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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 16

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

544 head

▲ 259 vs last sale 285▼ 243 vs year ago 787 · −30.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 59▼ 109 vs year ago 174 · −62.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 25▼ 24 vs year ago 59 · −40.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test last week, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 higher. Demand moderate to good for feeders, good for slaughter cattle, supply light.

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 $151.47/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$151.47

171 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$60.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.57

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	163.90	788	65
Medium and Large 1-2	537	145.23	780	98
Medium and Large 2	478	141.28	675	5thin
Medium 1-2	777	103.00	800	3thin

One grade step is worth $60.90/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale171 hd

151.47

—

MO average15 barns · 6,517 hd

141.90

+9.57

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	1,746	89.67	1,566	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	57.96	755	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	57.71	794	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	52.73	560	35

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	162.93/cwt	155.00–173.00	556	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	173.50/cwt	173.00–174.00	666	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	174.68/cwt	169.00–179.00	735	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	159.39/cwt	158.00–167.00	679	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	165.15/cwt	162.50–168.00	770	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	156.53/cwt	147.50–161.00	736	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	141.28/cwt	140.00–143.00	675	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	158.37/cwt	154.00–162.00	828	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	146.95/cwt	142.00–152.50	777	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	140.18/cwt	132.50–143.00	814	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	137.53/cwt	132.50–139.00	858	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	905	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	123.55/cwt	122.50–124.00	848	10
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	777	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	800	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	146.22/cwt	142.50–150.00	487	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	352	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	449	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	363	145.38/cwt	144.00–148.00	528	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	136.84/cwt	135.00–141.00	504	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	142.96/cwt	138.00–147.00	536	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	139.09/cwt	135.00–140.00	573	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	133.52/cwt	132.50–135.00	567	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	129.11/cwt	124.00–132.50	611	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	132.25/cwt	130.00–134.00	631	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	133.23/cwt	132.50–134.00	687	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	125.00/cwt	122.00–128.00	658	12
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	121.15/cwt	120.00–126.00	714	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	765	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	664	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	703	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	738	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,683	93.33/cwt	92.00–94.50	1,571	3
Bulls	—	—	1,794	86.93/cwt	82.50–90.50	1,560	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	954	36.42/cwt	32.00–44.00	347	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	52.67/cwt	46.50–57.00	560	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	59.37/cwt	58.00–64.00	656	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,282	52.23/cwt	50.00–54.00	670	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,302	57.96/cwt	51.00–62.50	755	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,415	60.06/cwt	55.00–64.00	850	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,032	727.34/cwt	685.00–800.00	7,506	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1	1,466	1,037.80/cwt	925.00–1,125.00	15,214	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	789	62.81/cwt	60.00–70.00	496	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	978	59.44/cwt	55.00–69.00	581	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 Apr 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 544Last week 285Year ago 787

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 59Year ago 174

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 25Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	703	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	352	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	589	120.00–126.00	121.15
17	—	375	138.00–147.00	142.96
4	—	333	142.50–150.00	146.22
6	—	612	125.00	125.00
21	—	477	130.00–134.00	132.25
6	—	516	132.50–134.00	133.23
17	—	412	135.00–140.00	139.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	132.50–135.00	133.52
12	—	526	122.00–128.00	125.00
9	—	473	124.00–132.50	129.11
7	—	368	135.00–141.00	136.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	363	144.00–148.00	145.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	384	173.00–174.00	173.50
25	—	523	154.00–162.00	158.37
5	—	651	139.00	139.00
16	—	421	169.00–179.00	174.68
11	—	466	162.50–168.00	165.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	686	122.50–124.00	123.55
22	—	529	142.00–152.50	146.95
9	—	341	155.00–173.00	162.93
13	—	624	132.50–139.00	137.53
8	—	470	147.50–161.00	156.53
11	—	426	158.00–167.00	159.39
25	—	581	132.50–143.00	140.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	140.00–143.00	141.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	777	103.00	103.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,415	55.00–64.00	60.06
3	—	1,282	50.00–54.00	52.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,063	46.50–57.00	52.67
10	—	1,105	58.00–64.00	59.37
4	—	954	32.00–44.00	36.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,302	51.00–62.50	57.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,794	82.50–90.50	86.93
3	—	1,683	92.00–94.50	93.33

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,032	685.00–800.00	727.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,466	925.00–1,125.00	1,037.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	978	55.00–69.00	59.44

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	789	60.00–70.00	62.81

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.