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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 24

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,059 head

▲ 169 vs last sale 890▼ 79 vs year ago 1,138 · −6.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

200 head

▲ 91 vs last sale 109▲ 58 vs year ago 142 · +40.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 45▼ 31 vs year ago 61 · −50.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week supply moderate with good demand. All classes traded steady with a strong undertone. Good buyer attendance.

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 $146.23/cwt on 357 head.

Average price

$146.23

357 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$17.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	152.26	772	193
Medium and Large 1	567	144.12	817	61
Large 1	584	140.63	821	19thin
Medium 2	526	135.18	711	84

One grade step is worth $17.08/cwt here — about $62 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 sale357 hd

146.23

—

MO average17 barns · 10,725 hd

145.90

+0.33

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	1,676	83.20	1,395	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	55.26	752	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	53.30	589	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	44.75	447	60

Every lot

84 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	300	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	441	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	155.23/cwt	155.00–155.50	520	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	371	143.85/cwt	142.50–145.00	534	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	166.11/cwt	154.00–172.50	625	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	159.53/cwt	154.00–165.00	675	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	163.35/cwt	152.50–169.50	702	28
Steers	—	Medium 2	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	151.23/cwt	147.50–158.00	712	35
Steers	—	Medium 2	483	136.83/cwt	130.00–146.00	661	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	151.74/cwt	148.00–162.50	734	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	157.38/cwt	149.00–160.00	806	23
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	519	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	758	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	525	136.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	718	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	140.13/cwt	138.00–144.50	744	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	561	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	769	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	140.59/cwt	132.50–143.00	792	9
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	569	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	808	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	144.45/cwt	135.00–152.50	829	17
Steers	—	Medium 2	579	132.81/cwt	127.50–138.00	769	10
Steers	—	Medium 2	624	121.96/cwt	121.00–125.00	761	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	143.28/cwt	135.00–151.00	897	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	139.67/cwt	135.00–142.50	879	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	137.31/cwt	135.00–138.00	924	13
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	675	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	898	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	684	124.44/cwt	122.50–125.00	851	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,002	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	943	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	720	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	882	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	148.96/cwt	148.00–151.00	508	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	143.48/cwt	143.00–144.00	524	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	381	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	549	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	141.06/cwt	137.00–145.00	601	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	137.53/cwt	130.00–142.50	586	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	620	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	442	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	610	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	134.93/cwt	131.00–139.50	629	35
Heifers	—	Medium 2	480	125.13/cwt	124.00–126.00	601	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	132.59/cwt	131.00–133.50	682	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	130.73/cwt	120.00–137.00	692	60
Heifers	—	Medium 2	535	127.41/cwt	124.00–129.00	682	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	128.37/cwt	122.00–135.00	724	42
Heifers	—	Medium 2	567	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	720	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	133.33/cwt	132.00–134.00	769	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	728	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	611	117.72/cwt	117.50–118.00	719	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	620	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	822	9
Heifers	—	Medium 3	628	113.28/cwt	112.00–114.00	711	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	649	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	766	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	658	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	875	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	790	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	673	114.96/cwt	113.00–117.00	774	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	826	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	867	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	501	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	136.29/cwt	127.00–145.00	572	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	141.90/cwt	140.00–145.00	675	20
Bulls	—	Medium 2	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	517	113.99/cwt	112.00–120.00	589	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	130.74/cwt	127.50–132.50	709	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	125.31/cwt	123.00–128.00	714	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	588	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	682	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	120.25/cwt	117.50–123.00	741	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	661	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	740	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	784	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	702	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	737	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	567	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	439	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	614	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	411	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	465	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	523	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	532	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	617	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,320	75.17/cwt	72.00–77.50	992	4
Bulls	—	—	1,713	84.11/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,441	8
Bulls	—	—	1,959	89.39/cwt	87.50–91.00	1,751	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	921	52.13/cwt	51.00–53.50	480	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	938	34.82/cwt	31.00–38.00	327	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	989	60.16/cwt	56.00–65.00	595	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	42.70/cwt	40.00–45.50	424	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	994	48.13/cwt	45.00–50.00	478	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	48.25/cwt	45.00–50.50	504	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	52.65/cwt	50.00–55.00	603	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,354	54.13/cwt	50.00–57.00	733	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,387	60.23/cwt	59.00–61.00	835	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,043	857.07/cwt	750.00–985.00	8,939	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	979.42/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	11,459	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,208	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,570	2

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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,059Last week 890Year ago 1,138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 109Year ago 142

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 45Year ago 61

Compared to last week supply moderate with good demand. All classes traded steady with a strong undertone. Good buyer attendance.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	480	124.00–126.00	125.13
7	—	611	117.50–118.00	117.72
6	—	535	124.00–129.00	127.41
5	—	826	105.00	105.00
5	—	381	144.00	144.00
3	—	567	127.00	127.00
13	—	442	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	620	132.50	132.50
3	—	658	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	113.00–117.00	114.96
8	—	628	112.00–114.00	113.28
5	—	575	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	564	122.00–135.00	128.37
35	—	466	131.00–139.50	134.93
32	—	426	130.00–142.50	137.53
9	—	341	148.00–151.00	148.96
6	—	365	143.00–144.00	143.48
3	—	607	120.00	120.00
60	—	529	120.00–137.00	130.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	426	137.00–145.00	141.06
11	—	514	131.00–133.50	132.59
6	—	577	132.00–134.00	133.33
3	—	658	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	649	118.00	118.00
8	—	432	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	476	140.00–145.00	141.90
18	—	420	127.00–145.00	136.29
14	—	542	127.50–132.50	130.74
10	—	570	123.00–128.00	125.31
6	—	616	117.50–123.00	120.25
3	—	670	117.00	117.00
3	—	358	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	112.00–120.00	113.99
6	—	661	112.00	112.00
3	—	702	105.00	105.00
3	—	588	116.00	116.00
3	—	490	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	471	147.50–158.00	151.23
33	—	626	135.00–151.00	143.28
28	—	430	152.50–169.50	163.35
26	—	376	154.00–172.50	166.11
23	—	512	149.00–160.00	157.38
17	—	574	135.00–152.50	144.45
13	—	673	135.00–138.00	137.31
9	—	335	155.00–155.50	155.23
4	—	712	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	629	135.00–142.50	139.67
11	—	484	148.00–162.50	151.74
9	—	563	132.50–143.00	140.59
6	—	531	138.00–144.50	140.13
6	—	423	154.00–165.00	159.53
3	—	703	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	483	130.00–146.00	136.83
10	—	579	127.50–138.00	132.81
9	—	684	122.50–125.00	124.44
9	—	371	142.50–145.00	143.85
4	—	720	122.50	122.50
4	—	624	121.00–125.00	121.96
24	—	525	130.00–140.00	136.80
4	—	445	146.00	146.00
3	—	300	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	146.00	146.00
6	—	675	133.00	133.00
6	—	569	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	614	67.00	67.00
3	—	567	77.50	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	116.00	116.00
3	—	465	112.50	112.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,045	45.00–50.50	48.25
13	—	992	40.00–45.50	42.70
12	—	938	31.00–38.00	34.82
6	—	921	51.00–53.50	52.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,354	50.00–57.00	54.13
5	—	1,387	59.00–61.00	60.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,145	50.00–55.00	52.65
7	—	989	56.00–65.00	60.16
5	—	994	45.00–50.00	48.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,713	80.00–88.00	84.11
4	—	1,959	87.50–91.00	89.39
4	—	1,320	72.00–77.50	75.17

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,170	900.00–1,075.00	979.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,208	875.00	875.00

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,043	750.00–985.00	857.07

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.