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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jan 27

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Jan 20Jan 27Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,442 head

▲ 1,029 vs last sale 413▲ 1,157 vs year ago 285 · +406.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

118 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 36▼ 12 vs year ago 130 · −9.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 0▲ 27 vs year ago 13 · +207.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 5.00-7.00 higher with feeder heifers trading steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 6.00-10.00 higher. Bred cows averaged 1075 per head with very good demand. Total supply was heavy with good demand for feeder cattle and very good demand for the slaughter classes.

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 $169.11/cwt on 650 head.

Average price

$169.11

650 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$24.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	175.61	1,027	372
Medium and Large 1-2	578	161.88	936	240
Medium and Large 2	550	151.05	831	38

One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about $196 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 sale650 hd

169.11

—

MO average17 barns · 15,124 hd

169.24

−0.13

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	—	High	1,768	98.20	1,736	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	71.85	1,075	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,168	68.08	795	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	57.72	603	29

Every lot

71 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	176.90/cwt	175.00–181.00	557	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	203.97/cwt	192.50–214.00	667	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	206.18/cwt	191.00–212.00	769	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	179.88/cwt	175.00–188.00	671	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	396	165.62/cwt	165.00–167.50	656	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	192.76/cwt	182.50–201.00	812	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	172.68/cwt	166.00–181.00	736	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	157.24/cwt	151.00–161.00	745	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	194.13/cwt	182.00–201.00	930	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	174.19/cwt	165.00–177.00	838	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	199.04/cwt	198.00–199.50	1,011	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	164.17/cwt	156.00–173.00	860	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	186.09/cwt	175.00–193.50	981	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	181.57/cwt	174.00–188.00	1,030	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	164.95/cwt	155.00–172.50	962	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	148.74/cwt	145.00–154.00	867	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	155.61/cwt	150.00–159.00	973	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	165.36/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,037	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	142.22/cwt	140.00–145.00	895	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	666	141.70/cwt	138.00–145.00	944	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	156.13/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,063	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	142.36/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,025	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	153.99/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,110	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	142.45/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,130	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	150.31/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,211	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	137.65/cwt	132.00–142.00	1,156	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	150.49/cwt	145.00–161.00	489	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	151.97/cwt	145.00–161.00	567	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	165.35/cwt	163.00–171.00	622	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	161.32/cwt	155.00–169.00	682	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	146.05/cwt	135.00–155.00	624	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	126.99/cwt	121.00–130.00	544	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	161.09/cwt	155.00–169.00	762	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	144.41/cwt	135.00–154.00	687	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	143.83/cwt	130.00–148.00	746	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	125.22/cwt	121.00–132.50	657	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	156.59/cwt	149.00–164.00	824	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	150.31/cwt	149.00–151.50	855	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	138.18/cwt	130.00–148.00	793	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	145.43/cwt	145.00–146.00	893	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	138.64/cwt	126.00–144.00	878	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	140.56/cwt	130.00–142.50	950	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	131.69/cwt	130.00–132.50	952	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,041	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	133.39/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,018	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	121.61/cwt	120.00–125.00	949	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,062	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	388	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	695	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	412	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	762	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	169.39/cwt	169.00–170.00	739	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	163.36/cwt	160.00–165.00	779	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	482	179.24/cwt	170.00–181.00	864	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	502	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	843	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	157.71/cwt	150.00–166.00	828	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	561	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	926	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	158.94/cwt	146.00–161.00	927	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	143.49/cwt	136.00–147.00	885	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	138.37/cwt	134.00–142.00	922	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,014	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	91.22/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,414	5
Bulls	—	—	1,924	103.19/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,985	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	56.75/cwt	50.00–62.50	574	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,067	67.36/cwt	63.00–75.00	719	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	41.99/cwt	40.00–45.00	450	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,149	66.27/cwt	62.00–69.50	761	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	75.23/cwt	70.00–82.00	891	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	56.88/cwt	53.00–60.00	708	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	68.00/cwt	64.50–71.50	991	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,539	76.30/cwt	73.00–82.50	1,174	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,094	818.93/cwt	750.00–850.00	8,959	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,172	1,075.55/cwt	885.00–1,350.00	12,605	27

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 Jan 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,442Last week 413Year ago 285

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 36Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 0Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	138.00–145.00	141.70
12	—	474	151.00–161.00	157.24
4	—	396	165.00–167.50	165.62
10	—	583	145.00–154.00	148.74
5	—	629	140.00–145.00	142.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	479	182.00–201.00	194.13
87	—	721	150.00–156.50	153.99
56	—	627	160.00–172.00	165.36
17	—	373	191.00–212.00	206.18
47	—	567	174.00–188.00	181.57
41	—	527	175.00–193.50	186.09
35	—	421	182.50–201.00	192.76
7	—	327	192.50–214.00	203.97
26	—	806	150.00–151.00	150.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	508	198.00–199.50	199.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	840	132.00–142.00	137.65
38	—	583	155.00–172.50	164.95
25	—	625	150.00–159.00	155.61
30	—	481	165.00–177.00	174.19
20	—	426	166.00–181.00	172.68
11	—	373	175.00–188.00	179.88
11	—	793	140.00–147.00	142.45
37	—	681	148.00–158.00	156.13
6	—	315	175.00–181.00	176.90
39	—	524	156.00–173.00	164.17
13	—	720	139.00–149.00	142.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	574	130.00–148.00	138.18
19	—	373	145.00–161.00	151.97
15	—	325	145.00–161.00	150.49
3	—	833	127.50	127.50
23	—	427	135.00–155.00	146.05
19	—	633	126.00–144.00	138.64
3	—	723	130.00–132.50	131.69
50	—	476	135.00–154.00	144.41
58	—	519	130.00–148.00	143.83
5	—	763	131.00–136.00	133.39
51	—	676	130.00–142.50	140.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	614	145.00–146.00	145.43
46	—	569	149.00–151.50	150.31
11	—	760	137.00	137.00
53	—	473	155.00–169.00	161.09
46	—	526	149.00–164.00	156.59
32	—	423	155.00–169.00	161.32
6	—	376	163.00–171.00	165.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	121.00–132.50	125.22
7	—	428	121.00–130.00	126.99
3	—	780	120.00–125.00	121.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	666	134.00–142.00	138.37
22	—	525	150.00–166.00	157.71
5	—	436	169.00–170.00	169.39
9	—	617	136.00–147.00	143.49
7	—	583	146.00–161.00	158.94
3	—	838	121.00	121.00
3	—	477	160.00–165.00	163.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	482	170.00–181.00	179.24
9	—	561	165.00	165.00
3	—	412	185.00	185.00
3	—	502	168.00	168.00
3	—	388	179.00	179.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,539	73.00–82.50	76.30
15	—	1,458	64.50–71.50	68.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,071	40.00–45.00	41.99
11	—	1,067	63.00–75.00	67.36
12	—	1,011	50.00–62.50	56.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,185	70.00–82.00	75.23
21	—	1,149	62.00–69.50	66.27
3	—	1,245	53.00–60.00	56.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,924	99.00–107.00	103.19
5	—	1,550	88.00–95.00	91.22

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	—	1,094	750.00–850.00	818.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,172	885.00–1,350.00	1,075.55

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.