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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 17

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

890 head

▲ 215 vs last sale 675▲ 275 vs year ago 615 · +44.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 108▲ 30 vs year ago 79 · +38.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 33▲ 15 vs year ago 30 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate. Demand best for calves vaccinated and forty five days weaned, lighter demand for fleshy, bawling calves.

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 $129.33/cwt on 219 head.

Average price

$129.33

219 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$19.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.42

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	136.06	747	75
Medium and Large 1-2	544	130.21	709	90
Medium 2	498	121.71	606	21
Medium and Large 2	611	116.45	711	33

One grade step is worth $19.62/cwt here — about $35 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 sale219 hd

129.33

—

MO average17 barns · 8,173 hd

135.75

−6.42

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	1,441	79.90	1,152	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,296	59.67	773	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,161	57.33	666	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	49.24	523	42

Every lot

77 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	161.03/cwt	157.50–165.00	599	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	432	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	540	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	139.48/cwt	137.50–140.00	651	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	155.41/cwt	154.00–160.00	746	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	143.56/cwt	142.50–145.00	706	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	779	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	136.93/cwt	135.00–145.00	718	10
Steers	—	Medium 2	526	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	631	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	134.33/cwt	134.00–135.00	716	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	146.73/cwt	142.50–149.00	788	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	546	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	824	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	141.87/cwt	135.00–146.00	794	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	561	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	729	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	144.29/cwt	144.00–145.00	825	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	138.98/cwt	138.00–141.00	802	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	790	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	774	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	142.61/cwt	136.00–145.00	886	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	622	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	793	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	135.35/cwt	130.00–137.50	912	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	976	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	719	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	935	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	131.38/cwt	127.50–132.50	964	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	140.05/cwt	135.00–147.00	542	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	133.29/cwt	130.00–140.00	550	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	142.13/cwt	137.50–144.00	596	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	528	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	139.36/cwt	139.00–140.00	661	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	474	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	574	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	131.79/cwt	127.50–137.50	630	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	508	123.98/cwt	122.00–125.00	630	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	133.09/cwt	132.00–134.00	680	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	693	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	129.28/cwt	124.00–132.50	677	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	524	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	642	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	136.85/cwt	136.00–137.00	762	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	122.01/cwt	121.00–122.50	686	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	726	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	134.75/cwt	127.50–137.50	764	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	573	116.31/cwt	112.50–120.00	666	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	133.75/cwt	130.00–136.00	835	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	754	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	764	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	901	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	828	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	816	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	772	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	841	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	909	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	605	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	389	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	661	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	616	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2	432	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	518	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	433	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	660	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	616	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	489	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	611	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	125.40/cwt	120.00–128.00	638	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	519	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	635	6
Bulls	—	Large 1	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	122.29/cwt	120.00–125.00	703	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	794	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,285	70.91/cwt	67.50–77.00	911	4
Bulls	—	—	1,566	87.10/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,364	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	267	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	40.43/cwt	35.00–45.00	422	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	52.36/cwt	45.00–57.00	556	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	58.08/cwt	55.50–60.00	652	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,129	58.54/cwt	54.50–61.00	661	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	52.79/cwt	50.00–55.00	629	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	63.07/cwt	61.50–64.50	809	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,285	61.21/cwt	60.00–63.50	787	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,340	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	717	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	920	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	8,832	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	763.00/cwt	750.00–775.00	8,546	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,280	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,480	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	59.95/cwt	57.00–62.50	564	8

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 Sep 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 890Last week 675Year ago 615

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 108Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 33Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	125.00	125.00
12	—	526	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	372	157.50–165.00	161.03
19	—	621	136.00–145.00	142.61
5	—	577	138.00–141.00	138.98
23	—	537	142.50–149.00	146.73
7	—	492	142.50–145.00	143.56
9	—	734	127.50–132.50	131.38
29	—	674	130.00–137.50	135.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	135.00–145.00	136.93
10	—	560	135.00–146.00	141.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	127.50	127.50
5	—	561	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	144.00–145.00	144.29
14	—	480	154.00–160.00	155.41
3	—	718	136.00	136.00
4	—	546	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	136.00	136.00
7	—	511	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	137.50–140.00	139.48
6	—	582	133.00	133.00
3	—	533	134.00–135.00	134.33
6	—	719	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	474	121.00	121.00
10	—	524	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	122.00	122.00
6	—	563	129.00	129.00
7	—	511	132.00–134.00	133.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	413	130.00–140.00	133.29
4	—	628	120.00	120.00
3	—	983	92.50	92.50
10	—	513	135.00	135.00
20	—	478	127.50–137.50	131.79
27	—	567	127.50–137.50	134.75
3	—	662	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	121.00–122.50	122.01
6	—	422	125.00	125.00
12	—	772	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	655	137.50	137.50
11	—	474	139.00–140.00	139.36
7	—	387	135.00–147.00	140.05
7	—	419	137.50–144.00	142.13
8	—	624	130.00–136.00	133.75
7	—	557	136.00–137.00	136.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	124.00–132.50	129.28
4	—	650	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	573	112.50–120.00	116.31
3	—	508	122.00–125.00	123.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	120.00–125.00	122.42
3	—	470	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	662	120.00	120.00
5	—	384	157.50	157.50
8	—	432	142.50	142.50
9	—	575	120.00–125.00	122.29
16	—	509	120.00–128.00	125.40
4	—	465	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	125.00	125.00
4	—	489	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	705	116.00	116.00
5	—	389	170.00	170.00
6	—	433	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,061	45.00–57.00	52.36
12	—	1,045	35.00–45.00	40.43
1	—	890	30.00	30.00
6	—	1,123	55.50–60.00	58.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	53.50	53.50
4	—	1,285	60.00–63.50	61.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	61.50–64.50	63.07
6	—	1,191	50.00–55.00	52.79
13	—	1,129	54.50–61.00	58.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,285	67.50–77.00	70.91
5	—	1,566	85.00–89.00	87.10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	920	960.00	960.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	750.00–775.00	763.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,280	975.00	975.00

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	8	—	940	57.00–62.50	59.95

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.