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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Oct 28

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

510 head

▼ 926 vs last sale 1,436▲ 242 vs year ago 268 · +90.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

66 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 156▲ 23 vs year ago 43 · +53.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 127 vs last sale 138▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady on a light test. Supply was light with moderate demand.

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 $158.39/cwt on 235 head.

Average price

$158.39

235 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$15.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.30

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	160.65	967	161
Medium and Large 1-2	545	156.04	850	57
Medium and Large 2	496	144.94	719	17thin

One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $248 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 sale235 hd

158.39

—

MO average15 barns · 8,758 hd

161.70

−3.30

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	1,738	82.83	1,440	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	58.08	805	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,206	55.39	668	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	44.37	460	18

Every lot

62 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 1-2	313	176.36/cwt	175.00–179.00	552	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	163.37/cwt	160.00–169.00	601	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	391	175.00/cwt	174.00–176.00	684	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	173.78/cwt	170.00–182.50	737	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	444	165.63/cwt	165.00–167.50	735	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	148.56/cwt	145.00–150.00	700	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	175.71/cwt	172.50–178.00	836	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	163.20/cwt	155.00–167.50	787	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	147.67/cwt	145.00–149.00	769	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	164.68/cwt	155.00–169.00	868	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	133.68/cwt	130.00–139.00	751	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	845	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	151.39/cwt	146.00–155.00	860	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	163.90/cwt	157.50–169.00	936	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	157.96/cwt	155.00–162.50	984	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	146.85/cwt	142.50–152.50	919	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	662	131.68/cwt	130.00–132.50	872	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	148.48/cwt	147.50–152.00	995	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	153.97/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,045	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	153.78/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,109	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	139.12/cwt	132.50–144.00	1,007	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	842	140.66/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,184	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	940	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,213	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	282	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	423	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	155.03/cwt	154.00–158.00	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	146.14/cwt	140.00–151.00	555	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	157.76/cwt	157.00–160.00	617	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	148.26/cwt	145.00–157.00	624	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	135.22/cwt	130.00–140.00	599	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	125.60/cwt	125.00–128.00	556	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	148.51/cwt	143.00–151.00	698	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	131.80/cwt	128.00–135.00	635	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	513	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	539	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	130.61/cwt	125.00–134.00	675	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	147.84/cwt	145.00–150.00	770	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	144.62/cwt	138.00–147.50	808	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	128.73/cwt	124.00–130.00	736	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	603	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	784	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	124.60/cwt	120.00–128.00	763	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	133.86/cwt	132.50–138.00	829	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	144.52/cwt	144.00–146.00	896	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	119.33/cwt	118.00–120.00	779	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	987	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,050	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	962	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	477	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	596	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	140.99/cwt	140.00–141.50	787	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	639	120.81/cwt	117.50–122.50	772	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	688	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	850	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	710	120.66/cwt	120.00–121.00	857	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	777	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	913	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,738	82.83/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,440	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	44.62/cwt	44.00–45.50	440	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	34.88/cwt	30.00–38.00	349	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	49.53/cwt	46.00–54.00	536	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,128	49.14/cwt	49.00–49.50	554	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	704	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	55.43/cwt	53.00–57.00	693	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,386	58.08/cwt	54.00–62.50	805	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,019	649.34/cwt	600.00–700.00	6,617	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	1,350.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,475.00	15,728	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 Oct 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 510Last week 1,436Year ago 268

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 156Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 138Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady on a light test. Supply was light with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	130.00–139.00	133.68
3	—	435	145.00	145.00
3	—	368	160.00–169.00	163.37
5	—	471	145.00–150.00	148.56
3	—	662	130.00–132.50	131.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	670	147.50–152.00	148.48
10	—	626	142.50–152.50	146.85
6	—	568	146.00–155.00	151.39
4	—	444	165.00–167.50	165.63
4	—	391	174.00–176.00	175.00
3	—	521	145.00–149.00	147.67
15	—	482	155.00–167.50	163.20
3	—	313	175.00–179.00	176.36
5	—	724	132.50–144.00	139.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	842	140.00–142.00	140.66
3	—	940	129.00	129.00
22	—	679	153.00–156.00	153.97
15	—	476	172.50–178.00	175.71
6	—	424	170.00–182.50	173.78
55	—	571	157.50–169.00	163.90
19	—	623	155.00–162.50	157.96
18	—	721	150.00–154.00	153.78
14	—	527	155.00–169.00	164.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	120.00–121.00	120.66
6	—	688	123.50	123.50
6	—	639	117.50–122.50	120.81
3	—	777	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	140.00–141.50	140.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	559	138.00–147.50	144.62
4	—	326	154.00–158.00	155.03
9	—	470	143.00–151.00	148.51
7	—	421	145.00–157.00	148.26
7	—	676	146.00	146.00
6	—	750	140.00	140.00
6	—	521	145.00–150.00	147.84
4	—	620	144.00–146.00	144.52
3	—	802	120.00	120.00
4	—	391	157.00–160.00	157.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	125.00–128.00	125.60
12	—	612	120.00–128.00	124.60
3	—	653	118.00–120.00	119.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	572	124.00–130.00	128.73
4	—	443	130.00–140.00	135.22
8	—	380	140.00–151.00	146.14
7	—	482	128.00–135.00	131.80
6	—	517	125.00–134.00	130.61
4	—	619	132.50–138.00	133.86
4	—	282	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	985	44.00–45.50	44.62
9	—	1,082	46.00–54.00	49.53
5	—	1,000	30.00–38.00	34.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	49.00–49.50	49.14
4	—	1,174	60.00	60.00
8	—	1,251	53.00–57.00	55.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,386	54.00–62.50	58.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,738	80.00–88.00	82.83

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)	4	—	1,019	600.00–700.00	649.34

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	5	—	1,165	1,125.00–1,475.00	1,350.00

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.