Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2019-05-16

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, May 16
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,007 head
408 vs last sale 599 1,007 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
82 vs last sale 119 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 0 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compard to last week, Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady to 8.00 higher, Over 500 lbs no good price cpmparison,, however the undertone was lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, Over 500 lbs no good price comparison, however the undertone was lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.91/cwt on 317 head.
Average price
$137.91
317 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.42
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508138.46704297
Medium and Large 1-2554129.7171820
One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale317 hd
137.91
MO average20 barns · 9,292 hd
139.32
−1.42
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
BullsHigh1,74979.741,39412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35854.497406thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16653.8962847
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04844.6346845

Every lot, as filed

52 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
SteersMedium and Large 1467169.30/cwt165.00–174.0079133
SteersMedium and Large 1684138.68/cwt134.00–140.0094932
SteersMedium and Large 1424176.24/cwt171.00–181.0074731
SteersMedium and Large 1615146.53/cwt140.00–151.0090128
SteersMedium and Large 1373181.87/cwt176.00–184.0067814
SteersMedium and Large 1713137.47/cwt132.50–140.0098011
SteersMedium and Large 1828127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0564
SteersMedium and Large 1303185.86/cwt182.50–192.505633
SteersLarge 2781116.00/cwt116.00–116.009067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637122.48/cwt117.50–127.5078012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429140.55/cwt137.50–142.506038
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed467149.20/cwt149.00–150.0069715
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed422156.00/cwt156.00–156.0065810
HeifersMedium and Large 1517135.99/cwt133.00–139.0070368
HeifersMedium and Large 1566134.61/cwt127.50–139.0076263
HeifersMedium and Large 1468140.07/cwt135.00–144.0065641
HeifersMedium and Large 1373147.58/cwt142.50–155.5055034
HeifersMedium and Large 1716120.59/cwt116.00–124.0086323
HeifersMedium and Large 1418145.46/cwt144.00–150.0060821
HeifersMedium and Large 1618133.02/cwt130.00–142.5082216
HeifersMedium and Large 1319146.51/cwt144.00–150.004676
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524139.11/cwt127.00–146.007298
BullsMedium and Large 1-2466156.62/cwt145.00–167.007308
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429158.35/cwt155.00–160.006796
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008064
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569134.75/cwt132.50–137.007674
SteersMedium and Large 1524160.59/cwt155.00–164.5084141
SteersMedium and Large 1575151.27/cwt145.00–154.0087042
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed602155.00/cwt155.00–155.009336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555124.17/cwt122.50–125.006893
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445160.22/cwt158.00–167.007134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2324174.21/cwt167.50–177.505646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735122.50/cwt122.50–122.509006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2384174.00/cwt174.00–174.006687
SteersMedium and Large 1-2766125.00/cwt125.00–125.009588
Dairy SteersLarge 342678.00/cwt78.00–78.003324
Dairy SteersLarge 349660.00/cwt60.00–60.002984
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,246998.90/cwt950.00–1,050.0012,4464
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,144826.48/cwt760.00–875.009,4558
Bulls1,60588.07/cwt86.00–90.001,4143
Bulls1,79170.88/cwt57.00–75.001,2694
Bulls1,80181.84/cwt78.00–84.001,4745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26363.98/cwt62.00–65.508082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15848.52/cwt44.00–51.0056213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16355.44/cwt52.00–60.0064532
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61561.00/cwt61.00–61.009851
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34351.30/cwt50.00–52.506892
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28354.44/cwt53.00–56.006983
CowsLean 85-90%96858.60/cwt55.00–62.005672
CowsLean 85-90%93527.86/cwt20.00–31.002604
CowsLean 85-90%1,08449.86/cwt46.00–54.0054017
CowsLean 85-90%1,04942.36/cwt35.00–47.0044422

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.