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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 15

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

951 head

▲ 179 vs last sale 772▲ 407 vs year ago 544 · +74.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

211 head

▲ 101 vs last sale 110▲ 146 vs year ago 65 · +224.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 10▼ 27 vs year ago 35 · −77.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A good crowd was on hand for this Douglas County Livestock sale. Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 4.00 higher, while feeder heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 lower on a large supply. Overall supply was moderate with good demand.

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 $141.18/cwt on 341 head.

Average price

$141.18

341 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$11.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.43

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	146.64	709	149
Medium and Large 1-2	524	137.74	722	135
Medium 2	413	135.23	559	12thin
Medium and Large 2	506	135.02	683	45

One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $26 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 sale341 hd

141.18

—

MO average17 barns · 10,919 hd

144.61

−3.43

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	1,605	87.09	1,398	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,122	62.91	706	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,358	61.74	838	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	54.05	547	91

Every lot

74 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	182.98/cwt	182.00–184.00	573	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	193.64/cwt	185.00–205.00	624	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	194.28/cwt	186.00–206.00	713	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	183.49/cwt	182.50–184.00	712	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	175.23/cwt	170.00–177.00	680	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	167.14/cwt	162.50–174.00	709	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	182.72/cwt	176.00–190.00	786	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	180.73/cwt	176.00–189.00	846	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	167.68/cwt	160.00–173.00	793	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	168.79/cwt	165.00–181.00	881	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	158.09/cwt	152.00–164.50	836	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	166.86/cwt	162.00–169.00	926	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	147.01/cwt	143.00–152.00	829	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	158.22/cwt	155.00–160.00	915	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	153.07/cwt	150.00–164.00	955	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	145.21/cwt	138.00–147.00	922	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	150.20/cwt	148.00–155.00	987	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	138.83/cwt	138.00–140.00	938	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	688	136.68/cwt	135.00–137.50	940	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	139.17/cwt	136.00–142.00	987	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	133.49/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,036	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	147.16/cwt	145.00–148.00	466	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	168.03/cwt	160.00–171.00	554	13
Heifers	—	Medium 2	369	140.25/cwt	139.00–142.50	518	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	148.44/cwt	142.00–152.50	566	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	652	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	147.39/cwt	145.00–149.00	619	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	153.21/cwt	150.00–156.00	657	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	135.97/cwt	135.00–137.00	589	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	435	130.33/cwt	129.00–133.00	567	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	454	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	636	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	696	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	145.13/cwt	143.00–148.00	675	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	139.03/cwt	132.50–142.50	667	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	135.19/cwt	127.50–140.00	703	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	139.12/cwt	135.00–143.00	730	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	132.69/cwt	130.00–134.00	703	13
Heifers	—	Medium 2	535	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	669	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	132.30/cwt	130.00–134.00	737	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	706	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	136.35/cwt	135.00–138.50	781	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	121.99/cwt	121.00–123.00	759	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	131.31/cwt	127.50–133.50	821	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	859	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	880	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	355	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	653	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	366	163.67/cwt	161.00–168.00	599	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	393	174.53/cwt	170.00–179.00	686	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	410	179.20/cwt	175.00–184.00	735	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	166.16/cwt	162.50–168.00	700	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	168.74/cwt	167.50–170.00	768	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	163.15/cwt	159.00–165.00	772	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	528	138.69/cwt	134.00–144.00	732	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	155.07/cwt	154.00–156.00	820	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	533	148.64/cwt	148.00–150.00	792	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	563	134.59/cwt	127.50–140.00	758	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	885	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	582	145.90/cwt	145.00–147.00	849	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	137.27/cwt	136.00–144.00	868	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	762	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	869	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	969	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	397	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	387	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	477	95.10/cwt	86.00–99.00	454	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,396	80.53/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,124	4
Bulls	—	—	1,600	85.69/cwt	76.00–92.00	1,371	11
Bulls	—	—	1,830	97.52/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,785	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	967	44.60/cwt	40.00–50.50	431	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	55.75/cwt	50.00–61.50	568	54
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	63.04/cwt	62.00–65.00	671	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,101	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	771	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,124	59.16/cwt	56.00–62.50	665	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	64.44/cwt	62.00–67.50	725	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	61.74/cwt	58.00–65.00	838	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,074	819.76/cwt	750.00–1,000.00	8,804	6

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 Apr 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 951Last week 772Year ago 544

Slaughter CattleReceipts 211Last week 110Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 10Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	381	142.00–152.50	148.44
34	—	625	127.50–133.50	131.31
15	—	420	145.00–149.00	147.39
5	—	317	145.00–148.00	147.16
5	—	718	122.50	122.50
27	—	465	143.00–148.00	145.13
18	—	557	130.00–134.00	132.30
5	—	661	130.00	130.00
13	—	530	130.00–134.00	132.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	525	135.00–143.00	139.12
13	—	330	160.00–171.00	168.03
4	—	388	168.00	168.00
9	—	464	150.00	150.00
45	—	429	150.00–156.00	153.21
37	—	573	135.00–138.50	136.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	120.00–130.00	125.00
7	—	369	139.00–142.50	140.25
3	—	435	129.00–133.00	130.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	560	125.00–127.00	126.01
2	—	433	135.00–137.00	135.97
27	—	480	132.50–142.50	139.03
3	—	622	121.00–123.00	121.99
5	—	520	127.50–140.00	135.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	162.50–168.00	166.16
6	—	473	159.00–165.00	163.15
2	—	582	152.00	152.00
6	—	632	136.00–144.00	137.27
2	—	775	125.00	125.00
14	—	529	154.00–156.00	155.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	167.50–170.00	168.74
2	—	355	184.00	184.00
5	—	410	175.00–184.00	179.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	366	161.00–168.00	163.67
4	—	563	127.50–140.00	134.59
10	—	528	134.00–144.00	138.69
2	—	762	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	582	145.00–147.00	145.90
2	—	393	170.00–179.00	174.53
3	—	533	148.00–150.00	148.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	635	138.00–147.00	145.21
13	—	473	160.00–173.00	167.68
2	—	313	182.00–184.00	182.98
19	—	578	155.00–160.00	158.22
18	—	676	138.00–140.00	138.83
16	—	529	152.00–164.50	158.09
8	—	424	162.50–174.00	167.14
3	—	388	182.50–184.00	183.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	322	185.00–205.00	193.64
7	—	555	162.00–169.00	166.86
34	—	430	176.00–190.00	182.72
8	—	709	136.00–142.00	139.17
22	—	468	176.00–189.00	180.73
47	—	522	165.00–181.00	168.79
23	—	367	186.00–206.00	194.28
8	—	776	130.00–134.00	133.49
44	—	624	150.00–164.00	153.07
10	—	657	148.00–155.00	150.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	388	170.00–177.00	175.23
4	—	564	143.00–152.00	147.01
3	—	688	135.00–137.50	136.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	86.00–99.00	95.10
3	—	397	97.50	97.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,358	58.00–65.00	61.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,101	70.00	70.00
26	—	1,125	62.00–67.50	64.44
20	—	1,124	56.00–62.50	59.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	967	40.00–50.50	44.60
14	—	1,065	62.00–65.00	63.04
54	—	1,018	50.00–61.50	55.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,600	76.00–92.00	85.69
4	—	1,396	75.00–89.00	80.53
4	—	1,830	96.00–101.00	97.52

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)	6	—	1,074	750.00–1,000.00	819.76

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.