Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-03-26

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Mar 26
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
270 vs last sale 598 328 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
36 vs last sale 60 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
18 vs last sale 32 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few feeders today and the last report sale two weeks ago for a price comparison, undertone higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher compared to two weeks ago. Demand good, supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.06/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$136.06
130 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.81
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511137.54703100
Medium and Large 1-2475131.5362527
Medium and Large 2535127.506823thin
One grade step is worth $10.04/cwt here — about $21 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 sale130 hd
136.06
MO average11 barns · 2,565 hd
134.25
+1.81
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
BullsAverage1,61380.041,2917thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25061.6277010
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07353.1757061

Every lot, as filed

30 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%89235.91/cwt29.00–48.003209
SteersMedium 2-3482134.50/cwt134.50–134.5064810
SteersMedium and Large 1422174.06/cwt168.00–178.0073514
SteersLarge 1558147.00/cwt147.00–147.008203
SteersMedium and Large 1387174.71/cwt170.00–178.006765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2439161.00/cwt161.00–161.007075
Bred CowsMedium 2-3882809.55/cwt800.00–825.007,1405
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24162.81/cwt58.00–65.007796
CowsLean 85-90%1,09454.94/cwt48.00–60.0060144
SteersMedium 3497114.00/cwt114.00–114.005673
SteersMedium and Large 1-2643137.00/cwt137.00–137.008813
Dairy SteersLarge 371770.00/cwt70.00–70.005023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22550.00/cwt50.00–50.006132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367168.72/cwt167.50–171.006198
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30369.69/cwt69.00–70.509082
HeifersMedium and Large 1485138.47/cwt137.00–142.5067214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403135.34/cwt135.00–136.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657117.27/cwt115.00–119.507706
HeifersMedium and Large 1603129.90/cwt124.00–132.5078313
HeifersMedium and Large 1540138.58/cwt137.00–139.0074848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479135.17/cwt135.00–136.006476
HeifersMedium and Large 2535127.50/cwt127.50–127.506823
HeifersMedium and Large 1377141.46/cwt140.00–142.505335
HeifersMedium and Large 1434138.39/cwt136.00–142.0060120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2507132.33/cwt131.00–135.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364137.08/cwt132.50–144.004999
CowsLean 85-90%1,15862.85/cwt60.00–72.007288
Bulls1,81888.04/cwt82.00–94.501,6013
Bulls1,30765.71/cwt62.00–67.508593
Bulls1,91599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,8961

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.