Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2019-07-11

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jul 11
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,462 head
▲ 441 vs last sale 1,021▲ 1,462 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
252 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 104▲ 252 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 4▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Feeder steers under 700 lbs steady, Over 700 lbs no comparable sales. Feeder heifers 375 to 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 500- 650 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, Over 650 lb. no comparable sales. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.49/cwt on 531 head.
Average price
$142.49
531 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.64
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662143.25948386
Medium and Large 1-2593141.79841135
Medium and Large 2585122.4171610thin
One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $232 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 sale531 hd
142.49
—
MO average14 barns · 7,394 hd
148.13
−5.64
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
Bulls—Average1,77081.061,4357thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15556.1264850
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,33055.4073719
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02949.0150429

Every lot, as filed

62 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04560.27/cwt59.00–61.006303
CowsLean 85-90%—73822.15/cwt20.00–25.001632
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34453.50/cwt52.00–56.0071911
SteersMedium and Large 1—937126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,18353
SteersMedium and Large 1—524155.51/cwt152.50–158.0081553
SteersMedium and Large 1—576144.22/cwt142.00–147.0083131
SteersMedium and Large 1—467162.53/cwt157.50–164.0075923
SteersMedium and Large 1—660136.42/cwt136.00–137.5090012
SteersMedium and Large 1—443165.64/cwt163.00–169.0073412
SteersMedium and Large 1—387170.00/cwt170.00–170.006583
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—598140.00/cwt140.00–140.0083712
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—688132.50/cwt132.50–132.5091211
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—714130.00/cwt130.00–130.009285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—593118.00/cwt118.00–118.007007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—622121.66/cwt120.00–122.5075712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—574120.00/cwt120.00–120.0068911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—396140.00/cwt140.00–140.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—677115.00/cwt115.00–115.007793
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—478145.00/cwt145.00–145.006938
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521135.95/cwt130.00–139.5070883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632131.28/cwt125.00–132.2583074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579130.26/cwt125.00–136.0075449
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477137.32/cwt133.50–140.0065535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—739122.50/cwt122.50–122.5090517
HeifersMedium and Large 1—807116.00/cwt116.00–116.009366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—696122.50/cwt122.50–122.508535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435140.87/cwt140.00–143.506134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—394142.24/cwt142.00–143.005604
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—590133.55/cwt122.00–136.0078824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—525143.11/cwt141.00–145.5075113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—481147.02/cwt145.50–147.5070713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—656124.89/cwt120.00–131.508197
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—437155.00/cwt155.00–155.006775
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008703
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04845.94/cwt40.00–50.0048112
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05553.73/cwt51.00–57.0056712
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31158.01/cwt56.00–60.007618
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15057.88/cwt55.00–62.0066632
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16051.62/cwt47.00–54.0059916
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19364.02/cwt63.00–65.007642
Bulls——1,73383.27/cwt80.00–86.001,4433
Bulls——1,72075.88/cwt73.00–78.001,3053
Bulls——2,03090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,192763.93/cwt700.00–860.009,1063
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,180961.98/cwt900.00–1,100.0011,35110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—938850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,9732
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0271,025.00/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0010,5275
Dairy SteersLarge 3—47167.51/cwt65.00–70.003186
Dairy SteersLarge 3—73969.00/cwt69.00–69.005105
Dairy SteersLarge 3—65371.00/cwt71.00–71.004645
SteersMedium and Large 2—585122.41/cwt120.00–124.0071610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525149.37/cwt140.00–151.0078466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—805122.50/cwt122.50–122.5098619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—700117.50/cwt117.50–117.5082310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—486154.07/cwt153.00–156.0074910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—762122.50/cwt122.50–122.509339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—377163.91/cwt160.00–165.006189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—982116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—408158.63/cwt156.00–160.006473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—310163.33/cwt160.00–165.005063
SteersMedium and Large 1—642144.10/cwt136.00–144.75925101
SteersMedium and Large 1—741138.25/cwt138.25–138.251,02470

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.