Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2021-06-10

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jun 10
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,125 head
▲ 283 vs last sale 842▼ 381 vs year ago 1,506 · −25.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 76▲ 10 vs year ago 115 · +8.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 21▼ 27 vs year ago 40 · −67.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 higher, while feeder heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Not enough replacement cattle for a market comparison. Supply moderate with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.55/cwt on 510 head.
Average price
$146.55
510 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.20
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1658148.80979247
Medium and Large 2491147.0272246
Medium and Large 1-2608143.90874217
One grade step is worth $4.91/cwt here — about $104 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 sale510 hd
146.55
—
MO average17 barns · 13,978 hd
152.76
−6.20
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,64496.241,58315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45969.211,01018
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20167.1080638
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00157.8857937

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2280165.00/cwt165.00–165.004623
Steers—Medium and Large 1285203.00/cwt203.00–203.005793
Steers—Medium and Large 2376163.52/cwt162.50–165.006155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392168.72/cwt168.00–171.006614
Steers—Medium and Large 1395175.00/cwt175.00–175.006916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428159.89/cwt155.00–164.0068419
Steers—Medium and Large 1437175.80/cwt165.00–177.5076834
Steers—Medium and Large 2441141.00/cwt140.00–142.006224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471160.07/cwt156.00–164.0075420
Steers—Medium and Large 1474169.33/cwt165.00–172.5080310
Steers—Medium and Large 2475149.20/cwt145.00–152.507096
Steers—Medium and Large 1527167.40/cwt159.00–174.0088223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527153.49/cwt147.50–157.5080939
Steers—Medium and Large 2531144.24/cwt140.00–147.5076618
Steers—Medium and Large 1567162.74/cwt160.00–167.0092315
Steers—Medium and Large 2570139.47/cwt135.00–145.0079510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574149.91/cwt146.00–154.0086054
Steers—Medium and Large 1624146.34/cwt140.00–154.0091363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624135.00/cwt128.00–137.5084219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676130.44/cwt127.50–135.0088216
Steers—Medium and Large 1689141.53/cwt140.00–146.009759
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719128.23/cwt125.00–130.0092225
Steers—Medium and Large 1723136.17/cwt132.00–140.0098520
Steers—Medium and Large 1758131.00/cwt131.00–131.009933
Steers—Medium and Large 1837128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0713
Steers—Medium and Large 1936123.10/cwt123.10–123.101,15258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2942116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,09313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,039108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1228
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330154.28/cwt150.00–157.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2346145.08/cwt144.00–149.005029
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386151.72/cwt150.00–159.0058619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386142.48/cwt140.00–146.0055018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415126.08/cwt120.00–132.505237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427137.63/cwt133.00–141.0058816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428144.66/cwt143.00–146.0061914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459143.22/cwt143.00–144.0065714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474130.00/cwt128.00–132.0061611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478137.36/cwt132.50–141.0065729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515136.43/cwt134.00–146.0070334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521132.10/cwt130.00–133.0068839
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532118.63/cwt115.00–121.006313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569137.00/cwt137.00–137.0078011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571129.45/cwt124.00–132.5073954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617133.44/cwt127.00–136.008236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619121.38/cwt117.50–124.0075126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665127.14/cwt125.00–127.508457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677123.11/cwt120.00–124.008339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726104.96/cwt102.50–110.007624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1928110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0216
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2403158.68/cwt158.00–160.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470156.00/cwt156.00–156.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2507135.31/cwt130.00–142.506867
Bulls—Medium 2508127.50/cwt127.50–127.506483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525156.00/cwt156.00–156.008193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532140.78/cwt140.00–149.0074911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587137.09/cwt135.00–142.5080511
Bulls—Medium 2588130.68/cwt130.00–131.007689
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623128.79/cwt125.00–130.0080212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2672116.70/cwt115.00–120.007843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685124.50/cwt124.50–124.508534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2706118.74/cwt115.00–122.508386
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44291.96/cwt87.50–98.001,3269
Bulls——1,948102.67/cwt97.50–105.002,0006
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87644.54/cwt40.00–47.003904
Cows—Lean 85-90%99555.12/cwt50.00–58.5054814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03262.72/cwt59.00–67.5064719
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18365.53/cwt62.00–69.5077520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21858.75/cwt56.00–61.007165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22272.72/cwt70.00–76.0088913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40772.03/cwt70.00–78.001,0139
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51166.39/cwt63.00–69.001,0039
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,073.06/cwt825.00–1,175.0012,76911

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.