Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2019-04-18

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 18
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
787 head
257 vs last sale 1,044 787 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
6 vs last sale 180 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
29 vs last sale 30 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs and heifers under 400 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, steer calves over 500 lbs and heifer calves over 400 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, a limited test of yearlings sold with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Demand good, supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.40/cwt on 233 head.
Average price
$157.40
233 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.75
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434162.62705167
Medium and Large 2480148.007103thin
Medium and Large 1-2564144.0181263
One grade step is worth $18.61/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale233 hd
157.40
MO average20 barns · 11,287 hd
148.65
+8.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,62778.151,27116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34657.4277321
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14756.7565114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00449.9550246

Every lot, as filed

64 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525153.11/cwt149.00–155.0080420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482153.24/cwt150.00–155.007398
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2906105.00/cwt105.00–105.009517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324162.05/cwt155.00–168.005257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584140.70/cwt136.00–143.008226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2787119.01/cwt118.00–120.009374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366156.48/cwt155.00–158.005734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2607143.01/cwt142.00–144.008683
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned633139.00/cwt139.00–139.008805
HeifersMedium and Large 1426160.62/cwt155.00–167.0068434
HeifersMedium and Large 1375168.73/cwt155.00–175.0063331
HeifersMedium and Large 1470155.78/cwt152.00–160.0073230
HeifersMedium and Large 1521155.10/cwt150.00–157.0080816
HeifersMedium and Large 1308182.00/cwt182.00–182.0056116
HeifersMedium and Large 1280182.80/cwt172.50–193.0051215
HeifersMedium and Large 1683137.50/cwt137.50–137.509399
HeifersMedium and Large 1241182.50/cwt182.50–182.504406
HeifersMedium and Large 1794126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0005
BullsMedium and Large 2431160.00/cwt160.00–160.006905
BullsMedium and Large 2335185.00/cwt185.00–185.006203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2461161.94/cwt156.00–165.0074712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2376174.81/cwt174.00–175.006575
BullsMedium and Large 1-2238197.50/cwt197.50–197.504704
BullsMedium and Large 1368189.67/cwt182.50–200.0069817
BullsMedium and Large 1463172.72/cwt167.00–175.008008
BullsMedium and Large 1428187.50/cwt187.50–187.508038
BullsMedium and Large 1340205.00/cwt205.00–205.006978
BullsMedium and Large 1584150.08/cwt145.00–157.508766
BullsMedium and Large 1601160.00/cwt160.00–160.009625
BullsMedium and Large 1240205.00/cwt205.00–205.004925
BullsMedium and Large 1287204.33/cwt203.00–205.005863
BullsMedium 2-3Gaunt429149.00/cwt149.00–149.006394
CowsLean 85-90%99048.61/cwt44.50–54.0048126
CowsLean 85-90%1,04756.49/cwt51.00–60.5059112
CowsLean 85-90%98744.51/cwt40.00–47.504398
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33156.70/cwt54.00–58.5075514
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36561.08/cwt58.00–64.008345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40053.28/cwt53.00–53.507462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16155.65/cwt53.00–57.506469
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12258.74/cwt57.00–60.006595
Bulls1,61476.22/cwt70.00–81.001,2309
Bulls1,78287.79/cwt84.50–89.001,5645
Bulls1,29562.77/cwt62.50–63.008132
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed96763.06/cwt52.00–65.0061022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0581,142.69/cwt1,125.00–1,150.0012,0907
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,3312
SteersMedium and Large 2702130.00/cwt130.00–130.009133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed540168.00/cwt168.00–168.009077
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568162.17/cwt157.00–166.0092110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512172.05/cwt171.00–175.008818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410184.89/cwt180.00–189.007588
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0443
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned578155.00/cwt155.00–155.008965
SteersMedium and Large 1429192.77/cwt185.00–201.0082718
SteersMedium and Large 1575173.92/cwt169.00–177.001,00017
SteersMedium and Large 1514184.73/cwt177.00–188.0095017
SteersMedium and Large 1468187.04/cwt185.00–191.0087515
SteersMedium and Large 1736156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,14813
SteersMedium and Large 1388202.13/cwt196.00–204.0078413
SteersMedium and Large 1330212.92/cwt212.50–213.0070312
SteersMedium and Large 1270220.34/cwt218.00–224.0059512
SteersMedium and Large 1957128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2253
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed480148.00/cwt148.00–148.007103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned658135.00/cwt135.00–135.008884

How this sale compares

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.