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Douglas County Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 9

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Sep 2Sep 9Sep 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

982 head

▲ 428 vs last sale 554▲ 307 vs year ago 675 · +45.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

111 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 77▲ 3 vs year ago 108 · +2.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 22▼ 15 vs year ago 33 · −45.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 4.00 - 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 - 4.00 lower. Not enough other classes for a market test. Supply was moderate with light demand.

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 $143.19/cwt on 389 head.

Average price

$143.19

389 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$53.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.21

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	150.75	789	207
Medium and Large 1-2	532	140.36	747	139
Medium and Large 2	529	131.19	694	19thin
Medium 2	649	107.35	697	16thin
Medium 2-3	645	96.88	625	8thin

One grade step is worth $53.88/cwt here — about $165 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 sale389 hd

143.19

—

MO average9 barns · 3,675 hd

153.40

−10.21

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	1,586	86.08	1,365	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,205	62.88	758	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,436	61.92	889	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,065	55.29	589	30

Every lot

81 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	187.43/cwt	185.00–190.00	605	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	349	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	637	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	628	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	375	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	572	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	176.94/cwt	175.00–182.50	669	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	176.90/cwt	175.00–182.50	741	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	168.70/cwt	160.00–172.50	709	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	155.68/cwt	152.00–157.50	665	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	451	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	789	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	166.64/cwt	160.00–170.00	783	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	153.52/cwt	152.50–155.00	722	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	492	141.69/cwt	140.00–142.50	697	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	159.81/cwt	150.00–162.50	844	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	144.83/cwt	140.00–147.50	772	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	158.10/cwt	150.00–164.00	893	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	143.42/cwt	140.00–147.50	820	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	147.80/cwt	143.00–153.00	921	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	157.35/cwt	154.00–160.00	998	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	154.61/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,034	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	144.22/cwt	140.00–147.50	968	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	141.24/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,018	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	140.26/cwt	132.50–146.00	1,063	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	148.17/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,139	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,213	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	278	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	470	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	163.95/cwt	155.00–169.00	539	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	364	129.38/cwt	127.50–130.00	471	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	634	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	146.19/cwt	140.00–150.00	611	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	131.41/cwt	130.00–132.50	560	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	156.82/cwt	151.00–165.00	671	27
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	465	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	523	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	153.51/cwt	151.00–155.00	731	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	145.40/cwt	138.00–150.00	696	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	138.32/cwt	130.00–142.50	668	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	147.99/cwt	142.50–156.00	775	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	137.93/cwt	130.00–142.50	727	23
Heifers	—	Medium 2	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	147.67/cwt	142.00–155.00	845	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	136.21/cwt	130.00–140.00	782	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	148.23/cwt	141.00–152.00	909	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	133.41/cwt	130.00–138.00	822	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	135.50/cwt	132.50–136.00	904	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	145.49/cwt	145.00–146.00	978	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	681	127.86/cwt	127.00–128.00	871	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,017	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	752	138.72/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,043	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	753	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	659	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	868	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	781	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,048	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	408	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	541	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	409	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	667	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	421	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	632	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	776	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	477	146.39/cwt	140.00–148.00	698	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	479	154.23/cwt	150.00–158.00	739	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	142.85/cwt	142.50–145.00	747	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	523	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	641	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	539	133.72/cwt	130.00–135.00	721	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	140.63/cwt	140.00–142.50	802	16
Bulls	—	Medium 2	574	135.38/cwt	127.50–138.00	777	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	139.34/cwt	136.00–141.00	861	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	140.83/cwt	140.00–144.00	873	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	741	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	971	7
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	920	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	874	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,570	89.16/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,400	13
Bulls	—	—	1,638	76.06/cwt	65.00–83.00	1,246	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	49.63/cwt	47.00–52.00	469	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	56.65/cwt	53.00–60.00	627	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,177	64.10/cwt	62.00–66.00	754	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,196	60.06/cwt	57.00–62.00	718	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	64.99/cwt	63.00–70.00	788	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	60.33/cwt	57.00–65.00	865	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	66.36/cwt	65.50–67.50	959	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,153	791.40/cwt	775.00–800.00	9,125	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,192	1,104.15/cwt	1,025.00–1,225.00	13,161	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,337.50/cwt	1,200.00–1,400.00	15,983	4

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 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 982Last week 554Year ago 675

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 77Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 22Year ago 33

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 4.00 - 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 - 4.00 lower. Not enough other classes for a market test. Supply was moderate with light demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	169.00	169.00
27	—	428	151.00–165.00	156.82
10	—	329	155.00–169.00	163.95
6	—	384	165.00	165.00
6	—	613	141.00–152.00	148.23
26	—	476	151.00–155.00	153.51
9	—	714	142.50	142.50
40	—	572	142.00–155.00	147.67
7	—	752	138.00–143.00	138.72
60	—	524	142.50–156.00	147.99
12	—	672	145.00–146.00	145.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	120.00	120.00
6	—	418	140.00–150.00	146.19
24	—	574	130.00–140.00	136.21
62	—	479	138.00–150.00	145.40
23	—	527	130.00–142.50	137.93
14	—	616	130.00–138.00	133.41
7	—	667	132.50–136.00	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	110.00	110.00
6	—	868	90.00	90.00
4	—	364	127.50–130.00	129.38
3	—	670	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	681	127.00–128.00	127.86
3	—	483	130.00–142.50	138.32
9	—	426	130.00–132.50	131.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	112.50	112.50
5	—	753	87.50	87.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	175.00	175.00
13	—	669	154.00–155.00	154.61
3	—	892	136.00	136.00
19	—	769	147.50–149.00	148.17
10	—	323	185.00–190.00	187.43
21	—	634	154.00–160.00	157.35
4	—	419	175.00–182.50	176.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	140.00–147.50	144.83
5	—	470	152.50–155.00	153.52
5	—	427	152.00–157.50	155.68
3	—	375	167.50	167.50
28	—	572	140.00–147.50	143.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	140.00–142.50	141.69
3	—	375	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	349	182.50	182.50
4	—	378	175.00–182.50	176.94
35	—	470	160.00–170.00	166.64
21	—	420	160.00–172.50	168.70
15	—	671	140.00–147.50	144.22
37	—	528	150.00–162.50	159.81
8	—	721	140.00–142.50	141.24
9	—	623	143.00–153.00	147.80
12	—	758	132.50–146.00	140.26
47	—	565	150.00–164.00	158.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	920	95.00	95.00
3	—	520	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	142.50–145.00	142.85
4	—	421	150.00	150.00
3	—	618	136.00–141.00	139.34
16	—	570	140.00–142.50	140.63
3	—	735	124.00	124.00
10	—	479	150.00–158.00	154.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	620	140.00–144.00	140.83
4	—	476	163.00	163.00
4	—	409	163.00	163.00
3	—	735	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	741	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	408	132.50	132.50
3	—	523	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	539	130.00–135.00	133.72
12	—	574	127.50–138.00	135.38
23	—	477	140.00–148.00	146.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,196	57.00–62.00	60.06
16	—	1,212	63.00–70.00	64.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,433	57.00–65.00	60.33
5	—	1,445	65.50–67.50	66.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	945	47.00–52.00	49.63
3	—	1,177	62.00–66.00	64.10
18	—	1,107	53.00–60.00	56.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	65.00–83.00	76.06
13	—	1,570	85.00–95.00	89.16

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)	9	—	1,192	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,104.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,153	775.00–800.00	791.40

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	—	1,195	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,337.50

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.