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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-15

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

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

946 head

▼ 168 vs last sale 1,114▲ 146 vs year ago 800 · +18.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

110 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 118▲ 16 vs year ago 94 · +17.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

44 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 10▲ 34 vs year ago 10 · +340.0%

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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. Supply moderate with good demand.

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 $162.93/cwt on 438 head.

Average price

$162.93

438 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$25.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.94

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	166.96	1,068	237
Medium and Large 1-2	549	160.66	882	127
Medium and Large 2	472	157.52	744	50
Large 1	658	147.16	968	21
Medium 2	585	141.50	828	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.46/cwt here — about $240 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 sale438 hd

162.93

—

MO average16 barns · 11,256 hd

160.99

+1.94

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	1,611	90.77	1,462	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	61.71	721	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,427	61.25	874	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	55.17	553	44

Every lot

83 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	293	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	524	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	177.48/cwt	175.00–181.00	550	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	596	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	194.66/cwt	194.00–195.00	666	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	184.43/cwt	183.00–187.50	677	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	392	176.68/cwt	175.00–177.50	693	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	167.28/cwt	165.00–172.50	699	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	180.45/cwt	175.00–186.00	769	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	427	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	811	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	158.24/cwt	155.00–163.00	687	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	157.96/cwt	155.00–163.00	746	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	179.75/cwt	174.00–187.00	856	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	149.62/cwt	145.00–153.00	772	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	523	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,004	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	162.13/cwt	155.00–172.50	851	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	179.61/cwt	175.00–187.00	950	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	180.25/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,029	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	161.89/cwt	155.00–170.00	926	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	148.66/cwt	148.00–150.00	865	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	585	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	828	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	608	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,055	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	147.78/cwt	142.00–154.00	930	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	161.33/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,026	27
Steers	—	Large 1	637	152.18/cwt	151.00–155.00	969	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	146.94/cwt	142.50–154.00	976	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	135.53/cwt	132.50–138.00	912	3
Steers	—	Large 1	677	142.60/cwt	141.00–144.00	965	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	157.78/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,081	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	150.54/cwt	138.00–154.00	1,072	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	144.63/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,099	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	143.56/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,183	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	868	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,267	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	165.56/cwt	160.00–170.00	541	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	154.22/cwt	153.00–156.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	153.67/cwt	150.00–156.00	587	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	163.64/cwt	158.00–165.00	640	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	144.25/cwt	142.00–145.00	570	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	142.60/cwt	141.00–147.50	580	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	152.20/cwt	149.00–162.00	659	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	142.68/cwt	140.00–147.00	666	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	155.24/cwt	151.00–157.50	740	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	133.77/cwt	129.00–137.00	642	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	148.99/cwt	141.00–155.00	769	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	125.35/cwt	125.00–126.00	649	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	520	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	827	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	137.75/cwt	131.00–140.00	730	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	136.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	794	38
Heifers	—	Large 1	584	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	783	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	143.42/cwt	140.00–144.00	840	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	587	126.62/cwt	125.50–128.00	743	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	141.84/cwt	136.00–148.00	869	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	129.79/cwt	127.50–134.00	802	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	122.17/cwt	122.00–122.50	756	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	137.82/cwt	135.00–140.00	934	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	130.85/cwt	125.00–134.00	887	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	839	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	919	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,027	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,057	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	155.18/cwt	153.00–157.00	807	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	520	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	697	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	554	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	853	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	852	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	572	174.66/cwt	174.00–175.00	999	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	576	148.98/cwt	147.00–149.50	858	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	140.78/cwt	136.00–143.00	857	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	632	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	847	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	139.03/cwt	137.00–140.00	927	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,567	88.61/cwt	82.50–95.00	1,389	11
Bulls	—	—	1,773	98.70/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,750	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	46.86/cwt	42.00–51.50	443	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	55.32/cwt	52.00–60.00	564	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	63.23/cwt	62.00–69.00	651	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	55.74/cwt	52.00–58.00	633	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	63.34/cwt	60.00–67.50	746	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,424	64.11/cwt	62.00–66.00	913	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	58.68/cwt	54.00–61.00	839	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	775	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	10,269	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	800	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	11,400	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,021	1,345.83/cwt	1,325.00–1,375.00	13,741	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,179	1,012.50/cwt	900.00–1,225.00	11,937	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	939.26/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	8,012	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	893.27/cwt	700.00–1,175.00	9,674	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 Jul 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 946Last week 1,114Year ago 800

