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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Dec 10

● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,591 head

▲ 71 vs last sale 1,520▲ 525 vs year ago 1,066 · +49.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

154 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 156▼ 47 vs year ago 201 · −23.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 94▲ 15 vs year ago 20 · +75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Demand and supply moderate. The bulk of the feeder cattle offering was calves with a few yearlings in the mix.

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 $147.05/cwt on 460 head.

Average price

$147.05

460 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$478

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$40.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.99

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	150.73	836	275
Medium and Large 1-2	565	145.17	821	137
Medium 2	366	145.00	531	3thin
Medium 2-3	371	137.96	512	14thin
Medium and Large 2	561	131.16	736	25
Medium 3	325	110.00	358	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.73/cwt here — about $478 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 sale460 hd

147.05

—

MO average18 barns · 20,975 hd

145.07

+1.99

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	1,668	74.58	1,244	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	48.20	698	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	47.28	593	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,041	34.08	355	59

Every lot

100 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	228	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	447	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	178.62/cwt	177.00–182.00	589	3
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	333	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	476	8
Steers	—	Medium 2	366	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	531	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	162.64/cwt	159.00–165.00	597	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	175.27/cwt	170.00–182.00	664	29
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	383	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	507	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	421	144.49/cwt	138.00–149.00	608	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	167.40/cwt	162.00–172.50	708	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	157.60/cwt	150.00–164.00	667	5
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	462	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	601	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	162.17/cwt	158.00–170.00	761	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	153.89/cwt	150.00–160.00	723	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	154.73/cwt	152.50–157.50	763	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	501	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	809	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	516	139.47/cwt	136.00–145.00	720	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	156.94/cwt	153.00–161.00	819	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	150.22/cwt	147.50–152.50	787	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	539	147.99/cwt	142.50–155.00	798	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	149.97/cwt	148.00–152.00	837	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	142.99/cwt	137.00–145.00	806	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	575	121.44/cwt	120.00–122.50	698	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	136.70/cwt	135.00–141.00	791	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	135.78/cwt	132.50–138.00	839	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	139.73/cwt	137.00–143.00	868	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	130.43/cwt	127.50–132.50	814	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	123.05/cwt	120.00–125.00	818	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	130.51/cwt	125.00–134.50	885	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	134.17/cwt	132.50–135.00	916	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	687	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	876	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	126.70/cwt	125.00–127.50	933	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	980	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,117	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	283	150.47/cwt	147.00–155.00	426	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	283	144.98/cwt	143.00–146.00	410	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	144.16/cwt	142.50–146.00	470	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	152.40/cwt	148.00–160.00	501	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	517	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	142.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	524	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	378	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	548	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	390	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	497	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	137.04/cwt	131.00–141.00	578	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	143.70/cwt	138.00–148.00	609	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	137.26/cwt	132.00–142.50	651	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	130.14/cwt	127.50–137.00	619	21
Heifers	—	Medium 2	493	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	604	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	499	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	624	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	509	124.09/cwt	118.00–128.00	632	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	129.72/cwt	122.50–134.00	676	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	125.93/cwt	121.00–131.50	656	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	128.31/cwt	121.00–134.00	672	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	121.77/cwt	120.00–124.00	683	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	567	117.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	665	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	122.18/cwt	120.00–126.00	703	45
Heifers	—	Medium 2	581	119.58/cwt	118.00–120.00	695	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	119.56/cwt	118.00–123.00	699	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	116.89/cwt	115.00–121.00	714	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	119.26/cwt	117.50–121.00	757	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	663	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	746	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	809	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	855	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	111.67/cwt	110.00–112.50	806	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	965	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	876	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	920	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	369	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	406	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	167.86/cwt	165.00–172.50	638	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	433	157.56/cwt	155.00–160.00	682	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	436	136.37/cwt	136.00–138.00	595	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	145.38/cwt	135.00–155.00	691	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	476	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	714	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	131.31/cwt	125.00–137.00	675	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	532	132.69/cwt	132.00–136.00	706	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	566	127.13/cwt	124.00–134.00	720	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	115.90/cwt	109.00–127.00	676	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	121.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	749	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	788	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	616	115.80/cwt	114.00–119.00	713	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	94.56/cwt	92.00–95.00	723	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	893	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	759	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	65.92/cwt	64.00–67.50	969	2
Bulls	—	—	1,703	75.39/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,284	6
Bulls	—	—	1,855	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,614	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	919	22.24/cwt	10.00–30.00	204	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	977	31.91/cwt	29.00–36.00	312	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,111	39.43/cwt	35.00–45.50	438	28
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,201	47.53/cwt	44.00–51.50	571	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	43.07/cwt	41.00–45.50	535	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	47.06/cwt	42.50–50.00	586	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	53.73/cwt	52.50–54.50	732	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	45.67/cwt	45.00–46.00	642	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,481	50.09/cwt	47.50–56.00	742	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,093	1,075.34/cwt	1,025.00–1,125.00	11,753	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	741.41/cwt	725.00–750.00	8,600	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,417	885.46/cwt	825.00–975.00	12,547	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 Dec 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,591Last week 1,520Year ago 1,066

