Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few feeders last week for a good price comparison, undertone higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate to mostly good, supply heavy. The weather much improved from a week ago. A higher percentage of wean/vac calves and several packages of yearlings in the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.02/cwt on 614 head.

Average price

$143.02

614 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$362

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

$39.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.76

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	149.49	910	349
Medium and Large 1-2	612	141.52	865	170
Medium and Large 2	617	130.80	807	55
Large 1-2	1,159	109.75	1,272	40

One grade step is worth $39.74/cwt here — about −$362 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 sale614 hd

143.02

—

MO average19 barns · 7,487 hd

143.78

−0.76

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	—	Average	1,712	75.76	1,297	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,369	53.17	728	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,237	49.65	614	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,102	39.80	439	67

Every lot, as filed

110 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	50.89/cwt	48.00–53.00	583	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	61.73/cwt	61.00–62.50	836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	859	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	141.91/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,100	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	477	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	169.68/cwt	162.50–172.50	721	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	139.78/cwt	134.00–144.00	674	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.89/cwt	134.00–138.50	695	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	130.50/cwt	130.00–132.50	910	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	138.27/cwt	136.00–141.00	870	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	126.50/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,002	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	145.95/cwt	140.00–148.50	547	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	138.16/cwt	130.00–140.25	1,009	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	134.17/cwt	132.50–136.00	574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	129.23/cwt	128.00–130.50	795	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	141.60/cwt	138.00–142.50	523	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	130.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	571	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	128.49/cwt	128.00–130.00	608	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	125.70/cwt	120.00–135.00	725	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	135.04/cwt	125.00–145.00	705	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	128.74/cwt	126.00–129.50	857	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	148.86/cwt	145.00–152.50	567	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	143.65/cwt	140.00–145.00	593	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	384	133.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	415	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	516	125.39/cwt	120.00–127.00	647	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	151.66/cwt	148.00–154.00	646	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	137.88/cwt	132.50–143.00	805	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	414	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	613	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	711	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	889	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	127.32/cwt	122.50–130.00	541	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	145.38/cwt	142.00–152.50	925	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	974	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	832	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	155.42/cwt	153.00–157.00	715	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	128.03/cwt	125.00–132.50	613	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	143.97/cwt	143.00–145.00	671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	142.57/cwt	142.00–143.00	803	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	128.55/cwt	124.00–131.00	756	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	147.09/cwt	142.50–155.00	847	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,136	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	177.94/cwt	172.50–180.00	601	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	947	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	158.10/cwt	147.00–164.00	838	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	985	36
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	543	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	638	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	837	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	670	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	462	75.49/cwt	75.00–76.00	349	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,159	109.75/cwt	109.75–109.75	1,272	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	32.22/cwt	25.00–37.50	329	15
Bulls	—	—	1,781	81.01/cwt	78.50–84.00	1,443	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	904	19.24/cwt	15.00–25.00	174	5
Bulls	—	—	1,505	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	903	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	43.28/cwt	37.50–47.50	498	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	116.27/cwt	113.00–118.00	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	126.24/cwt	124.00–129.00	683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	164.26/cwt	158.00–165.00	811	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	47.92/cwt	45.00–51.00	620	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	42.86/cwt	38.00–48.00	576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	247	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	126.45/cwt	126.00–127.00	972	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	113.28/cwt	112.00–115.00	757	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	54.48/cwt	50.00–61.00	763	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	50.97/cwt	45.00–57.00	620	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	517	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	481	135.38/cwt	132.50–136.00	651	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,000	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	781.43/cwt	700.00–850.00	8,705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	573	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	121.74/cwt	120.00–125.00	696	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	634	127.63/cwt	127.00–130.00	809	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	795	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	125.76/cwt	118.00–129.50	903	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	122.30/cwt	117.00–124.00	845	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,117	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	128.33/cwt	127.50–130.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	533	114.68/cwt	114.00–115.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	155.86/cwt	147.50–160.00	514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	151.87/cwt	147.00–156.00	787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	129.93/cwt	126.00–132.50	665	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	130.49/cwt	130.00–132.00	762	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.92/cwt	122.00–126.00	772	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	377	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	154.31/cwt	152.50–156.00	748	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	459	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	918	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,079	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	116.37/cwt	112.50–120.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	128.49/cwt	127.50–130.00	614	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	125.55/cwt	122.50–130.00	456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	122.31/cwt	120.00–123.00	937	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	749	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	117.03/cwt	112.50–120.00	674	12

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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