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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Oct 21

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,436 head

▲ 600 vs last sale 836▲ 557 vs year ago 879 · +63.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

156 head

▲ 63 vs last sale 93▲ 6 vs year ago 150 · +4.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

138 head

▲ 116 vs last sale 22▲ 18 vs year ago 120 · +15.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 8.00 higher, with a set of 200 yearling steers weighing 758 trading at 158.85 and leading the increase. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 to 8.00 higher. The replacement offering included a high quality set of middle aged cows in the 2nd and 3rd stages. Supply was moderate to heavy for all classes and demand was moderate to good for feeder classes and moderate for bred and slaughter cattle.

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 $157.92/cwt on 638 head.

Average price

$157.92

638 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$426

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

$25.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	159.94	1,119	466
Large 1	637	157.78	1,005	18thin
Medium 1-2	571	155.00	885	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	152.94	849	137
Medium and Large 2	516	134.29	693	10thin

One grade step is worth $25.65/cwt here — about $426 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 sale638 hd

157.92

—

MO average16 barns · 7,860 hd

159.62

−1.69

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	1,571	81.46	1,280	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	60.30	894	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,203	54.46	655	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,104	45.50	502	49

Every lot

74 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 1-2	378	178.28/cwt	177.50–180.00	674	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	182.28/cwt	180.00–184.00	700	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	178.78/cwt	172.00–184.00	758	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	165.54/cwt	155.00–172.00	704	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	172.03/cwt	170.00–179.00	810	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	136.13/cwt	130.00–142.50	645	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	156.43/cwt	147.50–163.00	751	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	167.32/cwt	165.00–170.00	858	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	154.48/cwt	147.00–158.00	802	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	153.61/cwt	153.00–154.00	826	10
Steers	—	Large 1	544	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	884	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	153.72/cwt	141.50–157.50	862	25
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	571	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	885	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	164.75/cwt	163.00–166.00	947	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	158.64/cwt	156.00–160.00	988	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	145.33/cwt	135.00–153.00	908	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	143.74/cwt	130.00–147.50	962	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	153.39/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,035	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,022	5
Steers	—	Large 1	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	158.58/cwt	150.00–158.85	1,199	267
Steers	—	Large 1	758	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,137	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	135.24/cwt	133.50–137.00	1,062	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	847	149.85/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,269	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	142.87/cwt	140.00–145.00	456	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	521	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	154.15/cwt	153.00–155.00	577	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	143.53/cwt	135.00–151.00	548	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	140.81/cwt	132.50–147.00	601	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	151.35/cwt	147.50–152.50	652	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	147.11/cwt	142.50–150.00	694	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	135.00/cwt	131.00–140.00	639	17
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	479	135.55/cwt	134.00–136.00	649	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	134.86/cwt	126.00–138.00	700	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	143.70/cwt	138.00–152.50	759	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	546	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	721	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	133.28/cwt	127.50–136.00	756	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	144.74/cwt	136.00–151.00	825	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	132.23/cwt	132.00–134.00	824	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	891	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	763	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	141.19/cwt	140.00–141.50	1,026	24
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	950	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,021	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	147.06/cwt	145.00–150.00	478	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	145.62/cwt	141.00–148.50	699	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	485	159.20/cwt	158.00–160.00	772	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	785	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	133.87/cwt	127.50–141.00	693	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	143.07/cwt	142.50–143.50	814	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	135.25/cwt	130.00–138.00	794	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	126.00/cwt	121.00–128.00	782	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	627	136.66/cwt	136.50–137.00	857	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	119.11/cwt	115.00–123.00	809	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,328	74.19/cwt	68.00–80.00	985	4
Bulls	—	—	1,733	86.30/cwt	82.50–90.00	1,496	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	989	34.82/cwt	30.00–38.00	344	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,072	42.72/cwt	39.50–46.00	458	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	50.40/cwt	46.50–54.00	584	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	51.18/cwt	49.00–52.00	608	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	55.93/cwt	52.00–64.00	677	29
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	60.30/cwt	53.00–63.00	894	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,022	827.73/cwt	650.00–975.00	8,459	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	747.77/cwt	575.00–850.00	7,814	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,141	930.87/cwt	625.00–1,125.00	10,621	32
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,165	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	11,184	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,284	1,193.83/cwt	1,135.00–1,200.00	15,329	12
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,047	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	12,826	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	1,180.56/cwt	1,075.00–1,275.00	12,514	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,176	775.00/cwt	750.00–825.00	9,114	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,278	1,319.44/cwt	1,150.00–1,350.00	16,862	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	73.30/cwt	70.00–75.00	722	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 Oct 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,436Last week 836Year ago 879

Slaughter CattleReceipts 156Last week 93Year ago 150

Replacement CattleReceipts 138Last week 22Year ago 120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	950	107.50	107.50
9	—	479	134.00–136.00	135.55
5	—	405	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	319	140.00–145.00	142.87
18	—	567	127.50–136.00	133.28
18	—	519	126.00–138.00	134.86
14	—	382	135.00–151.00	143.53
13	—	623	132.00–134.00	132.23
17	—	473	131.00–140.00	135.00
18	—	427	132.50–147.00	140.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	727	140.00–141.50	141.19
5	—	625	142.50	142.50
23	—	528	138.00–152.50	143.70
18	—	431	147.50–152.50	151.35
11	—	472	142.50–150.00	147.11
3	—	338	154.00	154.00
12	—	374	153.00–155.00	154.15
34	—	570	136.00–151.00	144.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	710	107.50	107.50
4	—	640	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	538	153.00–154.00	153.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	155.00	155.00
10	—	544	162.50	162.50
5	—	758	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	474	130.00–142.50	136.13
3	—	615	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	561	141.50–157.50	153.72
18	—	425	155.00–172.00	165.54
26	—	480	147.50–163.00	156.43
23	—	669	130.00–147.50	143.74
15	—	625	135.00–153.00	145.33
5	—	710	144.00	144.00
4	—	785	133.50–137.00	135.24
18	—	519	147.00–158.00	154.48
3	—	378	177.50–180.00	178.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	675	153.00–154.00	153.39
32	—	575	163.00–166.00	164.75
267	—	756	150.00–158.85	158.58
18	—	424	172.00–184.00	178.78
60	—	847	141.00–150.00	149.85
22	—	471	170.00–179.00	172.03
10	—	384	180.00–184.00	182.28
18	—	623	156.00–160.00	158.64
19	—	513	165.00–170.00	167.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	679	115.00–123.00	119.11
11	—	518	127.50–141.00	133.87
5	—	325	145.00–150.00	147.06
10	—	621	121.00–128.00	126.00
16	—	587	130.00–138.00	135.25
5	—	480	141.00–148.50	145.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	158.00–160.00	159.20
7	—	513	153.00	153.00
6	—	627	136.50–137.00	136.66
14	—	569	142.50–143.50	143.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	989	30.00–38.00	34.82
11	—	1,072	39.50–46.00	42.72
28	—	1,158	46.50–54.00	50.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,483	53.00–63.00	60.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,188	49.00–52.00	51.18
29	—	1,210	52.00–64.00	55.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,733	82.50–90.00	86.30
4	—	1,328	68.00–80.00	74.19

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,045	575.00–850.00	747.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,022	650.00–975.00	827.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	1,141	625.00–1,125.00	930.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,165	960.00	960.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,284	1,135.00–1,200.00	1,193.83

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,047	1,225.00	1,225.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,176	750.00–825.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,278	1,150.00–1,350.00	1,319.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,060	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,180.56

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	985	70.00–75.00	73.30

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.