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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Feb 4

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Jan 28Feb 4Feb 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,731 head

▲ 1,446 vs last sale 285▲ 1,731 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

123 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 130▲ 123 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

43 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 13▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts last week, the sale was compared to two weeks ago, Feeder steers under 650 lbs steady to 8.00 higher, 650-750 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, Over 750 lbs no recent price comparison. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher, Over 600 lbs steady. Demand good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher.

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 $153.90/cwt on 705 head.

Average price

$153.90

705 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$31.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.29

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	156.83	880	561
Medium and Large 1-2	549	145.83	800	111
Medium and Large 2	528	137.20	725	10thin
Large 1	736	129.72	954	18thin
Medium 2	544	125.00	680	5thin

One grade step is worth $31.83/cwt here — about $200 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 sale705 hd

153.90

—

MO average18 barns · 12,959 hd

145.61

+8.29

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	1,684	84.22	1,418	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,417	60.38	856	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	57.07	677	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	38.80	395	18

Every lot

75 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	259	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	495	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	499	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	186.56/cwt	182.50–193.00	632	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	632	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	185.44/cwt	177.50–190.00	714	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	180.60/cwt	172.50–187.00	773	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	163.11/cwt	152.50–165.00	708	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	174.68/cwt	167.00–183.00	831	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	160.95/cwt	155.00–165.00	768	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	162.87/cwt	152.50–171.00	850	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	150.74/cwt	150.00–153.00	794	27
Steers	—	Medium 2	544	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	680	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	548	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	734	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	139.59/cwt	139.00–140.00	796	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	153.23/cwt	149.00–159.00	884	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	593	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	771	3
Steers	—	Large 1	595	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	851	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	143.22/cwt	137.00–147.50	894	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	129.62/cwt	128.00–132.00	820	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	821	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	137.79/cwt	133.00–144.50	930	90
Steers	—	Large 1	679	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	910	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	120.50/cwt	120.00–122.00	858	8
Steers	—	Large 1	721	130.59/cwt	130.00–131.00	942	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	134.74/cwt	134.00–137.00	974	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	120.62/cwt	120.00–122.50	912	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	794	127.63/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,013	16
Steers	—	Large 1	819	122.87/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,006	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	485	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	356	139.92/cwt	137.00–145.00	498	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	156.61/cwt	154.00–159.00	594	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	135.84/cwt	127.00–140.00	576	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	150.12/cwt	142.00–153.00	641	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	145.94/cwt	140.00–152.50	677	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	136.83/cwt	134.00–140.00	654	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	125.97/cwt	124.00–129.00	655	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	140.14/cwt	132.00–144.00	733	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	641	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	122.57/cwt	120.00–126.00	693	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	134.51/cwt	130.00–137.00	776	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	114.55/cwt	112.50–119.00	668	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	606	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	697	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	131.37/cwt	127.00–133.00	804	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	120.43/cwt	118.00–122.50	770	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	829	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	671	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	745	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	123.79/cwt	123.00–125.00	839	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	854	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	803	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	731	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	863	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	753	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	151.06/cwt	142.50–167.00	715	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	796	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	124.70/cwt	115.00–129.00	729	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	812	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	105.34/cwt	100.00–116.00	768	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,537	73.40/cwt	52.00–79.50	1,128	7
Bulls	—	—	1,602	85.51/cwt	81.00–87.50	1,370	8
Bulls	—	—	1,894	92.40/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,750	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	21.53/cwt	19.00–27.50	200	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	35.07/cwt	30.00–40.00	355	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	52.76/cwt	52.50–53.00	548	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	49.38/cwt	45.00–51.50	532	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	44.62/cwt	41.00–50.00	510	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	55.03/cwt	52.50–57.00	634	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	61.59/cwt	58.00–70.00	756	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,368	55.86/cwt	54.00–58.00	764	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	63.39/cwt	59.00–71.50	919	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2-3	831	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,740	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2-3	966	613.51/cwt	575.00–685.00	5,927	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,164	746.07/cwt	700.00–825.00	8,684	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,324	999.82/cwt	925.00–1,050.00	13,238	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,328	1,235.17/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	16,403	13

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 Feb 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,731Last week 285Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 130Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 13Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	448	168.00	168.00
6	—	729	100.00–116.00	105.34
18	—	585	115.00–129.00	124.70
11	—	473	142.50–167.00	151.06
2	—	615	132.00	132.00
2	—	510	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	145.00	145.00
3	—	548	134.00	134.00
3	—	593	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	723	134.00–137.00	134.74
57	—	624	137.00–147.50	143.22
14	—	385	177.50–190.00	185.44
90	—	675	133.00–144.50	137.79
71	—	476	167.00–183.00	174.68
12	—	339	182.50–193.00	186.56
6	—	259	191.00	191.00
16	—	794	126.00–128.00	127.63
166	—	577	149.00–159.00	153.23
57	—	522	152.50–171.00	162.87
56	—	428	172.50–187.00	180.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	477	155.00–165.00	160.95
16	—	756	120.00–122.50	120.62
27	—	527	150.00–153.00	150.74
6	—	322	155.00	155.00
4	—	662	124.00	124.00
10	—	434	152.50–165.00	163.11
8	—	712	120.00–122.00	120.50
7	—	361	175.00	175.00
10	—	570	139.00–140.00	139.59
5	—	633	128.00–132.00	129.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	143.00	143.00
4	—	679	134.00	134.00
7	—	819	120.00–124.00	122.87
5	—	721	130.00–131.00	130.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	544	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	671	111.00	111.00
4	—	539	119.00	119.00
6	—	583	112.50–119.00	114.55
4	—	606	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	427	142.00–153.00	150.12
4	—	712	120.00	120.00
13	—	612	127.00–133.00	131.37
17	—	379	154.00–159.00	156.61
33	—	464	140.00–152.50	145.94
66	—	577	130.00–137.00	134.51
44	—	678	123.00–125.00	123.79
129	—	523	132.00–144.00	140.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	356	137.00–145.00	139.92
20	—	520	124.00–129.00	125.97
20	—	639	118.00–122.50	120.43
17	—	565	120.00–126.00	122.57
3	—	717	112.00	112.00
2	—	658	126.00	126.00
54	—	478	134.00–140.00	136.83
20	—	424	127.00–140.00	135.84
4	—	328	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	116.00	116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,077	45.00–51.50	49.38
4	—	931	19.00–27.50	21.53
6	—	1,013	30.00–40.00	35.07
2	—	1,038	52.50–53.00	52.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	54.00–58.00	55.86
3	—	1,450	59.00–71.50	63.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,153	52.50–57.00	55.03
4	—	1,143	41.00–50.00	44.62
20	—	1,227	58.00–70.00	61.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,894	90.00–98.00	92.40
8	—	1,602	81.00–87.50	85.51
7	—	1,537	52.00–79.50	73.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	831	450.00	450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	966	575.00–685.00	613.51

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)	15	—	1,324	925.00–1,050.00	999.82

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,328	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,235.17

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)	4	—	1,164	700.00–825.00	746.07

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.