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 118Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 10Year ago 10

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 higher while feeder heifers traded steady. Supply moderate with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	529	175.00–187.00	179.61
8	—	712	138.00–154.00	150.54
10	—	685	155.00–162.00	157.78
14	—	760	138.00–148.00	144.63
5	—	824	138.00–145.00	143.56
26	—	571	175.00–185.00	180.25
3	—	342	194.00–195.00	194.66
27	—	636	155.00–170.00	161.33
6	—	426	175.00–186.00	180.45
24	—	476	174.00–187.00	179.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	523	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	141.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	677	141.00–144.00	142.60
10	—	637	151.00–155.00	152.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	608	173.50	173.50
10	—	427	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	434	155.00–163.00	158.24
3	—	673	132.50–138.00	135.53
3	—	392	175.00–177.50	176.68
3	—	293	179.00	179.00
15	—	472	155.00–163.00	157.96
3	—	582	148.00–150.00	148.66
15	—	516	145.00–153.00	149.62
4	—	310	175.00–181.00	177.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	418	165.00–172.50	167.28
3	—	367	183.00–187.50	184.43
3	—	317	188.00	188.00
39	—	525	155.00–172.50	162.13
48	—	572	155.00–170.00	161.89
17	—	629	142.00–154.00	147.78
8	—	664	142.50–154.00	146.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	868	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	520	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	391	158.00–165.00	163.64
7	—	586	140.00–144.00	143.42
5	—	769	133.50	133.50
21	—	477	151.00–157.50	155.24
10	—	613	136.00–148.00	141.84
6	—	327	160.00–170.00	165.56
7	—	433	149.00–162.00	152.20
17	—	678	135.00–140.00	137.82
40	—	516	141.00–155.00	148.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	798	132.50	132.50
19	—	467	140.00–147.00	142.68
38	—	580	130.00–140.00	136.96
10	—	678	125.00–134.00	130.85
9	—	407	141.00–147.50	142.60
4	—	721	127.50	127.50
5	—	618	127.50–134.00	129.79
13	—	530	131.00–140.00	137.75
3	—	382	150.00–156.00	153.67
5	—	336	153.00–156.00	154.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	125.00–126.00	125.35
3	—	619	122.00–122.50	122.17
5	—	480	129.00–137.00	133.77
4	—	395	142.00–145.00	144.25
4	—	685	122.50	122.50
4	—	587	125.50–128.00	126.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	174.00–175.00	174.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	554	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	576	147.00–149.50	148.98
3	—	632	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	667	137.00–140.00	139.03
6	—	609	136.00–143.00	140.78
3	—	557	153.00	153.00
12	—	520	153.00–157.00	155.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,178	60.00–67.50	63.34
3	—	1,135	52.00–58.00	55.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,430	54.00–61.00	58.68
9	—	1,424	62.00–66.00	64.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,020	52.00–60.00	55.32
12	—	945	42.00–51.50	46.86
12	—	1,030	62.00–69.00	63.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,773	96.00–101.00	98.70
11	—	1,567	82.50–95.00	88.61

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,179	900.00–1,225.00	1,012.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,021	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,345.83

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	800	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	775	1,325.00	1,325.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	853	800.00–1,075.00	939.26

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	—	1,083	700.00–1,175.00	893.27

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.