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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 30

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

682 head

▼ 347 vs last sale 1,029▲ 68 vs year ago 614 · +11.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 51▼ 1 vs year ago 66 · −1.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 97 vs year ago 142 · −68.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks, steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Demand and supply moderate. Box Beef continues to set unheard of record prices as slaughter numbers falling way short as Packing Plants struggle to keep their work force intact.

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 $135.04/cwt on 220 head.

Average price

$135.04

220 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

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

$53.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.81

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	151.45	779	32
Large 1	430	148.00	636	3thin
Medium and Large 2	363	145.98	530	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	588	138.69	815	149
Medium 2-3	815	97.50	795	31

One grade step is worth $53.95/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale220 hd

135.04

—

MO average18 barns · 13,115 hd

140.84

−5.81

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	1,635	86.85	1,420	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,340	57.25	767	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,130	56.25	636	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	994	50.44	502	24

Every lot

63 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	168.74/cwt	160.00–176.00	540	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	357	163.19/cwt	160.00–165.00	583	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	145.98/cwt	145.00–147.50	530	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	653	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	155.20/cwt	150.00–160.00	664	13
Steers	—	Large 1	430	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	636	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	756	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	159.74/cwt	155.00–162.00	746	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	151.04/cwt	149.00–155.00	787	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	145.99/cwt	142.00–154.00	764	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	832	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	144.46/cwt	135.00–145.50	805	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	568	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	767	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	139.22/cwt	139.00–140.00	799	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	130.79/cwt	127.50–133.00	821	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	662	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	847	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	127.93/cwt	122.50–129.00	852	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	876	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	797	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	893	29
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	815	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	795	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	897	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	237	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	332	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	479	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	145.60/cwt	142.50–147.50	492	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	141.63/cwt	140.00–142.50	520	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	138.49/cwt	135.00–142.50	508	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	142.43/cwt	137.00–146.00	604	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	134.43/cwt	129.00–142.00	571	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	438	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	626	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	128.90/cwt	123.00–135.50	611	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	618	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	127.46/cwt	122.50–129.00	653	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	535	119.60/cwt	117.00–122.00	640	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	117.30/cwt	115.00–120.00	682	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	116.40/cwt	113.50–120.00	715	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	109.79/cwt	106.00–113.00	743	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	104.77/cwt	104.00–105.00	760	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	228	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	399	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	493	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	287	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	519	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	543	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	145.17/cwt	142.50–148.00	602	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	423	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	656	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	128.60/cwt	120.00–133.00	660	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	662	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	116.87/cwt	115.00–120.00	690	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	764	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,473	87.22/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,285	6
Bulls	—	—	1,665	91.58/cwt	90.50–92.50	1,525	2
Bulls	—	—	1,905	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,524	1
Bulls	—	—	2,280	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,870	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	793	39.90/cwt	33.00–43.50	316	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	49.94/cwt	40.00–54.00	495	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,096	54.70/cwt	50.00–61.00	600	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	58.35/cwt	55.00–62.50	655	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	63.60/cwt	59.50–69.00	772	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,245	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	828	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	653	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	689	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	850	1,166.67/cwt	1,150.00–1,175.00	9,917	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,050	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,025	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,051	961.08/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,101	10

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 682Last week 1,029Year ago 614

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 51Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 25Year ago 142

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,214	59.50–69.00	63.60
15	—	1,096	50.00–61.00	54.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	66.50	66.50
1	—	1,435	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,123	55.00–62.50	58.35
16	—	992	40.00–54.00	49.94
3	—	793	33.00–43.50	39.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	90.50–92.50	91.58
1	—	2,280	82.00	82.00
6	—	1,473	84.00–91.00	87.22
1	—	1,905	80.00	80.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	143.00–144.00	143.49
14	—	424	137.00–146.00	142.43
3	—	367	140.00–142.50	141.63
3	—	483	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	425	129.00–142.00	134.43
13	—	338	142.50–147.50	145.60
25	—	474	123.00–135.50	128.90
26	—	581	115.00–120.00	117.30
14	—	614	113.50–120.00	116.40
12	—	367	135.00–142.50	138.49
29	—	512	122.50–129.00	127.46
17	—	725	104.00–105.00	104.77
12	—	677	106.00–113.00	109.79
3	—	237	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	535	117.00–122.00	119.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	265	186.00	186.00
8	—	590	115.00–120.00	116.87
3	—	920	83.00	83.00
15	—	513	120.00–133.00	128.60
4	—	415	142.50–148.00	145.17
7	—	362	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	228	175.00	175.00
3	—	287	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	139.00–140.00	139.22
12	—	521	149.00–155.00	151.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	712	123.00	123.00
7	—	875	102.50	102.50
18	—	666	122.50–129.00	127.93
29	—	797	112.00	112.00
3	—	523	142.00–154.00	145.99
7	—	628	127.50–133.00	130.79
13	—	428	150.00–160.00	155.20
25	—	467	155.00–162.00	159.74
5	—	357	160.00–165.00	163.19
12	—	320	160.00–176.00	168.74
21	—	557	135.00–145.50	144.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	145.00–147.50	145.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	155.00	155.00
4	—	461	164.00	164.00
4	—	396	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	128.00	128.00
3	—	568	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	815	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	148.00	148.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	850	1,150.00–1,175.00	1,166.67

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)	10	—	1,051	900.00–1,000.00	961.08

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.