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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 16

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

992 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 982▲ 102 vs year ago 890 · +11.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

130 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 111▲ 21 vs year ago 109 · +19.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 37 vs year ago 45 · −82.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 4.00 lower with feeder heifers trading 3.00 - 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower with slaughter bulls trading 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 $151.58/cwt on 377 head.

Average price

$151.58

377 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$159

per head · Medium 2 over Medium and Large 2

$6.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.35

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	401	155.42	623	20
Medium and Large 1	648	153.48	995	149
Medium and Large 1-2	587	150.23	882	155
Medium and Large 2	526	148.71	783	53

One grade step is worth $6.71/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale377 hd

151.58

—

MO average15 barns · 10,229 hd

158.93

−7.35

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	1,435	84.70	1,216	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,416	62.07	879	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	61.08	720	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,016	52.04	529	39

Every lot

75 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 2	325	160.08/cwt	157.50–161.00	520	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	375	161.36/cwt	160.00–162.50	605	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	170.21/cwt	167.50–173.00	660	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	176.60/cwt	175.00–179.00	698	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	408	153.25/cwt	152.50–155.00	625	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	173.89/cwt	172.00–176.00	727	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	163.80/cwt	160.00–169.00	717	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	174.67/cwt	174.00–175.00	795	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	478	145.12/cwt	140.00–148.00	694	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	165.37/cwt	162.50–170.00	792	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	155.54/cwt	152.50–158.00	759	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	163.78/cwt	160.00–170.00	837	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	144.60/cwt	140.00–147.50	743	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	152.18/cwt	148.00–157.50	799	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	910	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	152.04/cwt	148.00–157.00	861	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	143.96/cwt	139.00–146.00	846	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	144.57/cwt	140.00–148.00	892	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	157.10/cwt	150.00–161.50	977	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	139.72/cwt	138.00–147.50	940	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	686	130.79/cwt	128.00–135.00	897	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	136.03/cwt	131.00–138.00	974	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	147.37/cwt	140.00–152.50	1,061	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	141.61/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,083	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	137.58/cwt	132.50–140.00	1,123	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	124.75/cwt	122.50–128.00	1,050	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	136.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,167	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	145.22/cwt	143.00–149.00	537	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	564	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	132.37/cwt	130.00–136.00	523	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	148.32/cwt	145.00–156.00	645	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	138.16/cwt	135.00–143.00	601	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	131.89/cwt	130.00–132.50	611	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	140.20/cwt	134.00–144.00	665	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	150.62/cwt	145.00–156.00	734	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	767	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	138.14/cwt	130.00–142.50	725	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	138.00/cwt	130.00–142.00	780	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	125.56/cwt	122.50–126.00	735	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	866	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	142.58/cwt	139.00–145.00	878	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	130.89/cwt	127.50–132.50	812	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	129.30/cwt	127.50–138.00	856	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	121.28/cwt	120.00–123.00	804	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	123.67/cwt	122.50–126.00	898	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	134.83/cwt	130.00–135.00	995	29
Heifers	—	Medium 2	807	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	827	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	310	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	505	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	381	159.24/cwt	155.00–162.50	607	11
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	382	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	554	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	154.86/cwt	150.00–157.00	667	15
Bulls	—	Medium 2	438	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	648	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	743	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	463	151.85/cwt	150.00–152.00	703	13
Bulls	—	Medium 2	482	140.76/cwt	132.50–144.00	678	16
Bulls	—	Medium 2	523	130.40/cwt	125.00–134.00	682	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	554	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	762	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	554	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	734	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	129.40/cwt	125.00–134.00	806	15
Bulls	—	Medium 2	646	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	775	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	728	120.55/cwt	117.00–124.00	878	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	772	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	849	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,190	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	774	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,395	79.57/cwt	75.00–83.00	1,110	7
Bulls	—	—	1,403	86.33/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,211	5
Bulls	—	—	1,583	93.95/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,487	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	961	49.53/cwt	45.00–52.50	476	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,021	42.00/cwt	40.00–43.00	429	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	56.04/cwt	54.00–60.00	584	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	63.55/cwt	61.00–67.00	737	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	58.48/cwt	55.00–60.00	702	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,401	59.35/cwt	58.00–61.00	831	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,426	63.75/cwt	62.00–66.00	909	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,211	985.31/cwt	825.00–1,125.00	11,932	7

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 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 992Last week 982Year ago 890

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 111Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 18Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	418	172.00–176.00	173.89
51	—	720	140.00–152.50	147.37
17	—	765	136.00–143.00	141.61
6	—	560	162.50	162.50
24	—	622	150.00–161.50	157.10
5	—	856	130.00–138.00	136.37
3	—	455	174.00–175.00	174.67
8	—	816	132.50–140.00	137.58
19	—	511	160.00–170.00	163.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	157.50–161.00	160.08
9	—	375	160.00–162.50	161.36
7	—	478	140.00–148.00	145.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	588	139.00–146.00	143.96
18	—	488	152.50–158.00	155.54
4	—	408	152.50–155.00	153.25
3	—	388	167.50–173.00	170.21
10	—	514	140.00–147.50	144.60
6	—	686	128.00–135.00	130.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	479	162.50–170.00	165.37
17	—	617	140.00–148.00	144.57
5	—	395	175.00–179.00	176.60
8	—	438	160.00–169.00	163.80
42	—	566	148.00–157.00	152.04
24	—	716	131.00–138.00	136.03
7	—	525	148.00–157.50	152.18
17	—	673	138.00–147.50	139.72
6	—	842	122.50–128.00	124.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	125.00	125.00
7	—	663	120.00–123.00	121.28
4	—	463	130.00–132.50	131.89
5	—	395	130.00–136.00	132.37
12	—	585	122.50–126.00	125.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	122.50–126.00	123.67
15	—	662	127.50–138.00	129.30
16	—	435	135.00–143.00	138.16
11	—	370	143.00–149.00	145.22
21	—	565	130.00–142.00	138.00
26	—	620	127.50–132.50	130.89
22	—	474	134.00–144.00	140.20
53	—	525	130.00–142.50	138.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	738	130.00–135.00	134.83
13	—	376	150.00	150.00
6	—	511	150.00	150.00
5	—	589	147.00	147.00
10	—	487	145.00–156.00	150.62
30	—	435	145.00–156.00	148.32
22	—	616	139.00–145.00	142.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	807	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	463	150.00–152.00	151.85
6	—	554	137.50	137.50
15	—	431	150.00–157.00	154.86
5	—	772	110.00	110.00
15	—	623	125.00–134.00	129.40
18	—	728	117.00–124.00	120.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	163.00	163.00
16	—	482	132.50–144.00	140.76
9	—	523	125.00–134.00	130.40
10	—	554	130.00–135.00	132.49
4	—	646	120.00	120.00
3	—	438	148.00	148.00
11	—	381	155.00–162.50	159.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	382	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,159	61.00–67.00	63.55
18	—	1,201	55.00–60.00	58.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,401	58.00–61.00	59.35
13	—	1,426	62.00–66.00	63.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,021	40.00–43.00	42.00
11	—	961	45.00–52.50	49.53
22	—	1,042	54.00–60.00	56.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,403	84.00–88.00	86.33
7	—	1,395	75.00–83.00	79.57
3	—	1,583	90.00–100.00	93.95

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)	7	—	1,211	825.00–1,125.00	985.31

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.