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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 28

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← Apr 21Apr 28May 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,068 head

▲ 586 vs last sale 482▲ 635 vs year ago 433 · +146.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

130 head

▲ 68 vs last sale 62▲ 15 vs year ago 115 · +13.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Supply was moderate with good demand.

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 $154.13/cwt on 448 head.

Average price

$154.13

448 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$35.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.36

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	163.58	813	191
Medium and Large 1-2	535	151.03	809	190
Large 1	504	138.36	697	11thin
Medium and Large 2	521	137.74	718	43
Medium 2	519	128.23	666	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.35/cwt here — about $147 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 sale448 hd

154.13

—

MO average16 barns · 8,532 hd

158.49

−4.36

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	1,588	98.19	1,559	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	78.56	1,133	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	74.46	898	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,030	66.14	681	46

Every lot

76 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	320	206.46/cwt	204.00–210.00	661	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	222.30/cwt	214.00–225.00	722	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	210.82/cwt	210.00–211.00	778	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	183.49/cwt	178.00–196.00	683	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	219.62/cwt	215.00–225.00	841	28
Steers	—	Medium 2	420	159.74/cwt	155.00–162.50	671	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	217.03/cwt	207.50–225.00	914	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	195.14/cwt	184.00–205.00	847	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	974	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	190.19/cwt	182.50–204.00	917	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	172.41/cwt	162.50–175.00	831	13
Steers	—	Medium 2	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	193.67/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,001	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	174.76/cwt	169.00–182.50	904	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	165.70/cwt	165.00–167.00	858	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	554	172.70/cwt	166.00–175.00	957	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	193.27/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,078	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	176.37/cwt	167.50–182.50	1,014	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	156.72/cwt	154.00–157.50	975	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	173.68/cwt	172.00–177.50	1,118	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	646	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	985	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	164.83/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,101	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,040	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	145.98/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,054	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,172	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	161.25/cwt	160.00–162.50	513	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	177.58/cwt	175.00–180.00	584	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	342	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	513	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	168.66/cwt	160.00–171.00	614	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	179.64/cwt	175.00–185.00	672	20
Heifers	—	Medium 2	389	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	545	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	391	154.22/cwt	153.00–155.00	603	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	155.76/cwt	150.00–161.00	665	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	168.50/cwt	162.00–179.00	721	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	136.79/cwt	135.00–141.00	592	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	458	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	664	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	154.54/cwt	145.00–160.00	728	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	163.25/cwt	161.00–166.00	782	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	136.96/cwt	130.00–142.50	656	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	159.93/cwt	155.00–163.00	824	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	150.24/cwt	142.50–155.00	784	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	137.49/cwt	130.00–141.00	786	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	158.49/cwt	155.00–164.00	908	33
Heifers	—	Medium 2	577	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	710	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	150.44/cwt	149.00–155.00	870	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	153.14/cwt	146.00–157.00	940	31
Heifers	—	Large 1	632	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	777	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	141.26/cwt	136.00–145.00	907	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	983	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	130.83/cwt	130.00–135.00	867	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	141.61/cwt	133.00–142.50	1,013	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	752	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	880	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	125.60/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,049	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	723	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	433	188.52/cwt	187.00–200.00	816	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	176.20/cwt	173.00–177.50	862	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	775	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	164.99/cwt	163.00–167.00	848	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	568	153.35/cwt	145.00–158.00	871	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	994	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	755	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	925	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	411	111.20/cwt	105.00–116.00	457	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	508	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	559	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,334	84.76/cwt	71.00–90.00	1,131	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	99.77/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,594	4
Bulls	—	—	1,782	107.67/cwt	106.50–109.00	1,919	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	46.07/cwt	40.00–50.00	425	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	59.94/cwt	52.00–65.00	615	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	70.33/cwt	65.00–74.00	727	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	76.53/cwt	75.00–79.00	827	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	81.01/cwt	80.00–82.00	964	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	75.85/cwt	70.00–79.00	905	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	68.40/cwt	65.00–70.00	848	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,414	76.05/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,075	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	81.91/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,211	6

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 Apr 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,068Last week 482Year ago 433

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 62Year ago 115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	374	175.00–185.00	179.64
33	—	428	162.00–179.00	168.50
4	—	651	151.00	151.00
15	—	479	161.00–166.00	163.25
33	—	573	155.00–164.00	158.49
31	—	614	146.00–157.00	153.14
40	—	515	155.00–163.00	159.93
15	—	329	175.00–180.00	177.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	123.00	123.00
4	—	458	145.00	145.00
3	—	395	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	389	140.00	140.00
9	—	577	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	835	125.00–127.50	125.60
4	—	642	136.00–145.00	141.26
29	—	578	149.00–155.00	150.44
28	—	427	150.00–161.00	155.76
38	—	522	142.50–155.00	150.24
35	—	715	133.00–142.50	141.61
34	—	471	145.00–160.00	154.54
11	—	364	160.00–171.00	168.66
7	—	318	160.00–162.50	161.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	117.00	117.00
3	—	342	150.00	150.00
11	—	572	130.00–141.00	137.49
5	—	391	153.00–155.00	154.22
6	—	663	130.00–135.00	130.83
6	—	433	135.00–141.00	136.79
9	—	479	130.00–142.50	136.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	755	122.50	122.50
8	—	568	145.00–158.00	153.35
3	—	500	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	610	163.00	163.00
8	—	433	187.00–200.00	188.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	163.00–167.00	164.99
13	—	489	173.00–177.50	176.20
4	—	395	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	411	105.00–116.00	111.20
3	—	508	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	575	167.50–182.50	176.37
49	—	482	182.50–204.00	190.19
3	—	722	145.00–148.00	145.98
5	—	320	204.00–210.00	206.46
20	—	517	169.00–182.50	174.76
12	—	668	163.00–165.00	164.83
6	—	369	210.00–211.00	210.82
10	—	622	154.00–157.50	156.72
19	—	434	184.00–205.00	195.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	517	186.00–200.00	193.67
36	—	421	207.50–225.00	217.03
10	—	325	214.00–225.00	222.30
13	—	558	192.00–200.00	193.27
13	—	644	172.00–177.50	173.68
5	—	464	210.00	210.00
3	—	808	145.00	145.00
28	—	383	215.00–225.00	219.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	482	162.50–175.00	172.41
4	—	554	166.00–175.00	172.70
4	—	646	152.50	152.50
10	—	372	178.00–196.00	183.49
9	—	518	165.00–167.00	165.70
4	—	680	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	155.00	155.00
8	—	420	155.00–162.50	159.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,193	70.00–79.00	75.85
10	—	1,240	65.00–70.00	68.40
5	—	1,190	80.00–82.00	81.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,081	75.00–79.00	76.53
20	—	1,033	65.00–74.00	70.33
4	—	923	40.00–50.00	46.07
14	—	1,026	52.00–65.00	59.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,414	72.00–80.00	76.05
6	—	1,479	80.00–85.50	81.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,334	71.00–90.00	84.76
5	—	1,782	106.50–109.00	107.67
4	—	1,598	96.00–104.00	99.77

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.