Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-02-13

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Feb 13
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
520 head
116 vs last sale 636 520 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
65 vs last sale 100 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 650 lbs and heifers under 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, steers over 650 lbs not well tested, heifers over 550 lbs steady on a limited test. Slaughter cows steady on a light test, slaughter bulls not well tested. Demand good, supply light. The wet, muddy conditions continue to curtail receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.66/cwt on 198 head.
Average price
$160.66
198 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.93
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520165.39860150
Medium 1510147.507527thin
Medium and Large 1-2592146.6786830
Medium and Large 2448142.6963911thin
One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $221 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 sale198 hd
160.66
MO average17 barns · 10,983 hd
155.73
+4.93
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
BullsAverage1,67479.321,3284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23757.1770712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41557.008071thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02339.0339915

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1319185.00/cwt185.00–185.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 1383157.00/cwt157.00–157.006016
HeifersMedium and Large 1556136.03/cwt132.00–137.507569
HeifersMedium and Large 1315151.95/cwt150.00–152.5047910
HeifersMedium and Large 1670125.07/cwt122.50–129.5083814
HeifersMedium and Large 1464152.45/cwt146.00–157.0070721
HeifersMedium and Large 1442155.40/cwt147.50–160.0068728
HeifersMedium and Large 1523143.76/cwt139.00–146.0075228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466140.09/cwt136.50–144.006535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433138.77/cwt136.00–144.006017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2674115.85/cwt115.00–116.007817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374139.20/cwt135.00–142.5052110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581129.82/cwt124.00–135.0075422
HeifersMedium and Large 2577116.66/cwt115.00–120.006733
HeifersMedium and Large 2711122.00/cwt122.00–122.008674
SteersMedium 1510147.50/cwt147.50–147.507527
SteersMedium and Large 1722133.00/cwt133.00–133.009605
SteersMedium and Large 1379183.72/cwt182.50–185.006967
SteersMedium and Large 1571158.44/cwt155.00–164.0090517
SteersMedium and Large 1421177.17/cwt172.50–182.5074619
SteersMedium and Large 1623148.29/cwt146.00–152.5092425
SteersMedium and Large 1521172.70/cwt160.00–177.0090026
SteersMedium and Large 1471172.18/cwt165.00–178.0081136
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned528160.08/cwt157.50–162.5084515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568152.17/cwt144.00–155.008644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533151.43/cwt149.00–157.008079
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613145.62/cwt142.50–146.5089314
SteersMedium and Large 2471142.91/cwt140.00–145.006735
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed428142.50/cwt142.50–142.506106
Dairy SteersLarge 344572.50/cwt72.50–72.503235
Bulls1,61085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3691
Bulls1,69577.42/cwt72.50–82.501,3123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38062.50/cwt62.50–62.508632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15247.61/cwt45.00–50.005483
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23359.74/cwt56.00–62.507377
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41557.00/cwt57.00–57.008071
CowsLean 85-90%87020.00/cwt20.00–20.001741
CowsLean 85-90%1,02555.52/cwt54.00–58.005693
CowsLean 85-90%99641.43/cwt40.00–44.004134
CowsLean 85-90%1,06033.30/cwt27.50–37.503537

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.