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Douglas County Livestock Auction

Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, May 26

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820

← May 19May 26Jun 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

584 head

▼ 276 vs last sale 860▲ 23 vs year ago 561 · +4.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 98▲ 5 vs year ago 54 · +9.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 3.00-9.00 lower with feeders heifers trading steady. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-5.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading 3.00-7.00 higher. Supply and demand was moderate.

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 $147.78/cwt on 240 head.

Average price

$147.78

240 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$28.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.39

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	151.23	849	133
Medium and Large 1-2	510	147.54	752	79
Medium and Large 2	539	133.71	721	24
Medium 2	412	122.50	505	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.73/cwt here — about $344 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 sale240 hd

147.78

—

MO average14 barns · 9,591 hd

158.17

−10.39

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	1,724	111.11	1,916	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	80.66	948	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,486	80.58	1,197	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	65.70	664	22

Every lot

54 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	204.42/cwt	201.00–211.00	689	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	754	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	675	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	193.17/cwt	189.00–200.00	823	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	177.60/cwt	177.00–178.00	769	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	897	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	162.65/cwt	157.50–167.50	764	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	179.02/cwt	175.00–182.50	854	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	179.56/cwt	175.00–187.50	959	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	170.33/cwt	167.50–173.50	920	19
Steers	—	Medium 2	540	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	778	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	168.66/cwt	164.50–173.50	960	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	155.36/cwt	150.00–161.00	893	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	163.88/cwt	158.00–167.50	1,014	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	157.88/cwt	157.50–158.00	1,001	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	947	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	151.94/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,023	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	148.60/cwt	147.50–150.00	1,079	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	758	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,035	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	357	145.12/cwt	141.00–151.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	359	160.51/cwt	155.00–162.50	576	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	412	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	173.85/cwt	164.00–184.00	718	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	157.19/cwt	152.00–161.00	676	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	163.80/cwt	163.00–165.00	753	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	137.94/cwt	135.00–142.50	668	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	149.83/cwt	146.00–161.00	736	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	155.50/cwt	147.00–157.50	812	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	143.47/cwt	139.00–145.00	765	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	144.91/cwt	142.50–146.00	825	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	151.56/cwt	147.00–157.00	867	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	783	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	129.48/cwt	120.00–138.00	803	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	139.70/cwt	138.00–142.00	884	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	139.42/cwt	135.00–141.00	930	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	667	121.24/cwt	118.50–125.00	809	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	132.83/cwt	132.50–133.00	894	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	375	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	609	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	751	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	918	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	159.83/cwt	157.50–161.00	929	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	590	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	841	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	149.04/cwt	147.50–150.00	940	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	682	134.60/cwt	134.00–135.00	918	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,632	107.05/cwt	97.50–110.00	1,747	5
Bulls	—	—	1,840	116.19/cwt	114.00–122.00	2,138	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	941	51.14/cwt	50.00–53.00	481	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	65.23/cwt	57.00–70.50	664	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	73.58/cwt	71.00–78.00	764	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,152	83.26/cwt	81.00–84.50	959	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	77.02/cwt	75.00–79.00	931	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	83.04/cwt	82.00–84.00	1,229	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,492	78.11/cwt	74.00–83.00	1,165	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 May 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 584Last week 860Year ago 561

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 98Year ago 54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	205.00	205.00
15	—	426	189.00–200.00	193.17
5	—	337	201.00–211.00	204.42
3	—	467	192.00	192.00
32	—	619	158.00–167.50	163.88
28	—	534	175.00–187.50	179.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	150.00–161.00	155.36
10	—	470	157.50–167.50	162.65
9	—	653	145.00	145.00
3	—	758	136.50	136.50
3	—	370	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	177.00–178.00	177.60
4	—	634	157.50–158.00	157.88
27	—	569	164.50–173.50	168.66
11	—	673	150.00–156.00	151.94
19	—	540	167.50–173.50	170.33
14	—	726	147.50–150.00	148.60
13	—	477	175.00–182.50	179.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	572	147.00–157.00	151.56
29	—	522	147.00–157.50	155.50
3	—	320	170.00	170.00
8	—	413	164.00–184.00	173.85
27	—	633	138.00–142.00	139.70
16	—	667	135.00–141.00	139.42
10	—	460	163.00–165.00	163.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	357	141.00–151.00	145.12
7	—	667	118.50–125.00	121.24
5	—	484	135.00–142.50	137.94
7	—	580	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	412	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	620	120.00–138.00	129.48
7	—	533	139.00–145.00	143.47
4	—	359	155.00–162.50	160.51
3	—	673	132.50–133.00	132.83
23	—	430	152.00–161.00	157.19
16	—	491	146.00–161.00	149.83
15	—	569	142.50–146.00	144.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	682	134.00–135.00	134.60
3	—	590	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	581	157.50–161.00	159.83
8	—	631	147.50–150.00	149.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	181.00	181.00
3	—	570	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	162.50	162.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	941	50.00–53.00	51.14
8	—	1,038	71.00–78.00	73.58
10	—	1,018	57.00–70.50	65.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,480	82.00–84.00	83.04
3	—	1,492	74.00–83.00	78.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,209	75.00–79.00	77.02
7	—	1,152	81.00–84.50	83.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,840	114.00–122.00	116.19
5	—	1,632	97.50–110.00	107.05

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.