.00–143.00	139.57
14	—	464	146.00–152.50	149.36
5	—	374	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	122.50–127.50	125.37
4	—	448	130.00	130.00
4	—	660	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	479	127.50–135.00	132.13
9	—	523	127.50–128.00	127.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	512	135.00	135.00
16	—	630	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	422	175.00–182.50	179.56
8	—	332	185.00–194.00	190.95
78	—	479	169.00–179.00	174.16
28	—	581	148.50–159.00	152.84
16	—	383	174.00–185.50	183.14
3	—	777	134.00	134.00
37	—	524	161.00–172.50	166.56
18	—	736	134.00–140.00	137.77
4	—	656	144.00	144.00
44	—	624	140.00–154.00	148.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	455	151.00–157.00	154.56
8	—	570	140.00–142.00	140.74
4	—	630	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	152.50	152.50
8	—	517	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	474	150.00–164.00	157.49
11	—	427	162.50–172.00	166.93
5	—	761	127.50–130.00	129.50
21	—	537	145.00–162.00	152.95
13	—	675	134.00–141.00	137.90
6	—	714	132.50–135.00	132.91
44	—	627	135.00–142.50	140.40
15	—	577	137.50–152.00	145.61
9	—	393	166.00–171.00	169.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	150.00	150.00
10	—	618	130.00–140.00	135.43
4	—	700	127.50	127.50
17	—	472	162.50–168.00	166.94
5	—	538	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	597	120.00	120.00
4	—	417	155.00–156.00	155.49
4	—	482	142.50–144.00	143.24
4	—	512	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	173.00	173.00
7	—	475	165.50	165.50
11	—	537	154.00–157.50	156.96
3	—	298	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	142.50	142.50
5	—	472	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	879	65.00	65.00

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,164	800.00–900.00	864.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	846	700.00–750.00	726.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,089	20.00–36.00	26.41
11	—	953	10.00–20.00	14.20
36	—	1,172	30.00–38.00	34.80
3	—	1,028	39.00–42.00	40.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,392	42.00–52.50	45.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,379	37.50–48.00	42.94
11	—	1,299	32.00–37.50	36.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,551	50.00–67.50	59.45
3	—	1,803	70.00–76.50	72.51

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.