Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2019-09-05

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Sep 5
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
785 head
82 vs last sale 867 785 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
32 vs last sale 145 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
44 vs last sale 69 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to weak. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate. The feeder supply moderate to light, slaughter cattle supply moderate. Cattlemen harvesting second and third cutting grass hay and choppers working on the field corn.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.44/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$142.44
221 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$290
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3
$43.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.07
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520152.7079482
Medium and Large 1-2578139.47807110
Medium and Large 2540134.9672913thin
Medium 1648128.508326thin
Medium 3463109.0150410thin
One grade step is worth $43.68/cwt here — about $290 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 sale221 hd
142.44
MO average10 barns · 3,708 hd
142.37
+0.07
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
BullsLow1,64081.171,33114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43456.8181512
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23756.3269722
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05745.7048337

Every lot, as filed

67 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52052.00/cwt52.00–52.007901
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42657.25/cwt55.00–61.5081611
Bulls1,41570.18/cwt65.00–76.009933
CowsLean 85-90%1,28561.50/cwt61.50–61.507901
Bulls1,70184.17/cwt79.00–92.001,43211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623135.67/cwt132.50–140.0084522
SteersMedium and Large 1473158.48/cwt155.00–162.0075025
SteersMedium 3Thin Fleshed354130.00/cwt130.00–130.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 2340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004423
CowsLean 85-90%89432.78/cwt30.00–37.002937
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25563.56/cwt61.50–65.007982
CowsLean 85-90%1,05042.53/cwt40.00–45.5044710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19052.20/cwt50.00–54.006213
SteersMedium and Large 1606140.87/cwt140.00–142.008547
HeifersMedium and Large 2450122.00/cwt120.00–123.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617129.75/cwt121.00–132.0080121
HeifersMedium and Large 1437137.18/cwt136.00–137.505999
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583123.91/cwt120.00–127.0072211
BullsMedium and Large 1500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006755
SteersMedium and Large 2670127.50/cwt127.50–127.508543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed426160.95/cwt157.00–165.006866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0273
SteersMedium and Large 1686133.34/cwt132.50–135.009159
HeifersMedium and Large 2527121.48/cwt120.00–122.506405
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469132.32/cwt127.50–136.0062124
HeifersMedium and Large 1534136.98/cwt135.00–138.0073118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned645112.50/cwt112.50–112.507263
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned632115.00/cwt115.00–115.007273
SteersMedium and Large 2528135.99/cwt135.00–137.007187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added490157.00/cwt157.00–157.007694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488141.64/cwt140.00–145.006916
SteersMedium and Large 1583148.77/cwt148.00–150.0086710
SteersMedium 1608130.00/cwt130.00–130.007903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575126.44/cwt120.00–132.5072746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2394135.00/cwt135.00–135.005324
HeifersMedium 3Thin Fleshed298125.00/cwt125.00–125.003733
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned653118.00/cwt118.00–118.007713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23059.13/cwt57.50–60.007275
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,092835.82/cwt800.00–925.009,1276
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added509156.00/cwt156.00–156.007944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677128.93/cwt127.50–130.008737
SteersMedium and Large 1541154.47/cwt154.00–157.0083612
SteersMedium 1687127.00/cwt127.00–127.008723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned670118.00/cwt118.00–118.007913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2656128.00/cwt128.00–128.008408
HeifersMedium 3Thin Fleshed427107.50/cwt107.50–107.504595
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470142.50/cwt142.50–142.506704
BullsMedium and Large 1378160.00/cwt160.00–160.006053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527142.08/cwt141.00–142.5074911
SteersMedium and Large 1426159.56/cwt155.00–164.0068019
SteersMedium 353595.02/cwt90.00–100.005086
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned614119.78/cwt118.00–122.507355
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424133.90/cwt130.00–135.0056814
HeifersMedium and Large 1374141.58/cwt140.00–145.005303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518130.00/cwt130.00–130.006734
BullsMedium and Large 1593126.00/cwt126.00–126.007473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650128.00/cwt128.00–128.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535127.58/cwt123.50–132.0068315
HeifersMedium and Large 1588132.00/cwt132.00–132.007764
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415152.84/cwt152.50–153.006346
BullsMedium and Large 1480142.50/cwt142.50–142.506845
SteersMedium and Large 2438140.00/cwt140.00–140.006133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587137.26/cwt135.00–145.0080638
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434152.02/cwt150.00–153.006603
CowsLean 85-90%1,10851.30/cwt46.50–57.5056819
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24356.20/cwt49.50–60.0069917

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.