Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 9
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
285 head
259 vs last sale 544 759 vs year ago 1,044 · 72.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
4 vs last sale 55 121 vs year ago 180 · 67.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
25 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 30 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady on a light test. Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls scarce. Demand moderate, supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.28/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$138.28
78 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.99
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422140.0059143
Medium and Large 1-2386137.4053129
Medium and Large 2405130.255286thin
One grade step is worth $9.75/cwt here — about $63 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 sale78 hd
138.28
MO average14 barns · 5,187 hd
126.29
+11.99
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
BullsAverage1,75575.821,3312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20846.365606thin
CowsLean 85-90%High94933.8332118

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2Thin Fleshed372132.50/cwt132.50–132.504933
CowsLean 85-90%1,02849.03/cwt48.00–50.005042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20247.13/cwt45.00–50.005675
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23542.50/cwt42.50–42.505251
CowsLean 85-90%1,00839.80/cwt36.00–44.004018
HeifersMedium and Large 1427139.44/cwt132.50–142.0059520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed378140.00/cwt140.00–140.005294
HeifersMedium and Large 1385144.55/cwt142.00–147.0055714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2319142.27/cwt138.00–145.0045411
HeifersMedium and Large 1329145.00/cwt145.00–145.004774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427135.47/cwt132.50–138.005789
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522123.49/cwt122.50–125.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385135.00/cwt135.00–135.005202
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed438128.00/cwt128.00–128.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned579125.47/cwt122.50–127.507265
CowsLean 85-90%87627.43/cwt25.00–30.002405
CowsLean 85-90%86318.46/cwt15.00–20.001593
Bred CowsMedium 1830875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,2631
Bred CowsMedium 2848663.64/cwt650.00–675.005,6282
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,040925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,6201
SteersMedium and Large 1387174.17/cwt173.00–176.0067412
SteersMedium and Large 1459161.19/cwt160.00–163.007405
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650102.50/cwt102.50–102.506663
SteersMedium and Large 1630137.50/cwt137.50–137.508664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486144.05/cwt140.00–146.007004
SteersMedium 1-2385156.00/cwt156.00–156.006014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430162.00/cwt162.00–162.006974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008053
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007354
BullsMedium and Large 1-2364174.00/cwt174.00–174.006334
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505138.00/cwt138.00–138.006973
BullsMedium and Large 1520144.42/cwt142.00–147.007518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned645118.00/cwt118.00–118.007613
Bulls1,75575.82/cwt74.00–78.001,3312
BullsMedium and Large 1430163.80/cwt163.00–164.007045
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed385169.00/cwt169.00–169.006515
BullsMedium and Large 1455156.00/cwt156.00–156.007103
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed447157.00/cwt157.00–157.007023

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.