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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 2

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Aug 26Sep 2Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

554 head

▲ 194 vs last sale 360▼ 89 vs year ago 643 · −13.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

77 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 27▼ 100 vs year ago 177 · −56.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 27 · −18.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded 2.00 to 8.00 higher while feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher than the last comparable sale two weeks ago. Supply of all classes was moderate and demand was moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.32/cwt on 183 head.

Average price

$145.32

183 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$22.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.82

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	150.51	866	92
Medium and Large 1-2	546	141.22	771	83
Medium and Large 2	606	128.11	776	8thin

One grade step is worth $22.40/cwt here — about $90 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 sale183 hd

145.32

—

MO average13 barns · 5,503 hd

153.14

−7.82

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	1,743	97.05	1,692	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,301	71.58	931	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	69.02	779	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	58.26	583	29

Every lot

68 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	696	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	722	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	174.19/cwt	172.50–177.50	679	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	150.86/cwt	143.00–155.00	626	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	702	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	179.37/cwt	175.00–185.00	775	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	159.61/cwt	150.00–167.50	736	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	178.24/cwt	176.00–182.00	840	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	170.31/cwt	165.00–172.50	903	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	152.10/cwt	145.00–164.00	821	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	158.89/cwt	156.00–164.00	907	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	168.62/cwt	166.00–172.00	973	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	161.20/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,001	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	148.98/cwt	142.50–152.50	925	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	161.22/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,069	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	145.93/cwt	140.00–152.50	979	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	135.97/cwt	130.00–147.50	967	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	158.16/cwt	152.00–159.50	1,136	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	722	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	866	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	142.37/cwt	142.00–142.50	1,079	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,277	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	174.00/cwt	172.00–175.00	574	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	163.41/cwt	160.00–168.00	610	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	156.03/cwt	155.00–157.00	582	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	150.18/cwt	141.00–157.00	646	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	159.36/cwt	158.00–166.00	688	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	140.51/cwt	136.00–147.50	659	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	155.04/cwt	150.00–159.00	746	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	144.82/cwt	142.00–149.00	741	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	126.23/cwt	122.50–130.00	648	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	152.45/cwt	151.00–154.00	799	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	139.11/cwt	132.50–142.00	805	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	144.53/cwt	142.50–150.00	838	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	137.95/cwt	136.00–142.50	859	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	150.36/cwt	144.00–154.00	944	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	637	128.73/cwt	127.50–133.00	820	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	144.44/cwt	138.00–145.00	968	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	132.03/cwt	130.00–132.50	910	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	127.07/cwt	122.50–128.00	892	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	142.08/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,012	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,103	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	938	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,182	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	357	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	703	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	174.54/cwt	171.00–188.00	672	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	164.78/cwt	157.00–169.00	687	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	437	174.37/cwt	171.00–182.00	762	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	154.34/cwt	145.00–160.00	708	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	463	172.86/cwt	172.50–174.00	800	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	151.82/cwt	150.00–156.00	805	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	142.24/cwt	131.00–147.50	757	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	146.49/cwt	133.00–154.00	828	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	848	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	656	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	905	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	128.16/cwt	120.00–131.00	942	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	739	133.97/cwt	133.00–136.00	990	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,743	97.05/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,692	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	883	50.32/cwt	43.00–53.00	444	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	994	64.44/cwt	63.00–67.00	641	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	58.30/cwt	52.50–63.50	598	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,030	60.50/cwt	60.00–61.50	623	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,131	69.39/cwt	63.00–73.50	785	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	74.72/cwt	73.50–76.50	902	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,253	70.53/cwt	67.00–73.50	884	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,443	74.71/cwt	74.50–75.00	1,078	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,206	1,090.65/cwt	750.00–1,185.00	13,153	11
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	990	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,940	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,298	1,108.33/cwt	900.00–1,200.00	14,386	6

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 Sep 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 554Last week 360Year ago 643

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 27Year ago 177

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 0Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	461	150.00–167.50	159.61
10	—	671	140.00–152.50	145.93
8	—	540	145.00–164.00	152.10
15	—	621	142.50–152.50	148.98
9	—	711	130.00–147.50	135.97
7	—	571	156.00–164.00	158.89
3	—	423	166.00	166.00
3	—	390	172.50–177.50	174.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	758	142.00–142.50	142.37
8	—	471	176.00–182.00	178.24
9	—	621	154.00–164.00	161.20
15	—	530	165.00–172.50	170.31
2	—	320	217.50	217.50
2	—	380	190.00	190.00
11	—	663	155.00–165.00	161.22
20	—	577	166.00–172.00	168.62
3	—	432	175.00–185.00	179.37
4	—	964	132.50	132.50
36	—	718	152.00–159.50	158.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	130.00	130.00
3	—	722	120.00	120.00
3	—	415	143.00–155.00	150.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	138.00	138.00
6	—	357	197.00	197.00
4	—	463	172.50–174.00	172.86
3	—	739	133.00–136.00	133.97
11	—	437	171.00–182.00	174.37
7	—	530	150.00–156.00	151.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	132.50	132.50
3	—	417	157.00–169.00	164.78
6	—	459	145.00–160.00	154.34
5	—	385	171.00–188.00	174.54
4	—	532	131.00–147.50	142.24
8	—	735	120.00–131.00	128.16
4	—	565	133.00–154.00	146.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	141.00–157.00	150.18
10	—	623	136.00–142.50	137.95
6	—	702	122.50–128.00	127.07
9	—	469	136.00–147.50	140.51
26	—	512	142.00–149.00	144.82
5	—	689	130.00–132.50	132.03
16	—	579	132.50–142.00	139.11
2	—	373	155.00–157.00	156.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	172.00–175.00	174.00
8	—	481	150.00–159.00	155.04
9	—	712	138.00–145.00	142.08
2	—	938	126.00	126.00
6	—	373	160.00–168.00	163.41
14	—	628	144.00–154.00	150.36
13	—	670	138.00–145.00	144.44
21	—	524	151.00–154.00	152.45
4	—	823	134.00	134.00
4	—	580	142.50–150.00	144.53
8	—	432	158.00–166.00	159.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	122.50–130.00	126.23
6	—	637	127.50–133.00	128.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,253	67.00–73.50	70.53
2	—	1,443	74.50–75.00	74.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,131	63.00–73.50	69.39
3	—	1,030	60.00–61.50	60.50
3	—	1,207	73.50–76.50	74.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,025	52.50–63.50	58.30
4	—	883	43.00–53.00	50.32
5	—	994	63.00–67.00	64.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,743	90.00–102.00	97.05

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)	11	—	1,206	750.00–1,185.00	1,090.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	600.00	600.00

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	6	—	1,298	900.00–1,200.00	1,108.33

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.