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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Feb 20

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Feb 13Feb 20Feb 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,053 head

▲ 1,533 vs last sale 520▲ 2,053 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

163 head

▲ 128 vs last sale 35▲ 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test last week, steer calves 6.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers calves 3.00 to 7.00 higher, too few yearlings last week for a price comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Demand very good for feeders, moderate to good for slaughter cattle, 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 $160.89/cwt on 736 head.

Average price

$160.89

736 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$25.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.02

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	165.36	944	434
Medium and Large 1-2	587	155.54	912	255
Medium and Large 2	540	149.41	807	43
Medium 2-3	521	140.00	729	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.36/cwt here — about $215 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 sale736 hd

160.89

—

MO average17 barns · 14,628 hd

159.86

+1.02

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	1,689	77.66	1,312	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	66.08	938	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	58.93	753	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	41.09	423	51

Every lot

74 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	194.83/cwt	190.00–200.00	635	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	176.11/cwt	175.00–178.00	664	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	189.54/cwt	189.00–191.00	728	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	185.79/cwt	182.00–190.00	784	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	707	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	178.01/cwt	175.00–182.00	764	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	146.59/cwt	145.00–150.00	676	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	184.20/cwt	179.00–188.00	862	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	172.33/cwt	162.50–177.00	839	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	179.59/cwt	170.00–185.00	928	75
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	521	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	729	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	163.02/cwt	150.00–170.00	851	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	165.61/cwt	160.00–172.00	886	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	165.39/cwt	159.00–170.00	938	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	153.14/cwt	148.00–167.00	877	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	144.86/cwt	142.00–146.00	839	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	156.13/cwt	148.00–162.00	980	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	152.06/cwt	145.00–152.50	958	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	885	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	137.56/cwt	134.00–143.50	929	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	144.60/cwt	141.00–148.00	982	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	136.13/cwt	135.00–137.50	965	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	140.81/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,053	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,014	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	769	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,030	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,126	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	153.75/cwt	152.00–155.00	431	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	299	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	493	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	154.84/cwt	151.00–157.50	494	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	162.58/cwt	157.50–165.00	548	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	159.93/cwt	155.00–164.00	608	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	150.20/cwt	145.00–152.50	577	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	411	140.63/cwt	140.00–142.50	578	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	424	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	555	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	159.17/cwt	156.00–162.00	686	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	150.65/cwt	146.00–155.00	651	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	455	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	646	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	122.87/cwt	120.00–125.00	569	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	148.44/cwt	144.00–156.00	702	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	145.79/cwt	139.00–151.00	695	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	152.95/cwt	149.00–160.00	734	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	145.23/cwt	142.50–148.00	742	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	133.00/cwt	130.00–135.00	700	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	148.63/cwt	145.50–154.50	785	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	140.92/cwt	138.00–146.00	750	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	537	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	757	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	137.89/cwt	127.50–142.00	780	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	142.65/cwt	137.00–146.50	820	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	746	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	126.02/cwt	120.00–131.50	783	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	133.94/cwt	130.00–135.50	841	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	845	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	121.43/cwt	120.00–122.50	810	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	123.53/cwt	120.00–124.00	880	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	121.56/cwt	120.00–122.50	923	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	182.30/cwt	180.00–184.00	693	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	687	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	732	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	137.40/cwt	133.00–140.00	765	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	661	135.54/cwt	133.00–137.00	896	11
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	358	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	158	12
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,413	63.08/cwt	52.50–70.00	891	3
Bulls	—	—	1,772	82.03/cwt	76.00–90.00	1,454	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	927	23.55/cwt	17.00–30.00	218	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	31.70/cwt	30.00–40.00	321	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	58.60/cwt	56.00–61.50	620	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	48.39/cwt	40.00–54.50	519	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	58.98/cwt	52.00–64.00	746	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	67.00/cwt	65.50–68.50	866	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,388	50.41/cwt	47.50–53.00	700	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	66.08/cwt	63.00–69.00	938	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,198	977.14/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	11,706	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,302	808.01/cwt	750.00–860.00	10,520	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 Feb 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,053Last week 520Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 35Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	131.00	131.00
5	—	455	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	463	120.00–125.00	122.87
12	—	410	140.00	140.00
18	—	526	130.00–135.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	566	127.50–142.00	137.89
25	—	384	145.00–152.50	150.20
20	—	621	120.00–131.50	126.02
6	—	299	165.00	165.00
31	—	432	146.00–155.00	150.65
7	—	667	120.00–122.50	121.43
7	—	319	151.00–157.50	154.84
49	—	477	139.00–151.00	145.79
10	—	532	138.00–146.00	140.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	511	142.50–148.00	145.23
6	—	583	128.00	128.00
18	—	473	144.00–156.00	148.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	480	149.00–160.00	152.95
26	—	380	155.00–164.00	159.93
9	—	280	152.00–155.00	153.75
59	—	628	130.00–135.50	133.94
35	—	431	156.00–162.00	159.17
12	—	712	120.00–124.00	123.53
8	—	655	129.00	129.00
61	—	575	137.00–146.50	142.65
46	—	528	145.50–154.50	148.63
16	—	337	157.50–165.00	162.58
8	—	759	120.00–122.50	121.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	140.00–142.50	140.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	522	150.00–170.00	163.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	517	170.00–185.00	179.59
29	—	468	179.00–188.00	184.20
7	—	384	189.00–191.00	189.54
93	—	567	159.00–170.00	165.39
34	—	422	182.00–190.00	185.79
8	—	326	190.00–200.00	194.83
4	—	880	128.00	128.00
97	—	628	148.00–162.00	156.13
46	—	679	141.00–148.00	144.60
21	—	748	139.00–141.00	140.81
5	—	768	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	426	166.00	166.00
7	—	769	134.00	134.00
8	—	579	142.00–146.00	144.86
10	—	461	145.00–150.00	146.59
4	—	658	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	487	162.50–177.00	172.33
24	—	573	148.00–167.00	153.14
9	—	377	175.00–178.00	176.11
83	—	630	145.00–152.50	152.06
25	—	675	134.00–143.50	137.56
16	—	429	175.00–182.00	178.01
35	—	709	135.00–137.50	136.13
19	—	535	160.00–172.00	165.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	358	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	141.00	141.00
12	—	557	133.00–140.00	137.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	162.50	162.50
7	—	380	180.00–184.00	182.30
11	—	661	133.00–137.00	135.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,420	63.00–69.00	66.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,264	52.00–64.00	58.98
3	—	1,293	65.50–68.50	67.00
3	—	1,388	47.50–53.00	50.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,012	30.00–40.00	31.70
26	—	1,073	40.00–54.50	48.39
5	—	1,058	56.00–61.50	58.60
11	—	927	17.00–30.00	23.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,772	76.00–90.00	82.03
3	—	1,413	52.50–70.00	63.08

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	950.00–1,000.00	977.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,302	750.00–860.00	808.01

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.