Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2019-06-27

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jun 27
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,021 head
43 vs last sale 1,064 1,021 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
3 vs last sale 107 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
28 vs last sale 32 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special note: No Sale on the 4th, the next sale on July 11th.

Compared to last week, Feeder steers Under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, Over 600 lbs no comparable sales. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.19/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$134.19
299 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.13
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507136.38691232
Medium and Large 1-2535126.7967854
Large 1561125.8870613thin
One grade step is worth $10.49/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 sale299 hd
134.19
MO average19 barns · 15,387 hd
134.06
+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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,39074.691,0386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49359.988965thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12156.5263324
CowsLean 85-90%High96045.3543634

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2493137.50/cwt137.50–137.506783
BullsMedium and Large 1-2372160.00/cwt160.00–160.005959
BullsMedium and Large 1-2657126.60/cwt125.00–127.0083210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2557136.19/cwt134.00–137.5075916
BullsMedium and Large 1-2637130.70/cwt127.50–135.0083316
HeifersLarge 1602124.00/cwt124.00–124.007466
HeifersLarge 1525127.50/cwt127.50–127.506697
HeifersMedium and Large 1430140.25/cwt138.00–145.0060321
HeifersMedium and Large 1387147.19/cwt142.00–155.0057022
HeifersMedium and Large 1614126.11/cwt123.00–127.5077429
HeifersMedium and Large 1528132.71/cwt125.00–134.0070130
HeifersMedium and Large 1476137.91/cwt131.00–141.5065646
HeifersMedium and Large 1577128.63/cwt125.50–132.5074256
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed434152.50/cwt152.50–152.5066228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613120.85/cwt120.00–122.507416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420133.74/cwt133.00–136.005628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780110.00/cwt110.00–110.0085810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488131.81/cwt130.00–133.0064312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539124.59/cwt120.00–127.5067213
SteersMedium and Large 1335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005864
SteersMedium and Large 1771127.67/cwt127.50–128.009846
SteersMedium and Large 1278175.00/cwt175.00–175.004878
SteersMedium and Large 1377172.88/cwt168.00–174.0065211
SteersMedium and Large 1681133.64/cwt132.50–140.0091011
SteersMedium and Large 1626143.39/cwt136.00–147.0089816
SteersMedium and Large 1430169.20/cwt162.50–174.0072836
SteersMedium and Large 1574148.00/cwt140.00–151.0085044
SteersMedium and Large 1523156.97/cwt152.50–165.0082152
SteersMedium and Large 1474164.51/cwt157.50–168.0078062
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned631138.00/cwt138.00–138.008715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530141.68/cwt140.00–145.007513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422157.31/cwt152.50–160.006648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631137.27/cwt135.00–140.0086614
SteersMedium and Large 250290.00/cwt90.00–90.004524
SteersMedium and Large 2585100.00/cwt100.00–100.005856
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,114807.97/cwt700.00–900.009,0014
Bulls1,12765.94/cwt65.00–67.007433
Bulls1,65383.43/cwt80.50–85.001,3793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19064.64/cwt61.00–67.007693
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05549.93/cwt45.00–52.005274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12456.64/cwt53.00–60.5063717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55862.80/cwt62.50–63.009782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45058.10/cwt56.50–60.008423
CowsLean 85-90%1,01358.25/cwt56.50–60.505904
CowsLean 85-90%83231.13/cwt20.00–37.002597
CowsLean 85-90%1,01852.00/cwt49.50–55.0052911
CowsLean 85-90%96543.24/cwt40.00–48.0041712

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.