Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-01-16

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jan 16
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
912 head
▼ 598 vs last sale 1,510▲ 912 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 205▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 36▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher, heifers under 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, steers over 550 lbs and heifers over 500 lbs steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher following last week's sharply lower trade. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate. Muddy conditions and the upcoming winter storm curtailed the receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.37/cwt on 280 head.
Average price
$161.37
280 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$16.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.60
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2491162.2779756
Medium and Large 1555161.99899212
Medium and Large 2523146.257658thin
Large 1606146.008854thin
One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale280 hd
161.37
—
MO average16 barns · 11,257 hd
154.77
+6.60
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—Average1,71474.151,27113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59649.607918thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21646.0656028
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12136.1340546

Every lot, as filed

70 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—488145.38/cwt143.00–146.0070927
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522142.35/cwt135.00–144.0074329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—538130.84/cwt127.50–135.0070421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673126.00/cwt126.00–126.008488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—569129.58/cwt127.50–130.007376
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—524155.74/cwt155.00–157.008168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—686142.00/cwt142.00–142.009744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418142.37/cwt140.00–144.0059518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—461136.95/cwt135.00–141.0063112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635129.71/cwt127.50–131.0082411
HeifersMedium 2-3—66390.00/cwt90.00–90.005973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—489157.50/cwt157.50–157.507705
SteersMedium and Large 1—355189.00/cwt189.00–189.006715
SteersMedium and Large 2—555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007773
SteersMedium and Large 1—639147.47/cwt146.50–148.0094229
SteersMedium and Large 1—518172.85/cwt170.50–174.5089523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—606143.73/cwt143.00–145.0087111
SteersLarge 1—606146.00/cwt146.00–146.008854
SteersMedium and Large 1—578156.34/cwt153.00–160.0090451
SteersMedium and Large 1—435182.22/cwt174.00–189.0079346
SteersMedium and Large 1—670144.91/cwt142.00–148.0097111
SteersMedium and Large 1—782133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,04010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—441164.51/cwt160.00–170.007256
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,155842.42/cwt825.00–850.009,7303
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,0251
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1—1,4251,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0018,5254
SteersMedium and Large 1—708140.00/cwt140.00–140.0099110
SteersMedium and Large 1—475175.49/cwt175.00–177.5083410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—499150.00/cwt150.00–150.007494
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—524142.50/cwt142.50–142.507475
BullsMedium and Large 1—484161.83/cwt155.00–173.0078319
BullsMedium and Large 1—586139.38/cwt135.00–147.0081711
BullsMedium and Large 1—524160.00/cwt160.00–160.0083810
BullsMedium and Large 1—752113.00/cwt113.00–113.008503
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—692135.00/cwt135.00–135.009343
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—598142.50/cwt142.50–142.508524
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—352177.50/cwt177.50–177.506253
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—477171.84/cwt171.00–174.008207
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—519132.50/cwt132.50–132.506885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—467135.12/cwt130.00–137.006317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—432132.50/cwt132.50–132.505723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—327142.50/cwt142.50–142.504663
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—483135.00/cwt135.00–135.006523
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007563
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—612132.50/cwt132.50–132.508115
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—504150.00/cwt150.00–150.007565
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—417174.00/cwt174.00–174.0072612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—382182.98/cwt177.50–186.0069910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—310157.50/cwt157.50–157.504883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—381145.84/cwt145.00–150.0055611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—340158.00/cwt158.00–158.005373
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13240.91/cwt35.00–42.004637
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26051.01/cwt50.00–52.006433
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15741.30/cwt36.50–45.0047826
Bulls——1,85877.88/cwt73.00–83.501,4479
Bulls——1,38965.75/cwt62.00–69.009134
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—356162.50/cwt162.50–162.505795
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12831.21/cwt25.00–37.0035212
CowsLean 85-90%—90115.19/cwt10.00–20.001375
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14845.83/cwt45.00–46.505263
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67352.10/cwt47.50–55.008726
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36342.11/cwt40.00–44.005742
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24247.23/cwt42.00–51.5058718
HeifersMedium and Large 2—540122.75/cwt120.00–125.006639
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577132.34/cwt130.00–135.0076421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412154.33/cwt145.00–156.0063621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685125.87/cwt125.00–127.5086212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380154.25/cwt153.00–155.0058612
HeifersLarge 1—467134.00/cwt134.00–134.006269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—365144.00/cwt144.00–144.005264

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.