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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, May 14

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

460 head

▼ 445 vs last sale 905▼ 547 vs year ago 1,007 · −54.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

85 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 105▼ 116 vs year ago 201 · −57.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 84▲ 3 vs year ago 15 · +20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply light. Muddy conditions persist as rain showers continue and the ground is saturated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.69/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$130.69

143 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$7.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	132.95	645	85
Medium and Large 1-2	537	127.50	685	55
Medium 1-2	442	125.00	553	3thin

One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about $92 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 sale143 hd

130.69

—

MO average17 barns · 8,262 hd

132.75

−2.06

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	1,608	82.89	1,333	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,362	57.02	776	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	56.47	659	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	987	46.89	463	45

Every lot

52 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	162.23/cwt	161.00–165.00	539	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	171.99/cwt	170.00–172.50	647	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	159.18/cwt	157.50–160.00	613	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	164.15/cwt	162.50–165.00	680	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	152.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	662	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	154.06/cwt	147.50–159.00	727	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	161.18/cwt	160.00–162.50	764	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	503	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	704	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	807	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	148.59/cwt	145.00–150.00	802	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	857	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	143.26/cwt	140.00–147.50	832	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	133.62/cwt	132.50–135.00	812	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	862	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	142.32/cwt	136.00–148.00	890	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	861	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	730	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	894	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	143.48/cwt	142.50–144.00	478	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	524	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	407	141.01/cwt	136.00–142.50	574	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	568	6
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	442	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	553	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	132.34/cwt	130.00–139.00	614	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	132.87/cwt	128.00–137.50	630	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	135.28/cwt	132.50–138.50	690	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	126.04/cwt	123.00–130.00	660	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	127.05/cwt	125.00–128.00	668	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	130.62/cwt	130.00–132.50	691	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	756	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	598	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	688	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	125.89/cwt	122.50–128.00	763	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	123.23/cwt	117.50–126.00	758	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	727	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	132.90/cwt	130.00–135.00	702	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	731	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	695	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	765	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,345	67.66/cwt	65.00–70.00	910	2
Bulls	—	—	1,656	85.65/cwt	81.00–87.50	1,418	7
Bulls	—	—	1,795	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,687	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	803	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	161	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	876	37.71/cwt	30.00–45.00	330	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,027	56.57/cwt	52.50–60.00	581	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	50.57/cwt	45.00–55.00	524	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,106	55.79/cwt	53.00–59.00	617	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	65.30/cwt	62.50–68.00	753	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,240	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	620	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,386	58.42/cwt	55.00–62.50	810	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,393	50.02/cwt	48.00–52.50	697	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,210	626.65/cwt	600.00–650.00	7,582	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,224	986.54/cwt	975.00–1,025.00	12,075	4

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 May 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 460Last week 905Year ago 1,007

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 105Year ago 201

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 84Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	625	136.00–148.00	142.32
3	—	553	155.00	155.00
13	—	474	160.00–162.50	161.18
5	—	376	170.00–172.50	171.99
15	—	414	162.50–165.00	164.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	730	122.50	122.50
5	—	540	145.00–150.00	148.59
8	—	608	132.50–135.00	133.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	161.00–165.00	162.23
4	—	689	125.00	125.00
8	—	434	150.00–155.00	152.57
3	—	385	157.50–160.00	159.18
5	—	524	154.00	154.00
29	—	472	147.50–159.00	154.06
4	—	616	140.00	140.00
7	—	581	140.00–147.50	143.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	503	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	597	122.50	122.50
6	—	528	130.00–135.00	132.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	144.00	144.00
3	—	695	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	606	122.50–128.00	125.89
7	—	374	140.00	140.00
21	—	464	130.00–139.00	132.34
11	—	407	136.00–142.50	141.01
13	—	510	132.50–138.50	135.28
6	—	333	142.50–144.00	143.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	115.00	115.00
7	—	526	125.00–128.00	127.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	117.50–126.00	123.23
4	—	775	103.00	103.00
8	—	529	130.00–132.50	130.62
5	—	591	128.00	128.00
6	—	418	136.00	136.00
16	—	474	128.00–137.50	132.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	600	120.00	120.00
7	—	524	123.00–130.00	126.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	600.00–650.00	626.65

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,224	975.00–1,025.00	986.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	65.00–70.00	67.66
1	—	1,795	94.00	94.00
7	—	1,656	81.00–87.50	85.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,036	45.00–55.00	50.57
3	—	803	20.00	20.00
7	—	1,027	52.50–60.00	56.57
9	—	876	30.00–45.00	37.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,106	53.00–59.00	55.79
2	—	1,153	62.50–68.00	65.30
2	—	1,393	48.00–52.50	50.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	50.00	50.00
5	—	1,386	55.00–62.50	58.42

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.