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 156Year ago 201

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 94Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	368	140.00–145.00	142.30
45	—	575	120.00–126.00	122.18
43	—	424	138.00–148.00	143.70
20	—	521	122.50–134.00	129.72
11	—	329	148.00–160.00	152.40
5	—	674	120.00	120.00
4	—	839	115.00	115.00
11	—	635	117.50–121.00	119.26
12	—	707	121.00	121.00
52	—	474	132.00–142.50	137.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	283	147.00–155.00	150.47
3	—	378	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	655	110.00	110.00
14	—	509	118.00–128.00	124.09
11	—	567	115.00–120.00	117.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	561	120.00–124.00	121.77
16	—	524	121.00–134.00	128.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	390	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	876	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	493	122.00–123.00	122.50
3	—	663	112.50	112.50
12	—	581	118.00–120.00	119.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	129.00	129.00
4	—	499	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	422	131.00–141.00	137.04
21	—	476	127.50–137.00	130.14
8	—	363	142.50	142.50
8	—	521	121.00–131.50	125.93
4	—	326	142.50–146.00	144.16
6	—	722	110.00–112.50	111.67
20	—	611	115.00–121.00	116.89
26	—	585	118.00–123.00	119.56
3	—	283	143.00–146.00	144.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	423	162.00–172.50	167.40
29	—	379	170.00–182.00	175.27
3	—	330	177.00–182.00	178.62
61	—	621	137.00–143.00	139.73
39	—	469	158.00–170.00	162.17
4	—	558	148.00–152.00	149.97
18	—	683	132.50–135.00	134.17
15	—	890	125.50	125.50
31	—	522	153.00–161.00	156.94
11	—	737	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	228	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	367	159.00–165.00	162.64
37	—	678	125.00–134.50	130.51
5	—	618	132.50–138.00	135.78
10	—	736	125.00–127.50	126.70
13	—	470	150.00–160.00	153.89
14	—	564	137.00–145.00	142.99
10	—	524	147.50–152.50	150.22
5	—	423	150.00–164.00	157.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	142.50–155.00	147.99
7	—	665	120.00–125.00	123.05
9	—	579	135.00–141.00	136.70
9	—	493	152.50–157.50	154.73
5	—	624	127.50–132.50	130.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	325	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	366	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	130.00	130.00
3	—	383	132.50	132.50
8	—	333	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	575	120.00–122.50	121.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	135.00	135.00
3	—	687	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	516	136.00–145.00	139.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	501	161.50	161.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	120.00	120.00
7	—	421	138.00–149.00	144.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	85.00	85.00
7	—	765	92.00–95.00	94.56
12	—	583	109.00–127.00	115.90
6	—	614	118.00–124.00	121.97
30	—	514	125.00–137.00	131.31
11	—	475	135.00–155.00	145.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	566	124.00–134.00	127.13
8	—	433	155.00–160.00	157.56
8	—	532	132.00–136.00	132.69
5	—	380	165.00–172.50	167.86
6	—	476	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	616	114.00–119.00	115.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	136.00–138.00	136.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,363	52.50–54.50	53.73
3	—	1,243	41.00–45.50	43.07
30	—	1,245	42.50–50.00	47.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	44.00–51.50	47.53
15	—	919	10.00–30.00	22.24
12	—	977	29.00–36.00	31.91
28	—	1,111	35.00–45.50	39.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,481	47.50–56.00	50.09
3	—	1,405	45.00–46.00	45.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	87.00	87.00
6	—	1,703	71.00–81.00	75.39
2	—	1,470	64.00–67.50	65.92

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,160	725.00–750.00	741.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,093	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,075.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,417	825.00–975.00	885.46

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.