Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2020-06-04

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jun 4
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,484 head
▲ 850 vs last sale 634▲ 454 vs year ago 1,030 · +44.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 45▲ 3 vs year ago 141 · +2.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 20 vs year ago 38 · −52.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test last week, steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, not enough yearlings last week for a price comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand moderate for calves and yearlings, good for slaughter cows and bulls, supply heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.38/cwt on 558 head.
Average price
$145.38
558 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$4.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.39
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583146.47854246
Medium and Large 1-2558144.72807286
Medium and Large 2538142.4176719thin
Medium 1-2404142.005747thin
One grade step is worth $4.47/cwt here — about $280 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 sale558 hd
145.38
—
MO average19 barns · 20,691 hd
145.77
−0.39
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
Bulls—Average1,65288.051,4545thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29861.007926thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13559.9668151
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02450.4851756

Every lot, as filed

69 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—536147.98/cwt142.50–152.5079376
SteersMedium and Large 2—527140.00/cwt140.00–140.007383
SteersMedium and Large 1—687134.00/cwt134.00–134.009216
SteersMedium and Large 1—728136.41/cwt132.50–137.0099351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—422159.81/cwt154.00–165.0067418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—629139.82/cwt134.00–146.0087951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—518141.21/cwt135.00–148.0073123
SteersMedium and Large 1—573145.80/cwt145.50–146.008355
SteersMedium and Large 1—432166.42/cwt162.50–172.0071924
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—380154.91/cwt152.50–159.005895
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—484144.00/cwt144.00–144.006974
BullsMedium and Large 1—470147.00/cwt147.00–147.006913
BullsMedium and Large 2—428145.00/cwt145.00–145.006213
Bulls——1,66389.09/cwt85.00–92.001,4823
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—564128.98/cwt125.00–134.007279
Bulls——1,81096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—436146.64/cwt140.00–152.006399
Bulls——1,46077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—365141.68/cwt140.00–142.505173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—622123.02/cwt119.00–125.0076534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—472135.13/cwt130.00–139.0063870
HeifersMedium and Large 1—587128.12/cwt126.50–129.5075218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—238165.00/cwt165.00–165.003933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—416138.51/cwt127.50–143.0057628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519131.66/cwt128.00–134.0068349
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529133.43/cwt129.00–136.0070616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—471155.54/cwt150.00–160.0073331
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008185
SteersMedium and Large 1—373173.23/cwt172.00–175.006467
SteersMedium and Large 2—436152.63/cwt150.00–155.006656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—388167.50/cwt167.50–167.506503
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—486151.95/cwt150.00–155.0073815
SteersMedium and Large 1—784126.39/cwt124.00–127.0099113
SteersMedium and Large 2—603137.00/cwt137.00–137.0082610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—576136.61/cwt135.00–140.007876
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—582141.23/cwt137.50–145.0082231
SteersMedium and Large 1—484162.32/cwt161.50–164.0078616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—606129.70/cwt129.00–130.0078610
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—526149.23/cwt141.00–153.0078557
SteersMedium and Large 1—619141.96/cwt139.50–144.0087916
SteersMedium 1-2—404142.00/cwt142.00–142.005747
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421142.42/cwt140.00–145.0060020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—533125.27/cwt120.00–130.0066822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—762110.00/cwt110.00–110.008383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485138.97/cwt135.00–143.0067420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—562122.28/cwt115.00–124.0068738
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—657118.09/cwt115.00–120.0077611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671119.38/cwt118.25–120.0080120
HeifersMedium 1-2—545118.00/cwt118.00–118.006433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—506115.80/cwt115.00–117.005865
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—708106.83/cwt102.50–112.0075611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—585120.49/cwt118.00–123.007056
HeifersMedium and Large 1—701116.00/cwt116.00–116.008135
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—535128.39/cwt126.00–131.0068729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—561124.94/cwt120.00–129.0070123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—732130.17/cwt125.00–133.0095314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—564145.26/cwt143.00–155.0081942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—660127.05/cwt124.00–128.0083912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19367.38/cwt64.00–71.508048
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02851.69/cwt45.00–58.0053135
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17050.23/cwt47.50–52.505884
CowsLean 85-90%—94639.50/cwt32.50–45.0037412
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11560.43/cwt55.00–64.506749
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28161.60/cwt60.00–66.007895
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38558.00/cwt58.00–58.008031
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12059.43/cwt52.00–65.0066639
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,085860.02/cwt825.00–900.009,3313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,053743.91/cwt650.00–800.007,8333

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.