Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady to 3.00 lower. However, a 72 head package of 664 lb. heifers had that weight range sharply higher than last week's light comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand was moderate on a heavy supply of feeder calves, a moderate supply of slaughter cattle and a light supply of replacement cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.44/cwt on 761 head.

Average price

$135.44

761 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

per head · Medium 1-2 over Large 3

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.43

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	498	145.00	722	6thin
Medium and Large 1	673	137.23	923	342
Medium and Large 1-2	593	135.67	805	343
Medium and Large 2	530	125.40	664	67
Large 3	388	111.00	431	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $291 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 sale761 hd

135.44

—

MO average16 barns · 12,875 hd

146.88

−11.43

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,627	86.82	1,412	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	60.36	718	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	60.29	903	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	49.96	516	50

Every lot, as filed

103 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	143.03/cwt	140.00–145.00	541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	148.12/cwt	144.00–153.00	627	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	108.19/cwt	103.00–110.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	146.22/cwt	122.50–159.00	610	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	139.20/cwt	134.00–142.00	734	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	123.83/cwt	120.00–127.50	594	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	62.15/cwt	60.00–65.00	950	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	53.24/cwt	52.00–54.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	596	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	126.59/cwt	110.00–132.50	661	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	153.67/cwt	149.00–156.00	492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	153.07/cwt	140.00–158.00	658	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	142.08/cwt	132.50–148.00	750	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	131.67/cwt	122.50–140.00	619	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	143.86/cwt	142.50–146.00	823	51
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	519	121.30/cwt	117.50–122.50	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	134.10/cwt	132.00–140.00	642	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	720	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	109.66/cwt	102.50–112.50	784	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	117.24/cwt	108.00–118.00	776	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	102.65/cwt	90.00–110.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	138.63/cwt	130.00–143.00	595	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	136.75/cwt	125.00–140.00	514	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	127.16/cwt	120.00–132.00	612	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	109.50/cwt	107.50–112.50	578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	134.51/cwt	130.00–138.00	697	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	157.83/cwt	152.50–165.00	603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	125.76/cwt	121.00–133.00	844	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	136.95/cwt	125.00–142.00	777	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	142.14/cwt	139.00–144.00	883	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	701	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	164.57/cwt	151.00–169.00	525	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	121.89/cwt	117.00–122.50	919	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	142.45/cwt	131.00–150.00	536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	135.83/cwt	134.00–138.00	930	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	111.79/cwt	109.00–115.00	959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	119.03/cwt	117.50–127.50	857	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	117.48/cwt	112.50–120.00	723	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	114.92/cwt	110.00–117.50	757	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	144.66/cwt	140.00–155.00	676	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	55.13/cwt	52.50–57.00	804	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	68.00/cwt	67.50–69.00	825	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	67.97/cwt	67.00–70.00	1,030	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	52.64/cwt	45.00–58.50	555	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	40.20/cwt	35.00–45.00	381	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	61.60/cwt	58.50–63.50	664	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	26.61/cwt	20.00–32.50	243	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	60.69/cwt	57.50–65.00	717	17
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	902	651.52/cwt	575.00–775.00	5,877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	143.84/cwt	141.00–147.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	131.11/cwt	121.00–132.75	873	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	134.35/cwt	121.50–139.00	576	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	121.65/cwt	120.00–122.50	470	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	625	106.72/cwt	105.00–110.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	126.85/cwt	125.00–129.00	728	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	108.97/cwt	107.00–110.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	115.92/cwt	107.50–121.00	728	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	112.15/cwt	110.00–117.50	543	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	134.54/cwt	125.00–137.50	854	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	116.01/cwt	112.00–118.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	123.38/cwt	115.00–135.00	658	14
Steers	Large 3	—	388	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	153.21/cwt	152.00–154.00	794	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	128.61/cwt	121.00–128.85	1,062	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	132.56/cwt	132.50–134.00	952	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	161.34/cwt	160.00–164.00	681	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	498	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	722	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	97.49/cwt	90.00–100.00	688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	120.16/cwt	115.00–125.00	686	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	122.91/cwt	120.00–124.00	769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	121.54/cwt	117.50–122.50	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.07/cwt	112.50–128.00	653	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	141.83/cwt	135.00–150.00	445	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	478	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	344	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	880	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	594	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	586	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	463	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,236	983.98/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	12,162	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,118	3
Bulls	—	—	1,647	94.69/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,560	3
Bulls	—	—	1,383	78.06/cwt	64.00–82.50	1,080	6
Bulls	—	—	1,767	89.72/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,585	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	117.02/cwt	112.50–127.50	671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	87.66/cwt	85.00–89.00	694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	152.66/cwt	150.00–157.00	574	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	112.14/cwt	110.00–119.00	699	13
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,039	64.29/cwt	60.00–75.00	668	5
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	1,042	58.26/cwt	57.50–60.00	607	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	72.91/cwt	70.00–80.00	776	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,068	61.37/cwt	55.00–65.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	135.34/cwt	122.00–145.00	577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	146.75/cwt	134.00–153.00	697	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	456	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	155.06/cwt	154.00–156.00	737	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	964	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,022	16

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.

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