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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, May 13

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← May 6May 13May 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

762 head

▼ 178 vs last sale 940▲ 302 vs year ago 460 · +65.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

102 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 132▲ 17 vs year ago 85 · +20.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 54▼ 8 vs year ago 18 · −44.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-4.00 higher with quality heifers in demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Not enough replacement cattle for a market comparison. Supply 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 $129.17/cwt on 314 head.

Average price

$129.17

314 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$17.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.56

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	134.68	689	104
Medium and Large 1-2	536	128.58	689	164
Medium and Large 2	548	120.09	658	23
Medium 2	468	117.49	550	23

One grade step is worth $17.19/cwt here — about $139 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 sale314 hd

129.17

—

MO average16 barns · 6,128 hd

135.73

−6.56

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	1,767	86.28	1,525	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,462	60.63	886	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	58.14	676	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	956	47.49	454	25

Every lot

66 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 and Large 1	314	175.04/cwt	169.00–177.00	550	8
Steers	—	Medium 3	321	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	417	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	334	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	454	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	163.47/cwt	162.50–164.00	603	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	175.14/cwt	173.00–178.00	664	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	153.71/cwt	150.00–157.50	633	10
Steers	—	Medium 2	421	128.26/cwt	125.00–130.00	540	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	426	179.53/cwt	177.00–181.00	765	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	163.16/cwt	160.00–165.00	703	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	465	130.47/cwt	127.50–132.00	607	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	162.26/cwt	160.00–165.00	766	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	153.19/cwt	150.00–156.00	728	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	857	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	512	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	604	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	157.37/cwt	150.00–161.00	831	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	134.55/cwt	133.00–140.00	749	10
Steers	—	Medium 3	563	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	512	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	152.96/cwt	150.00–156.00	876	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	146.96/cwt	142.50–149.00	860	14
Steers	—	Large 1	605	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	923	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	146.17/cwt	142.50–152.50	903	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	138.19/cwt	130.00–141.00	865	16
Steers	—	Medium 2	633	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	747	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	674	126.16/cwt	124.00–128.00	850	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	136.37/cwt	130.00–140.00	922	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	134.58/cwt	132.50–135.00	951	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	128.33/cwt	128.00–131.00	927	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	804	127.26/cwt	122.00–127.50	1,023	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	339	144.10/cwt	142.50–148.00	488	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	142.26/cwt	140.00–148.00	531	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	136.42/cwt	135.00–138.00	518	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	133.98/cwt	127.50–136.00	567	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	140.77/cwt	140.00–142.50	615	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	468	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	550	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	138.20/cwt	137.00–141.00	654	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	124.99/cwt	123.00–127.00	591	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	132.97/cwt	128.00–136.00	641	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	133.67/cwt	130.00–139.50	698	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	125.91/cwt	118.00–129.00	664	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	734	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	113.75/cwt	110.00–117.50	653	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	123.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	710	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	773	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	118.99/cwt	115.00–123.00	753	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	120.05/cwt	115.00–123.00	815	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	116.34/cwt	115.00–119.00	820	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	708	104.15/cwt	100.00–112.50	737	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	762	111.66/cwt	110.00–112.50	851	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	117.73/cwt	115.00–118.00	939	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	159.70/cwt	155.00–165.00	615	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	411	159.12/cwt	157.50–160.00	654	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	149.48/cwt	148.00–153.00	719	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	571	129.06/cwt	124.00–134.00	737	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	798	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	128.34/cwt	123.00–132.00	814	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	821	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	909	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	977	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,504	78.69/cwt	77.00–82.50	1,183	4
Bulls	—	—	1,635	85.22/cwt	84.00–87.50	1,393	7
Bulls	—	—	1,987	90.47/cwt	87.50–95.00	1,798	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	903	42.78/cwt	40.00–45.00	386	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	51.83/cwt	48.00–57.50	521	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	54.37/cwt	52.00–56.50	616	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	60.17/cwt	57.50–65.00	710	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,462	60.63/cwt	58.00–64.50	886	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	1,009.48/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	11,236	9

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 May 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 762Last week 940Year ago 460

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 132Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 54Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	798	115.00–118.00	117.73
4	—	339	142.50–148.00	144.10
18	—	527	118.00–129.00	125.91
38	—	482	128.00–136.00	132.97
23	—	633	115.00–123.00	118.99
14	—	576	120.00–127.00	123.22
3	—	705	115.00–119.00	116.34
16	—	679	115.00–123.00	120.05
12	—	423	127.50–136.00	133.98
25	—	373	140.00–148.00	142.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	522	130.00–139.50	133.67
7	—	618	125.00	125.00
6	—	554	132.50	132.50
21	—	473	137.00–141.00	138.20
11	—	437	140.00–142.50	140.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	468	115.00–120.00	117.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	574	110.00–117.50	113.75
3	—	708	100.00–112.50	104.15
3	—	762	110.00–112.50	111.66
4	—	473	123.00–127.00	124.99
6	—	380	135.00–138.00	136.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	139.50	139.50
6	—	385	155.00–165.00	159.70
9	—	481	148.00–153.00	149.48
8	—	634	123.00–132.00	128.34
7	—	909	107.50	107.50
3	—	720	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	411	157.50–160.00	159.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	571	124.00–134.00	129.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	676	130.00–140.00	136.37
16	—	626	130.00–141.00	138.19
14	—	585	142.50–149.00	146.96
10	—	412	150.00–157.50	153.71
5	—	475	150.00–156.00	153.19
3	—	369	162.50–164.00	163.47
12	—	722	128.00–131.00	128.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	804	122.00–127.50	127.26
19	—	618	142.50–152.50	146.17
15	—	472	160.00–165.00	162.26
8	—	314	169.00–177.00	175.04
47	—	528	150.00–161.00	157.37
7	—	379	173.00–178.00	175.14
16	—	573	150.00–156.00	152.96
9	—	431	160.00–165.00	163.16
6	—	707	132.50–135.00	134.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	177.00–181.00	179.53
3	—	507	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	127.50–132.00	130.47
5	—	334	136.00	136.00
6	—	421	125.00–130.00	128.26
3	—	633	118.00	118.00
13	—	512	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	91.00	91.00
4	—	321	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	674	124.00–128.00	126.16
10	—	557	133.00–140.00	134.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,462	58.00–64.50	60.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,133	52.00–56.50	54.37
13	—	1,180	57.50–65.00	60.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,005	48.00–57.50	51.83
12	—	903	40.00–45.00	42.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,987	87.50–95.00	90.47
7	—	1,635	84.00–87.50	85.22
4	—	1,504	77.00–82.50	78.69

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)	9	—	1,113	850.00–1,100.00	1,009.48

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.