Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-04-16

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
544 head
259 vs last sale 285 243 vs year ago 787 · 30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
6 vs last sale 59 109 vs year ago 174 · 62.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
10 vs last sale 25 24 vs year ago 59 · 40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test last week, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 higher. Demand moderate to good for feeders, good for slaughter cattle, supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.47/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$151.47
171 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$60.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.57
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481163.9078865
Medium and Large 1-2537145.2378098
Medium and Large 2478141.286755thin
Medium 1-2777103.008003thin
One grade step is worth $60.90/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale171 hd
151.47
MO average15 barns · 6,517 hd
141.90
+9.57
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
BullsAverage1,74689.671,5667thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30257.9675510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37557.7179410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06352.7356035

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1703105.00/cwt105.00–105.007385
HeifersLarge 1-2352127.50/cwt127.50–127.504496
HeifersMedium and Large 1589121.15/cwt120.00–126.007145
HeifersMedium and Large 1375142.96/cwt138.00–147.0053617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425133.52/cwt132.50–135.005675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526125.00/cwt122.00–128.0065812
HeifersMedium and Large 1333146.22/cwt142.50–150.004874
HeifersMedium and Large 1612125.00/cwt125.00–125.007656
HeifersMedium and Large 1477132.25/cwt130.00–134.0063121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473129.11/cwt124.00–132.506119
HeifersMedium 1-2535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1516133.23/cwt132.50–134.006876
HeifersMedium and Large 1412139.09/cwt135.00–140.0057317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368136.84/cwt135.00–141.005047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed363145.38/cwt144.00–148.0052814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41560.06/cwt55.00–64.008507
CowsLean 85-90%1,06352.67/cwt46.50–57.0056021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28252.23/cwt50.00–54.006703
CowsLean 85-90%1,10559.37/cwt58.00–64.0065610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30257.96/cwt51.00–62.5075510
CowsLean 85-90%95436.42/cwt32.00–44.003474
SteersMedium and Large 1384173.50/cwt173.00–174.006668
SteersMedium and Large 1523158.37/cwt154.00–162.0082825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686123.55/cwt122.50–124.0084810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529146.95/cwt142.00–152.5077722
SteersMedium and Large 1651139.00/cwt139.00–139.009055
SteersMedium and Large 1421174.68/cwt169.00–179.0073516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2341162.93/cwt155.00–173.005569
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624137.53/cwt132.50–139.0085813
SteersMedium and Large 2478141.28/cwt140.00–143.006755
SteersMedium 1-2777103.00/cwt103.00–103.008003
SteersMedium and Large 1466165.15/cwt162.50–168.0077011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470156.53/cwt147.50–161.007368
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426159.39/cwt158.00–167.0067911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581140.18/cwt132.50–143.0081425
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,032727.34/cwt685.00–800.007,5063
Bred CowsLarge 11,4661,037.80/cwt925.00–1,125.0015,2145
Bulls1,79486.93/cwt82.50–90.501,5604
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440151.00/cwt151.00–151.006643
Bulls1,68393.33/cwt92.00–94.501,5713
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297859.44/cwt55.00–69.005816
Stock CowsMedium 1-278962.81/cwt60.00–70.004967

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.