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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jun 3

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← May 27Jun 3Jun 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

842 head

▲ 281 vs last sale 561▼ 642 vs year ago 1,484 · −43.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

76 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 54▼ 68 vs year ago 144 · −47.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 18 · +16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, Over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 1 load steers 734 lbs sold with very good demand. Feeder heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 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 $154.52/cwt on 397 head.

Average price

$154.52

397 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$17.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.03

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	157.38	932	270
Medium and Large 1-2	570	148.73	847	123
Large 1	600	140.00	840	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about $92 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 sale397 hd

154.52

—

MO average9 barns · 6,880 hd

155.55

−1.03

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	2,018	100.28	2,023	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	66.61	793	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,325	66.59	882	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	986	53.32	526	20

Every lot

61 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	308	182.11/cwt	180.00–186.00	561	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	175.57/cwt	172.00–182.50	637	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	167.66/cwt	167.50–168.00	624	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	157.39/cwt	154.00–165.00	663	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	174.93/cwt	165.00–177.50	743	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	171.32/cwt	165.00–178.00	805	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	160.75/cwt	158.00–164.00	760	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	165.93/cwt	159.00–176.00	861	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	154.86/cwt	146.00–157.50	816	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	163.26/cwt	158.00–167.00	924	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	152.36/cwt	146.00–158.00	879	32
Steers	—	Large 1	598	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	837	2
Steers	—	Large 1	602	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	843	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	156.53/cwt	153.50–164.00	972	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	143.09/cwt	135.00–150.00	900	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	655	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,009	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	140.65/cwt	135.00–147.00	941	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	131.14/cwt	127.00–132.50	894	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	856	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	132.73/cwt	131.00–137.50	962	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	734	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,090	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	123.75/cwt	122.50–125.00	953	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	123.67/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,030	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	164.41/cwt	159.00–171.00	515	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	146.83/cwt	145.00–147.00	567	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	386	119.17/cwt	110.00–129.00	460	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	145.87/cwt	141.00–154.00	627	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	144.37/cwt	140.00–149.00	670	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	138.24/cwt	135.00–141.00	651	22
Heifers	—	Large 1	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	135.46/cwt	132.00–145.00	704	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	125.52/cwt	124.00–126.00	669	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	127.18/cwt	124.00–128.00	713	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	134.16/cwt	130.00–136.00	759	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	588	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	835	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	602	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	728	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	128.00/cwt	124.00–133.00	809	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	810	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	120.84/cwt	120.00–121.00	814	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	867	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	925	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	854	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	733	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	145.78/cwt	145.50–149.00	780	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	104.66/cwt	102.00–106.00	811	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	358	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	358	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,000	95.04/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,901	3
Bulls	—	—	2,035	105.52/cwt	101.00–110.00	2,147	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	908	51.79/cwt	50.00–53.50	470	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	42.89/cwt	40.00–46.00	446	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	61.24/cwt	59.00–67.00	646	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	65.54/cwt	62.50–69.00	767	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	73.26/cwt	70.00–80.00	867	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	59.23/cwt	56.00–61.00	734	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,263	64.91/cwt	62.50–68.00	820	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,226	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,159	820.90/cwt	700.00–875.00	9,514	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,315	1,022.90/cwt	925.00–1,200.00	13,451	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 Jun 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 842Last week 561Year ago 1,484

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 54Year ago 144

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 0Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	535	145.50–149.00	145.78
3	—	775	102.00–106.00	104.66
3	—	458	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	621	153.50–164.00	156.53
32	—	669	135.00–147.00	140.65
6	—	833	123.00–125.00	123.67
13	—	725	131.00–137.50	132.73
6	—	308	180.00–186.00	182.11
19	—	470	165.00–178.00	171.32
23	—	566	158.00–167.00	163.26
13	—	363	172.00–182.50	175.57
40	—	519	159.00–176.00	165.93
32	—	425	165.00–177.50	174.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	770	122.50–125.00	123.75
3	—	372	167.50–168.00	167.66
32	—	577	146.00–158.00	152.36
24	—	629	135.00–150.00	143.09
7	—	421	154.00–165.00	157.39
3	—	702	122.00	122.00
4	—	335	170.00	170.00
12	—	473	158.00–164.00	160.75
19	—	527	146.00–157.50	154.86
15	—	682	127.00–132.50	131.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	734	148.50	148.50
5	—	655	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	602	140.00	140.00
2	—	598	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	85.00	85.00
5	—	680	127.50	127.50
4	—	380	150.00	150.00
37	—	430	141.00–154.00	145.87
25	—	464	140.00–149.00	144.37
31	—	632	124.00–133.00	128.00
8	—	313	159.00–171.00	164.41
24	—	566	130.00–136.00	134.16
58	—	520	132.00–145.00	135.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	471	135.00–141.00	138.24
10	—	561	124.00–128.00	127.18
6	—	674	120.00–121.00	120.84
5	—	435	135.00	135.00
4	—	533	124.00–126.00	125.52
2	—	822	112.50	112.50
2	—	602	121.00	121.00
11	—	386	145.00–147.00	146.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	643	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	386	110.00–129.00	119.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,240	56.00–61.00	59.23
10	—	1,183	70.00–80.00	73.26
14	—	1,170	62.50–69.00	65.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,055	59.00–67.00	61.24
9	—	908	50.00–53.50	51.79
4	—	1,041	40.00–46.00	42.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,263	62.50–68.00	64.91
1	—	1,635	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,035	101.00–110.00	105.52
3	—	2,000	92.00–99.00	95.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	9	—	1,159	700.00–875.00	820.90

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)	8	—	1,315	925.00–1,200.00	1,022.90

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.