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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

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

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,841 head

▲ 340 vs last sale 1,501▲ 321 vs year ago 1,520 · +21.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

238 head

▲ 146 vs last sale 92▲ 82 vs year ago 156 · +52.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

53 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 58▼ 41 vs year ago 94 · −43.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale two weeks ago, Feeder steers under 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, Over 550 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 8.00 higher.Demand good to very good. Supply heavy. Slaughter cows steady.

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 $143.33/cwt on 634 head.

Average price

$143.33

634 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$28.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.03

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	150.74	785	327
Medium and Large 1-2	548	136.40	748	275
Large 1	649	134.00	870	8thin
Medium and Large 2	585	125.69	735	19thin
Medium 1-2	498	122.00	608	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.74/cwt here — about $177 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 sale634 hd

143.33

—

MO average16 barns · 13,032 hd

152.37

−9.03

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	1,373	66.39	912	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,425	59.27	844	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	54.47	657	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	37.79	384	56

Every lot

85 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	197.55/cwt	190.00–202.00	620	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	318	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	700	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	193.40/cwt	185.00–202.00	718	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	708	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	423	204.79/cwt	204.00–207.00	866	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	193.97/cwt	188.00–200.00	826	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	166.23/cwt	150.00–177.00	710	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	458	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	889	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	180.84/cwt	175.00–191.00	861	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	168.26/cwt	160.00–172.00	813	28
Steers	—	Large 1	518	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	738	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	172.29/cwt	162.00–182.00	903	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	154.28/cwt	154.00–155.00	830	7
Steers	—	Large 1	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	170.10/cwt	166.00–173.00	975	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	156.48/cwt	145.00–161.00	900	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	592	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	835	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	149.67/cwt	138.00–154.00	913	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	160.01/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,011	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	978	11
Steers	—	Large 1	654	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	883	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	149.64/cwt	140.00–156.00	995	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	159.49/cwt	158.00–161.00	1,072	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	675	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	942	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	688	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	949	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	138.00/cwt	137.50–140.00	978	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	154.72/cwt	152.50–163.00	1,136	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	813	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,089	5
Steers	—	Large 1	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	4
Steers	—	Large 2	861	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,055	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	273	177.25/cwt	175.00–179.00	484	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	157.02/cwt	154.00–165.00	512	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	154.75/cwt	150.00–160.00	590	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	577	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	154.03/cwt	149.00–157.00	655	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	141.31/cwt	130.00–148.00	605	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	155.39/cwt	150.00–158.00	730	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	141.91/cwt	135.00–146.00	681	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	496	132.86/cwt	130.00–134.00	659	7
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	498	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	608	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	147.87/cwt	142.00–154.00	763	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	679	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	136.87/cwt	132.00–142.00	720	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	134.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	771	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	146.04/cwt	140.00–152.50	844	46
Heifers	—	Large 1	578	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	757	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	590	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	779	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	149.84/cwt	147.50–151.00	917	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	130.53/cwt	126.00–135.00	809	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	133.04/cwt	132.50–136.00	887	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	144.95/cwt	139.00–148.00	971	45
Heifers	—	Large 1	673	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	909	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	695	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	862	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	139.47/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,015	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	931	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	798	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	910	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,104	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	445	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	752	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	464	171.04/cwt	168.00–174.00	794	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	528	155.55/cwt	150.00–165.00	821	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	741	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	581	152.34/cwt	152.00–152.50	885	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	141.28/cwt	131.00–148.00	821	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	129.01/cwt	120.00–135.00	823	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	135.30/cwt	133.00–136.00	916	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,003	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,288	60.89/cwt	55.00–78.00	784	16
Bulls	—	—	1,600	82.50/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,320	4
Bulls	—	—	1,835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,652	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	859	25.01/cwt	20.00–33.00	215	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	40.64/cwt	35.00–45.00	431	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,141	49.22/cwt	46.00–54.00	562	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,179	48.26/cwt	44.00–50.00	569	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	54.99/cwt	52.00–59.50	659	46
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,277	61.42/cwt	59.00–67.00	784	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,282	49.44/cwt	45.00–54.00	634	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	59.31/cwt	56.00–63.00	852	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	66.46/cwt	64.00–71.00	986	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,209	961.90/cwt	900.00–1,050.00	11,629	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,209	774.34/cwt	700.00–850.00	9,362	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,318	1,359.84/cwt	1,200.00–1,450.00	17,923	11
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	7,553	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,350	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,900	3

