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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Aug 19

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

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Feeder Cattle receipts

894 head

▲ 575 vs last sale 319▼ 326 vs year ago 1,220 · −26.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

107 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 63▼ 30 vs year ago 137 · −21.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 6▼ 16 vs year ago 22 · −72.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 6.00 -10.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 4.00 - 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Supply and demand was moderate.

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 $156.94/cwt on 443 head.

Average price

$156.94

443 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$21.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.52

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	159.99	1,014	366
Medium and Large 1-2	635	143.27	910	57
Large 1	702	141.50	993	10thin
Medium and Large 2	524	138.66	726	10thin

One grade step is worth $21.33/cwt here — about $288 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 sale443 hd

156.94

—

MO average12 barns · 8,238 hd

160.46

−3.52

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	—	Average	1,561	83.75	1,307	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	65.98	936	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,178	63.81	752	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	59.28	633	29

Every lot

65 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	156.30/cwt	155.00–160.00	570	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	173.99/cwt	173.00–175.00	644	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	179.72/cwt	168.00–184.00	751	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	166.75/cwt	165.00–169.00	800	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	152.93/cwt	150.00–162.00	745	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	514	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	915	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	163.80/cwt	160.00–171.00	852	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	157.23/cwt	156.00–158.00	829	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	131.31/cwt	130.00–133.00	751	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	165.50/cwt	156.00–170.00	950	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	146.65/cwt	140.00–151.00	845	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,028	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	142.21/cwt	138.00–155.00	887	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	157.63/cwt	151.00–166.00	985	64
Steers	—	Large 1	625	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	969	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	154.30/cwt	150.00–163.50	1,054	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	144.81/cwt	142.00–147.50	991	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	687	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	842	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,001	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	153.24/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,108	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	726	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,176	35
Steers	—	Large 1	753	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	998	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	150.20/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,157	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	145.55/cwt	132.50–147.00	1,204	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,058	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,005	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	272	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	446	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	160.58/cwt	153.00–167.00	523	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	164.51/cwt	152.50–169.00	633	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	158.25/cwt	149.00–164.00	682	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	155.10/cwt	150.00–160.00	734	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	130.50/cwt	124.00–135.00	619	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	154.03/cwt	146.00–161.00	802	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	145.16/cwt	140.00–147.50	768	15
Heifers	—	Large 1	564	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	869	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	154.34/cwt	145.00–157.00	889	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	138.29/cwt	131.00–145.00	805	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	143.91/cwt	137.50–150.00	901	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	132.00/cwt	125.00–134.00	833	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	134.17/cwt	132.50–135.00	899	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	841	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	145.55/cwt	138.00–148.00	994	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	134.76/cwt	130.00–140.00	959	16
Heifers	—	Medium 2	755	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	774	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	782	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	899	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,089	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	161.65/cwt	160.00–167.00	611	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	414	169.35/cwt	166.00–177.00	701	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	462	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	670	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	756	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	145.62/cwt	145.00–147.00	791	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	148.19/cwt	139.00–152.00	855	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	134.63/cwt	130.00–142.50	833	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	922	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	635	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	540	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,217	70.16/cwt	65.00–73.00	854	3
Bulls	—	—	1,733	90.54/cwt	88.00–92.50	1,569	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	56.38/cwt	50.00–59.50	591	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	62.86/cwt	60.00–67.50	687	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,169	55.69/cwt	50.00–59.00	651	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	68.95/cwt	68.00–70.00	807	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	64.48/cwt	60.00–67.50	763	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,348	70.16/cwt	70.00–70.50	946	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	59.27/cwt	55.00–61.00	842	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,432	66.93/cwt	63.50–69.50	958	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,286	894.50/cwt	875.00–950.00	11,503	5

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 Aug 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 894Last week 319Year ago 1,220

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 63Year ago 137

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 22

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 6.00 -10.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 4.00 - 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Supply and demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	687	122.50	122.50
3	—	572	130.00–133.00	131.31
4	—	365	155.00–160.00	156.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	150.00–162.00	152.93
8	—	527	156.00–158.00	157.23
4	—	715	140.00	140.00
7	—	576	140.00–151.00	146.65
8	—	684	142.00–147.50	144.81
15	—	624	138.00–155.00	142.21
4	—	370	173.00–175.00	173.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	418	168.00–184.00	179.72
64	—	625	151.00–166.00	157.63
33	—	520	160.00–171.00	163.80
12	—	480	165.00–169.00	166.75
45	—	574	156.00–170.00	165.50
24	—	723	142.00–158.00	153.24
5	—	770	149.00–153.00	150.20
95	—	683	150.00–163.50	154.30
16	—	827	132.50–147.00	145.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	753	132.50	132.50
4	—	625	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,058	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	514	178.00	178.00
35	—	726	162.00	162.00
12	—	601	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	712	130.00–140.00	134.76
18	—	473	150.00–160.00	155.10
6	—	431	149.00–164.00	158.25
25	—	385	152.50–169.00	164.51
3	—	272	164.00	164.00
8	—	326	153.00–167.00	160.58
19	—	626	137.50–150.00	143.91
16	—	795	137.00	137.00
29	—	521	146.00–161.00	154.03
44	—	576	145.00–157.00	154.34
27	—	683	138.00–148.00	145.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	125.00–134.00	132.00
6	—	670	132.50–135.00	134.17
5	—	474	124.00–135.00	130.50
15	—	529	140.00–147.50	145.16
8	—	582	131.00–145.00	138.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	564	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	782	115.00	115.00
3	—	673	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	755	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	130.00–142.50	134.63
4	—	378	160.00–167.00	161.65
3	—	668	138.00	138.00
3	—	480	157.50	157.50
9	—	577	139.00–152.00	148.19
8	—	543	145.00–147.00	145.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	166.00–177.00	169.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	462	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,432	63.50–69.50	66.93
4	—	1,420	55.00–61.00	59.27
3	—	1,348	70.00–70.50	70.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,169	50.00–59.00	55.69
19	—	1,184	60.00–67.50	64.48
7	—	1,170	68.00–70.00	68.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,048	50.00–59.50	56.38
13	—	1,093	60.00–67.50	62.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,733	88.00–92.50	90.54
3	—	1,217	65.00–73.00	70.16

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)	5	—	1,286	875.00–950.00	894.50

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.