Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-04-30

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Apr 30
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
682 head
347 vs last sale 1,029 68 vs year ago 614 · +11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
14 vs last sale 51 1 vs year ago 66 · 1.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
20 vs last sale 25 97 vs year ago 142 · 68.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks, steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Demand and supply moderate. Box Beef continues to set unheard of record prices as slaughter numbers falling way short as Packing Plants struggle to keep their work force intact.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.04/cwt on 220 head.
Average price
$135.04
220 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$813
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$53.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.81
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514151.4577932
Large 1430148.006363thin
Medium and Large 2363145.985305thin
Medium and Large 1-2588138.69815149
Medium 2-381597.5079531
One grade step is worth $53.95/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale220 hd
135.04
MO average18 barns · 13,115 hd
140.84
−5.81
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
BullsHigh1,63586.851,42010
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34057.257672thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13056.2563620
CowsLean 85-90%High99450.4450224

Every lot, as filed

63 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30550.00/cwt50.00–50.006531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24566.50/cwt66.50–66.508281
CowsLean 85-90%1,12358.35/cwt55.00–62.506555
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21463.60/cwt59.50–69.007724
HeifersMedium and Large 1334143.49/cwt143.00–144.004794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425134.43/cwt129.00–142.0057111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338145.60/cwt142.50–147.5049213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474128.90/cwt123.00–135.5061125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed438143.00/cwt143.00–143.006263
Bulls1,66591.58/cwt90.50–92.501,5252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2265186.00/cwt186.00–186.004933
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,0253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-28501,166.67/cwt1,150.00–1,175.009,9176
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43548.00/cwt48.00–48.006891
CowsLean 85-90%99249.94/cwt40.00–54.0049516
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned574139.22/cwt139.00–140.007999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712123.00/cwt123.00–123.008763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2875102.50/cwt102.50–102.508977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666127.93/cwt122.50–129.0085218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2797112.00/cwt112.00–112.0089329
SteersMedium and Large 2363145.98/cwt145.00–147.505305
SteersMedium and Large 1537155.00/cwt155.00–155.008323
SteersMedium and Large 1461164.00/cwt164.00–164.007564
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523145.99/cwt142.00–154.007643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628130.79/cwt127.50–133.008217
CowsLean 85-90%79339.90/cwt33.00–43.503163
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09654.70/cwt50.00–61.0060015
Bulls2,28082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,8701
Bulls1,47387.22/cwt84.00–91.001,2856
Bulls1,90580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5241
BullsMedium and Large 2563117.50/cwt117.50–117.506623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590116.87/cwt115.00–120.006908
BullsMedium and Large 1-292083.00/cwt83.00–83.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned535119.60/cwt117.00–122.0064010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581117.30/cwt115.00–120.0068226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614116.40/cwt113.50–120.0071514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367138.49/cwt135.00–142.5050812
HeifersMedium and Large 1424142.43/cwt137.00–146.0060414
HeifersMedium and Large 1367141.63/cwt140.00–142.505203
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512127.46/cwt122.50–129.0065329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725104.77/cwt104.00–105.0076017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677109.79/cwt106.00–113.0074312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2237140.00/cwt140.00–140.003323
HeifersMedium and Large 1483128.00/cwt128.00–128.006183
BullsMedium and Large 1228175.00/cwt175.00–175.003993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513128.60/cwt120.00–133.0066015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415145.17/cwt142.50–148.006024
BullsMedium and Large 1287181.00/cwt181.00–181.005193
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed423155.00/cwt155.00–155.006563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2362150.00/cwt150.00–150.005437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428155.20/cwt150.00–160.0066413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467159.74/cwt155.00–162.0074625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned662128.00/cwt128.00–128.008473
SteersMedium 2-381597.50/cwt97.50–97.5079531
SteersMedium and Large 1396165.00/cwt165.00–165.006534
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned521151.04/cwt149.00–155.0078712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2357163.19/cwt160.00–165.005835
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320168.74/cwt160.00–176.0054012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2557144.46/cwt135.00–145.5080521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned568135.00/cwt135.00–135.007673
SteersLarge 1430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006363
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,051961.08/cwt900.00–1,000.0010,10110

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.