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 Dec 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,841Last week 1,501Year ago 1,520

Slaughter CattleReceipts 238Last week 92Year ago 156

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 58Year ago 94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	476	175.00–191.00	180.84
28	—	426	188.00–200.00	193.97
34	—	734	152.50–163.00	154.72
18	—	314	190.00–202.00	197.55
4	—	672	158.00–161.00	159.49
94	—	524	162.00–182.00	172.29
18	—	371	185.00–202.00	193.40
23	—	573	166.00–173.00	170.10
59	—	632	155.00–164.00	160.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	138.00	138.00
4	—	592	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	709	137.50–140.00	138.00
7	—	538	154.00–155.00	154.28
69	—	610	138.00–154.00	149.67
5	—	813	134.00	134.00
17	—	427	150.00–177.00	166.23
30	—	665	140.00–156.00	149.64
28	—	483	160.00–172.00	168.26
4	—	398	178.00	178.00
47	—	575	145.00–161.00	156.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	861	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	830	140.00	140.00
3	—	518	142.50	142.50
4	—	654	135.00	135.00
3	—	565	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	423	204.00–207.00	204.79
4	—	458	194.00	194.00
2	—	318	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	675	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	635	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	381	150.00–160.00	154.75
38	—	612	147.50–151.00	149.84
31	—	425	149.00–157.00	154.03
58	—	470	150.00–158.00	155.39
45	—	670	139.00–148.00	144.95
53	—	516	142.00–154.00	147.87
46	—	578	140.00–152.50	146.04
7	—	273	175.00–179.00	177.25
15	—	326	154.00–165.00	157.02
6	—	824	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	131.00	131.00
6	—	673	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	526	132.00–142.00	136.87
2	—	390	148.00	148.00
65	—	573	130.00–140.00	134.50
9	—	728	134.00–144.00	139.47
44	—	428	130.00–148.00	141.31
36	—	620	126.00–135.00	130.53
36	—	480	135.00–146.00	141.91
20	—	667	132.50–136.00	133.04
3	—	760	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	695	124.00	124.00
2	—	590	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	496	130.00–134.00	132.86
3	—	798	114.00	114.00
3	—	705	112.00	112.00
6	—	522	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	168.00–174.00	171.04
2	—	445	169.00	169.00
8	—	528	150.00–165.00	155.55
6	—	581	152.00–152.50	152.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	677	133.00–136.00	135.30
4	—	475	160.00	160.00
3	—	787	127.50	127.50
7	—	529	140.00	140.00
32	—	581	131.00–148.00	141.28
19	—	638	120.00–135.00	129.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,141	46.00–54.00	49.22
19	—	859	20.00–33.00	25.01
21	—	1,060	35.00–45.00	40.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,282	45.00–54.00	49.44
4	—	1,483	64.00–71.00	66.46
17	—	1,436	56.00–63.00	59.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,277	59.00–67.00	61.42
15	—	1,179	44.00–50.00	48.26
46	—	1,199	52.00–59.50	54.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,288	55.00–78.00	60.89
4	—	1,600	80.00–88.00	82.50
1	—	1,835	90.00	90.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,318	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,359.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,209	700.00–850.00	774.34

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)	6	—	1,209	900.00–1,050.00	961.90

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	1	—	795	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,350	1,400.00	1,400.00

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.