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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jul 8

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Jul 1Jul 8Jul 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,114 head

▲ 449 vs last sale 665▲ 77 vs year ago 1,037 · +7.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

118 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 122▼ 25 vs year ago 143 · −17.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 5▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers under 500 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 500-650 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 higher, Over 650 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs 4.00 to 11.00 higher, Over 650 lbs no good price comparison. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady.

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 $164.22/cwt on 450 head.

Average price

$164.22

450 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$15.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.74

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	167.48	999	307
Medium and Large 2	380	162.50	618	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	158.07	876	121
Large 1	525	151.60	797	20

One grade step is worth $15.88/cwt here — about $202 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 sale450 hd

164.22

—

MO average8 barns · 6,799 hd

158.48

+5.74

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	—	Low	1,574	88.09	1,387	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,264	64.43	814	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,208	62.68	757	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,010	54.09	546	28

Every lot

70 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	605	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	194.38/cwt	193.00–199.00	647	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	618	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	715	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	187.23/cwt	185.00–189.00	781	10
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	422	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	675	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	173.97/cwt	165.00–182.50	746	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	474	190.78/cwt	190.00–193.00	904	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	182.57/cwt	172.50–187.50	878	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	845	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	840	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	512	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	983	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	182.62/cwt	172.50–189.00	950	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	160.36/cwt	152.50–169.00	843	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	153.85/cwt	148.00–164.00	882	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	173.03/cwt	167.50–179.00	1,002	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	153.11/cwt	151.00–154.00	949	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	162.26/cwt	155.00–172.00	1,009	80
Steers	—	Large 1	625	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	906	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	156.32/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,049	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	142.40/cwt	140.00–150.00	964	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	141.45/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,030	41
Steers	—	Large 1	736	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	979	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,149	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	867	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	975	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,260	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,091	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	157.57/cwt	157.00–158.00	575	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	153.21/cwt	152.00–154.00	602	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	418	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	596	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	139.87/cwt	137.00–142.50	586	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	158.24/cwt	146.00–162.00	673	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	452	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	750	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	155.76/cwt	147.50–159.00	716	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	143.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	688	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	511	156.66/cwt	155.50–159.00	801	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	147.19/cwt	138.00–155.00	767	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	141.67/cwt	135.00–149.00	810	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	139.03/cwt	134.00–147.50	872	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	846	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	105.57/cwt	104.00–115.00	696	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	880	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	945	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	133.34/cwt	133.00–134.00	944	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,043	25
Heifers	—	Large 1	797	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	956	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	145.92/cwt	142.00–153.00	695	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	485	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	766	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	512	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	824	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	140.82/cwt	134.00–155.00	744	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	146.19/cwt	136.00–154.00	844	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	586	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	926	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	966	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	146.51/cwt	143.00–149.00	913	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	135.99/cwt	134.00–138.00	937	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	983	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,175	79.57/cwt	76.00–82.50	935	2
Bulls	—	—	1,688	90.53/cwt	85.00–95.50	1,528	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	818	31.23/cwt	20.00–37.00	255	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	44.41/cwt	40.00–51.00	414	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	57.52/cwt	52.50–60.00	599	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	64.55/cwt	62.00–65.50	701	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,157	70.23/cwt	68.00–72.00	813	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	62.92/cwt	60.00–67.00	760	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,231	57.74/cwt	57.00–58.50	711	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,264	64.43/cwt	62.00–67.00	814	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,025	698.01/cwt	600.00–825.00	7,155	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	1,112.06/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	14,290	2

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 Jul 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,114Last week 665Year ago 1,037

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 122Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	335	160.00	160.00
9	—	365	157.00–158.00	157.57
57	—	521	138.00–155.00	147.19
29	—	425	146.00–162.00	158.24
34	—	627	134.00–147.50	139.03
68	—	572	135.00–149.00	141.67
3	—	680	139.00	139.00
24	—	460	147.50–159.00	155.76
3	—	708	133.00–134.00	133.34
25	—	784	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	419	137.00–142.50	139.87
26	—	481	140.00–145.00	143.01
6	—	636	133.00	133.00
4	—	672	131.00	131.00
5	—	393	152.00–154.00	153.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	166.00	166.00
13	—	511	155.50–159.00	156.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	142.50	142.50
5	—	797	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	659	104.00–115.00	105.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	728	135.00–148.00	141.45
37	—	579	167.50–179.00	173.03
42	—	520	172.50–189.00	182.62
6	—	671	153.00–157.00	156.32
3	—	913	138.00	138.00
28	—	779	147.50	147.50
20	—	481	172.50–187.50	182.57
10	—	417	185.00–189.00	187.23
12	—	333	193.00–199.00	194.38
80	—	622	155.00–172.00	162.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	677	140.00–150.00	142.40
2	—	322	188.00	188.00
34	—	526	152.50–169.00	160.36
16	—	429	165.00–182.50	173.97
3	—	970	112.50	112.50
3	—	393	182.00	182.00
7	—	620	151.00–154.00	153.11
15	—	497	170.00	170.00
28	—	573	148.00–164.00	153.85
5	—	867	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	474	190.00–193.00	190.78
10	—	512	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	736	133.00	133.00
4	—	625	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	422	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	623	143.00–149.00	146.51
10	—	577	136.00–154.00	146.19
8	—	476	142.00–153.00	145.92
6	—	689	134.00–138.00	135.99
3	—	528	134.00–155.00	140.82
2	—	762	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	157.00	157.00
3	—	485	158.00	158.00
10	—	586	158.00	158.00
2	—	512	161.00	161.00
7	—	380	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,086	62.00–65.50	64.55
16	—	1,042	52.50–60.00	57.52
3	—	818	20.00–37.00	31.23
4	—	933	40.00–51.00	44.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,264	62.00–67.00	64.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,231	57.00–58.50	57.74
29	—	1,208	60.00–67.00	62.92
3	—	1,157	68.00–72.00	70.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	76.00–82.50	79.57
7	—	1,688	85.00–95.50	90.53

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)	2	—	1,285	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,112.06

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)	3	—	1,025	600.00–825.00	698.01

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.