Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, yearlings not well tested. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Demand and supply moderate. The bulk of the calves un-weaned or short weaned with few respiratory vaccinations. The trade area remains dry and stock water becoming a concern for producers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.05/cwt on 388 head.

Average price

$122.05

388 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$14.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.35

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	125.51	684	137
Medium and Large 1-2	547	121.03	661	229
Medium 3	505	112.00	566	4thin
Medium and Large 2	616	110.98	684	18thin

One grade step is worth $14.54/cwt here — about $0 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 sale388 hd

122.05

—

MO average16 barns · 6,876 hd

130.41

−8.35

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	—	Low	1,682	77.21	1,299	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	51.67	730	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	49.21	587	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	43.61	469	57

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	130.92/cwt	128.00–132.50	947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	124.27/cwt	120.00–128.00	578	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	110.83/cwt	110.00–112.50	743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	122.54/cwt	120.00–126.00	596	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	362	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	131.76/cwt	131.00–132.50	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	517	131.86/cwt	127.50–138.00	682	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	925	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	125.77/cwt	125.00–128.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	139.94/cwt	134.50–150.00	746	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	439	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	121.02/cwt	116.00–122.50	804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	698	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	121.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	657	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	137.33/cwt	137.00–137.50	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	635	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	125.16/cwt	122.50–127.50	637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	683	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	714	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	687	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	118.91/cwt	114.00–123.00	616	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	427	123.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	528	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	122.37/cwt	120.00–123.00	691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	129.98/cwt	127.50–131.00	643	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	112.37/cwt	110.00–116.00	706	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	141.14/cwt	139.00–142.50	819	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	124.10/cwt	120.00–128.00	840	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	122.42/cwt	117.50–124.00	765	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	296	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	500	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,134	757.18/cwt	700.00–850.00	8,586	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	57.46/cwt	55.00–63.00	586	4
Steers	Medium 2-3Unweaned	—	498	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	598	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	945	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,978	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	842	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,736	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	54.42/cwt	53.00–55.00	631	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	44.26/cwt	40.00–50.00	473	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	53.38/cwt	50.00–58.00	764	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	36.81/cwt	30.00–41.50	383	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	45.50/cwt	44.00–48.00	521	10
Bulls	—	—	1,568	67.54/cwt	55.00–76.00	1,059	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	106.84/cwt	106.00–108.00	781	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	885	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	966.27/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,658	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	46.53/cwt	45.00–47.50	630	4
Bulls	—	—	1,795	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,580	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	51.77/cwt	50.00–55.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	133.47/cwt	130.00–136.00	491	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	111.94/cwt	107.50–115.00	740	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	516	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	691	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	49.79/cwt	47.00–54.00	604	28
Bulls	—	—	1,753	83.12/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,457	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	438	144.47/cwt	142.50–149.00	633	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	132.69/cwt	132.50–133.00	817	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	437	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	404	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	576	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	1,082.18/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	12,705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	582	127.40/cwt	125.00–132.50	741	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	131.78/cwt	130.00–132.50	891	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	674	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	843	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	465	121.30/cwt	120.00–125.00	564	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	108.73/cwt	107.50–110.00	882	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	122.31/cwt	120.00–125.00	706	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	121.46/cwt	112.50–131.00	690	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	153.46/cwt	147.50–155.50	721	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	110.29/cwt	110.00–111.00	628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	392	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	119.97/cwt	117.50–124.00	751	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	140.88/cwt	138.00–142.50	797	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	458	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	681	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	571	116.56/cwt	113.00–120.00	666	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	111.90/cwt	100.00–119.00	834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	144.30/cwt	142.50–147.50	760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	796	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	534	3

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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