Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-01-30

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jan 30
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
636 head
▼ 276 vs last sale 912▲ 636 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 120▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 20▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves under 450 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower, over 450 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, yearlings sold with a lower undertone. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 5.00 higher on a light test. Demand moderate for feeders, good for slaughter cows and bulls. Supply moderate. Agriculture Commodity futures had a sharp sell off with news of the outbreak of Cronovirus in China.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.49/cwt on 274 head.
Average price
$148.49
274 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$18.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.35
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560153.90861159
Medium and Large 1-2578145.7884360
Medium 1707135.8196055
One grade step is worth $18.09/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale274 hd
148.49
—
MO average18 barns · 10,297 hd
151.84
−3.35
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—High1,82081.611,4856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26357.7572929
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36455.137528thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09845.5049944

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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11034.02/cwt30.00–40.0037811
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34253.17/cwt50.00–54.007146
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20950.44/cwt45.00–53.506105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—809127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0278
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—426162.82/cwt160.00–164.006947
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—657132.48/cwt130.00–135.008703
SteersMedium and Large 1—528159.82/cwt152.50–165.0084428
SteersMedium and Large 1—675139.50/cwt139.50–139.5094211
SteersMedium and Large 1—322181.13/cwt180.00–182.505839
SteersMedium and Large 1—366178.79/cwt175.00–182.506544
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—925111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0276
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—422140.00/cwt140.00–140.005918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618126.69/cwt124.00–128.0078315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426142.57/cwt139.00–144.0060711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—837120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—619137.54/cwt132.50–140.0085116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—476160.83/cwt156.00–162.507668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—782126.00/cwt126.00–126.009854
SteersMedium and Large 1—571150.15/cwt144.00–154.0085739
SteersMedium and Large 1—477165.03/cwt164.00–169.0078718
SteersMedium and Large 1—424172.23/cwt167.50–175.007309
SteersMedium and Large 1—779137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0674
SteersMedium 1—762132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,01027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—581125.66/cwt120.00–129.0073013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519131.58/cwt130.00–134.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471141.39/cwt140.00–142.0066625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533135.06/cwt134.00–139.0072011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—778122.36/cwt120.00–123.009529
Bulls——2,06093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,9161
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20358.57/cwt56.00–63.007056
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43061.00/cwt60.00–62.008722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30164.91/cwt62.50–68.008444
Bulls——1,38555.00/cwt55.00–55.007621
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07349.63/cwt42.50–54.5053325
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02317.80/cwt15.00–20.001822
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26958.14/cwt52.00–64.0073820
Bulls——1,86885.42/cwt82.50–87.001,5964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—530149.73/cwt145.00–155.007948
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—363167.44/cwt162.50–172.506086
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—440162.50/cwt162.50–162.507153
SteersMedium and Large 1—621143.35/cwt140.00–148.0089018
SteersMedium and Large 1—712135.17/cwt133.00–136.509629
SteersMedium and Large 1—817129.42/cwt129.00–130.001,0577
SteersMedium 1—653139.00/cwt139.00–139.0090828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—480134.39/cwt130.00–136.0064517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—416133.02/cwt132.00–137.005535
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0641,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0012,5024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570132.93/cwt130.00–135.0075838
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671126.04/cwt125.00–127.5084612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383143.35/cwt140.00–145.0054911
HeifersMedium 1—680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008163

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.