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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jan 7

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Dec 17Jan 7Jan 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,559 head

▲ 474 vs last sale 1,085▲ 49 vs year ago 1,510 · +3.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

107 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 138▼ 98 vs year ago 205 · −47.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 179 vs last sale 211▼ 4 vs year ago 36 · −11.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago, Feeder steers 300 - 400 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, Over 400 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 550-600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, Over 600 lbs unevenly steady. Demand good. Supply moderate to heavy. Slaughter cows steady.

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 $147.47/cwt on 661 head.

Average price

$147.47

661 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.57

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	147.88	879	549
Medium and Large 1-2	538	147.57	794	95
Medium 1	486	147.50	717	5thin
Medium and Large 2	513	135.00	693	3thin
Large 1	720	125.33	902	9thin

One grade step is worth $22.55/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale661 hd

147.47

—

MO average19 barns · 24,944 hd

143.89

+3.57

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	1,661	72.82	1,209	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,278	47.98	613	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	39.13	419	41

Every lot

70 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	185.96/cwt	185.00–187.00	614	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	595	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	582	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	173.65/cwt	172.00–182.50	648	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	168.56/cwt	163.00–176.00	730	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	159.15/cwt	155.00–168.00	699	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	156.39/cwt	150.00–160.00	738	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	165.88/cwt	162.00–173.00	795	46
Steers	—	Medium 1	486	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	717	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	693	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	514	166.79/cwt	165.00–168.00	857	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	157.40/cwt	153.00–163.00	833	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	149.52/cwt	143.00–152.50	792	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	813	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	151.55/cwt	145.00–156.50	856	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	141.16/cwt	140.00–143.00	826	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	140.91/cwt	137.00–144.00	871	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	134.79/cwt	133.00–135.00	861	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	135.95/cwt	134.00–139.00	904	66
Steers	—	Large 1	683	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	861	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	892	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	131.08/cwt	128.00–134.00	953	93
Steers	—	Large 1	738	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	923	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	127.32/cwt	126.00–128.00	970	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,042	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,038	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	507	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	145.38/cwt	144.00–146.00	531	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	367	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	404	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	144.10/cwt	140.00–146.00	610	34
Heifers	—	Large 1	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	132.27/cwt	127.50–135.00	622	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	139.99/cwt	136.00–147.00	665	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	123.12/cwt	121.00–124.00	602	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	137.08/cwt	130.00–141.00	706	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	127.62/cwt	120.00–132.50	674	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	130.88/cwt	120.00–135.00	738	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	122.95/cwt	121.00–124.00	698	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	584	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	701	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	604	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	737	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	125.94/cwt	123.00–128.50	778	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	122.53/cwt	120.00–124.00	773	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	121.26/cwt	119.00–122.50	811	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	117.63/cwt	117.50–118.00	863	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	118.27/cwt	117.50–120.00	873	16
Heifers	—	Large 1	762	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	819	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	920	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	670	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	739	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	141.19/cwt	136.00–148.00	731	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	743	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	602	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	768	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,532	62.04/cwt	52.00–71.00	950	3
Bulls	—	—	1,660	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,411	1
Bulls	—	—	1,716	75.70/cwt	73.00–78.50	1,299	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	24.47/cwt	24.00–25.00	241	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	35.45/cwt	30.00–39.00	370	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	42.65/cwt	40.00–49.00	464	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	605	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	44.32/cwt	42.00–45.00	545	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	710	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	48.79/cwt	46.00–52.50	631	23
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	933.33/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	8,372	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,110	595.59/cwt	550.00–625.00	6,611	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,136	959.24/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,897	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,233	777.46/cwt	700.00–875.00	9,586	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 Jan 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,559Last week 1,085Year ago 1,510

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 138Year ago 205

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 211Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	173.00	173.00
3	—	675	115.00	115.00
8	—	518	136.00–148.00	141.19
5	—	567	131.00	131.00
4	—	602	127.50	127.50
4	—	459	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	727	128.00–134.00	131.08
66	—	665	134.00–139.00	135.95
63	—	529	153.00–163.00	157.40
3	—	865	120.00	120.00
11	—	373	172.00–182.50	173.65
8	—	827	126.00	126.00
85	—	565	145.00–156.50	151.55
15	—	762	126.00–128.00	127.32
80	—	618	137.00–144.00	140.91
46	—	479	162.00–173.00	165.88
34	—	433	163.00–176.00	168.56
6	—	330	185.00–187.00	185.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	542	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	514	165.00–168.00	166.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	472	150.00–160.00	156.39
2	—	342	174.00	174.00
17	—	585	140.00–143.00	141.16
19	—	639	133.00–135.00	134.79
3	—	358	162.50	162.50
6	—	439	155.00–168.00	159.15
2	—	725	123.00	123.00
25	—	530	143.00–152.50	149.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	738	125.00	125.00
3	—	683	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	631	120.00–124.00	122.53
10	—	375	140.00	140.00
18	—	734	117.50–118.00	117.63
3	—	435	137.00	137.00
13	—	470	127.50–135.00	132.27
3	—	800	115.00	115.00
6	—	568	121.00–124.00	122.95
41	—	528	120.00–132.50	127.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	618	123.00–128.50	125.94
64	—	515	130.00–141.00	137.08
2	—	345	147.00	147.00
35	—	475	136.00–147.00	139.99
41	—	669	119.00–122.50	121.26
34	—	423	140.00–146.00	144.10
16	—	738	117.50–120.00	118.27
7	—	365	144.00–146.00	145.38
63	—	564	120.00–135.00	130.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	489	121.00–124.00	123.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	107.50	107.50
4	—	430	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,229	42.00–45.00	44.32
1	—	1,290	55.00	55.00
23	—	1,293	46.00–52.50	48.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,089	40.00–49.00	42.65
1	—	1,210	50.00	50.00
16	—	1,045	30.00–39.00	35.45
2	—	983	24.00–25.00	24.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	85.00	85.00
7	—	1,716	73.00–78.50	75.70
3	—	1,532	52.00–71.00	62.04

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	897	900.00–1,000.00	933.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,110	550.00–625.00	595.59

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)	6	—	1,136	900.00–1,000.00	959.24

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,233	700.00–875.00	777.46

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.