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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

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

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,220 head

▲ 280 vs last sale 940▲ 538 vs year ago 682 · +78.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

137 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 79▲ 44 vs year ago 93 · +47.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 13▼ 28 vs year ago 50 · −56.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower on a limited test. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate to heavy. Demand best for the long time weaned calves and yearlings, not as many Buyers for the un-weaned calves and plainer cattle.

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 $132.61/cwt on 316 head.

Average price

$132.61

316 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$26.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.18

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	140.21	779	138
Medium and Large 1-2	603	129.06	778	127
Medium and Large 2	492	127.59	628	23
Medium 2	757	117.81	892	8thin
Large 1	636	115.00	731	4thin
Medium 3	556	114.21	635	16thin

One grade step is worth $26.00/cwt here — about $144 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 sale316 hd

132.61

—

MO average15 barns · 6,903 hd

139.78

−7.18

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	1,678	85.24	1,430	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,387	57.54	798	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	56.89	722	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,121	51.99	583	76

Every lot

81 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	302	180.14/cwt	175.00–187.00	544	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	178.32/cwt	175.00–180.00	556	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	173.40/cwt	169.00–177.50	649	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	161.48/cwt	160.00–162.50	618	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	388	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	669	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	156.10/cwt	152.00–165.00	649	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	170.35/cwt	165.00–176.00	741	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	154.98/cwt	153.00–156.00	716	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	163.55/cwt	158.00–172.00	774	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	162.90/cwt	162.00–164.50	844	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	153.07/cwt	150.00–158.00	797	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	153.52/cwt	152.50–156.00	812	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	160.81/cwt	153.50–163.50	905	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	151.16/cwt	148.00–152.50	866	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	583	138.85/cwt	138.00–140.00	809	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	862	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	154.64/cwt	152.00–157.50	960	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	145.33/cwt	145.00–146.00	929	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	146.16/cwt	144.00–150.00	960	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	704	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,056	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,039	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	137.24/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,057	8
Steers	—	Medium 3	899	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,034	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	149.53/cwt	145.00–155.00	585	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	140.12/cwt	136.00–148.00	610	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	148.77/cwt	147.00–155.00	649	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	447	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	581	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	599	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	138.01/cwt	135.00–143.00	661	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	145.00/cwt	140.00–149.50	708	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	509	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	649	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	139.67/cwt	135.00–142.50	725	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	666	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	753	6
Heifers	—	Medium 3	525	117.91/cwt	116.00–120.00	619	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	124.01/cwt	120.00–127.50	699	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	139.25/cwt	134.00–143.50	787	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	569	126.98/cwt	124.00–130.00	723	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	131.78/cwt	130.00–133.00	752	22
Heifers	—	Medium 3	621	110.69/cwt	110.00–112.50	687	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	129.53/cwt	124.00–133.00	811	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	627	117.88/cwt	115.00–120.00	739	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	835	3
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	636	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	731	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	897	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	715	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	876	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	123.69/cwt	120.00–126.50	898	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	123.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	934	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	828	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	911	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	112.25/cwt	112.00–112.50	943	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,042	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	589	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	437	168.30/cwt	162.00–173.00	735	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	451	132.33/cwt	132.00–132.50	597	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	157.53/cwt	154.00–161.00	733	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	149.19/cwt	148.00–150.00	719	5
Bulls	—	Large 1	512	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	666	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	137.08/cwt	135.00–143.00	713	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	140.64/cwt	136.00–148.00	752	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	134.65/cwt	133.50–137.00	761	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	628	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	766	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	128.85/cwt	126.00–130.00	812	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	499	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	362	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,268	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	888	2
Bulls	—	—	1,733	88.09/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,527	5
Bulls	—	—	1,750	94.46/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,653	2
Bulls	—	—	2,080	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,726	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	880	31.76/cwt	27.50–35.00	279	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,021	42.56/cwt	35.00–47.00	435	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,138	53.23/cwt	47.50–59.50	606	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	52.39/cwt	50.00–55.00	626	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,219	61.89/cwt	60.00–70.00	754	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	57.68/cwt	54.00–61.50	734	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	52.48/cwt	51.00–54.00	722	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	58.99/cwt	56.00–62.50	820	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,440	63.36/cwt	61.00–65.00	912	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	1,162.50/cwt	1,125.00–1,200.00	13,253	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,132	914.51/cwt	800.00–975.00	10,352	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 Aug 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,220Last week 940Year ago 682

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 79Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 13Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	627	115.00–120.00	117.88
5	—	509	127.50	127.50
6	—	569	124.00–130.00	126.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	110.00	110.00
5	—	715	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	116.00–120.00	117.91
3	—	465	115.00	115.00
7	—	621	110.00–112.50	110.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	391	145.00–155.00	149.53
9	—	906	115.00	115.00
8	—	756	122.00–125.00	123.49
33	—	565	134.00–143.50	139.25
15	—	652	137.50	137.50
18	—	436	147.00–155.00	148.77
3	—	630	132.50	132.50
33	—	488	140.00–149.50	145.00
6	—	523	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	135.00–142.50	139.67
6	—	479	135.00–143.00	138.01
32	—	626	124.00–133.00	129.53
8	—	840	112.00–112.50	112.25
13	—	435	136.00–148.00	140.12
17	—	726	120.00–126.50	123.69
22	—	571	130.00–133.00	131.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	564	120.00–127.50	124.01
3	—	447	130.00	130.00
3	—	360	135.00	135.00
3	—	522	127.50	127.50
6	—	470	125.00–130.00	127.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	139.00	139.00
10	—	521	150.00–158.00	153.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	770	135.00–138.00	137.24
6	—	639	145.00–146.00	145.33
6	—	462	153.00–156.00	154.98
18	—	529	152.50–156.00	153.52
9	—	573	148.00–152.50	151.16
10	—	416	152.00–165.00	156.10
3	—	742	140.00	140.00
14	—	657	144.00–150.00	146.16
5	—	383	160.00–162.50	161.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	302	175.00–187.00	180.14
3	—	388	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	175.00–180.00	178.32
46	—	473	158.00–172.00	163.55
32	—	518	162.00–164.50	162.90
31	—	621	152.00–157.50	154.64
6	—	374	169.00–177.50	173.40
10	—	704	150.00	150.00
25	—	563	153.50–163.50	160.81
16	—	435	165.00–176.00	170.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	899	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	138.00–140.00	138.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	535	136.00–148.00	140.64
7	—	465	154.00–161.00	157.53
7	—	437	162.00–173.00	168.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	451	132.00–132.50	132.33
5	—	628	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	630	126.00–130.00	128.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	565	133.50–137.00	134.65
5	—	482	148.00–150.00	149.19
4	—	520	135.00–143.00	137.08
4	—	380	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	512	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	499	72.50	72.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,080	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,268	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,750	94.00–95.00	94.46
5	—	1,733	84.00–92.00	88.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	51.00–54.00	52.48
7	—	1,390	56.00–62.50	58.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	27.50–35.00	31.76
15	—	1,219	60.00–70.00	61.89
17	—	1,021	35.00–47.00	42.56
42	—	1,138	47.50–59.50	53.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	61.00–65.00	63.36
5	—	1,195	50.00–55.00	52.39
12	—	1,273	54.00–61.50	57.68

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,140	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,162.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,132	800.00–975.00	914.51

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.