Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-02-27

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Feb 27
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
596 head
1,457 vs last sale 2,053 596 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
115 vs last sale 163 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
8 vs last sale 22 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 7.00 to 10.00 lower, yearlings not well tested. Slaughter cows steady, except breaking utility 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady on light test. Demand moderate, supply light. Financial and commodity markets sharply lower again as the Coronavirus dominates the news.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.30/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$134.30
186 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$17.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.33
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518135.73703111
Medium and Large 1-2495133.1565969
Medium 3323124.004013thin
Medium 2508118.506023thin
One grade step is worth $17.23/cwt here — about $102 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 sale186 hd
134.30
MO average19 barns · 8,682 hd
138.64
−4.33
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
BullsAverage1,57578.041,2295thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22957.5370713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38056.177757thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15247.0354217

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1441160.00/cwt160.00–160.007066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007523
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned413165.00/cwt165.00–165.006813
SteersMedium and Large 1527162.15/cwt160.00–164.0085513
SteersMedium 1-2543145.00/cwt145.00–145.0078719
CowsLean 85-90%90556.00/cwt56.00–56.005071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17058.25/cwt56.00–61.506826
CowsLean 85-90%1,18538.64/cwt35.00–43.504583
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24052.00/cwt52.00–52.006451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27549.80/cwt46.00–53.506353
CowsLean 85-90%1,16348.28/cwt41.00–54.5056113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40356.87/cwt54.00–62.507986
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28462.25/cwt61.00–64.007994
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433136.54/cwt132.50–145.005916
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned537128.15/cwt127.50–129.0068810
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned438137.50/cwt137.50–137.506023
HeifersMedium and Large 1519137.75/cwt135.00–140.0071517
HeifersMedium and Large 1342152.00/cwt150.00–156.005206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520129.07/cwt128.00–130.0067114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577125.00/cwt125.00–125.007217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673115.34/cwt115.00–116.007763
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned596125.20/cwt124.00–127.007465
HeifersMedium and Large 1472142.36/cwt138.00–145.0067221
HeifersMedium and Large 1442145.00/cwt145.00–145.006416
HeifersMedium 2508118.50/cwt118.50–118.506023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2551,074.90/cwt1,050.00–1,100.0013,4902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,143816.14/cwt775.00–850.009,3283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615142.93/cwt137.00–145.008795
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned553152.50/cwt152.50–152.5084310
SteersMedium and Large 1578148.99/cwt148.00–151.5086129
SteersMedium and Large 1426172.07/cwt170.00–172.507336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2504150.62/cwt150.00–152.507594
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned602140.00/cwt140.00–140.008434
SteersMedium and Large 1482163.97/cwt160.00–170.0079025
SteersMedium and Large 1607145.00/cwt145.00–145.008803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2394155.67/cwt155.00–156.006136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373146.05/cwt143.00–149.0054516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463136.43/cwt135.00–137.506328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331148.49/cwt146.00–151.004924
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned474133.64/cwt130.00–136.006338
HeifersMedium and Large 1567134.85/cwt129.00–139.0076523
HeifersMedium and Large 1633121.81/cwt121.00–126.0077112
HeifersMedium 3323124.00/cwt124.00–124.004013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733116.00/cwt116.00–116.008508
Bulls1,70084.58/cwt81.50–88.001,4383
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007223
BullsMedium and Large 1593127.50/cwt127.50–127.507563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427151.00/cwt140.00–155.0064511
BullsMedium and Large 1350172.50/cwt172.50–172.506044
Bulls1,38868.23/cwt68.00–68.509472

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.