Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, no recent good test of yearling steers for a price comparison, undertone higher, yearling heifers steady. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate to good, supply heavy. Over eight loads of true yearlings in the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.89/cwt on 1,085 head.

Average price

$143.89

1,085 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$20.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.87

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	151.38	817	300
Medium and Large 1-2	720	141.83	1,021	683
Large 1	578	141.70	818	10thin
Medium and Large 2	537	138.79	746	43
Medium 1	580	132.75	770	8thin
Medium 2	642	131.70	846	23
Medium 1-2	620	131.33	815	18thin

One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $3 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 sale1,085 hd

143.89

—

MO average17 barns · 12,634 hd

145.76

−1.87

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	1,598	76.44	1,222	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,446	50.14	725	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,221	48.70	594	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,038	40.63	422	71

Every lot, as filed

113 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	—	530	157.12/cwt	152.00–162.00	833	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	132.07/cwt	130.00–136.00	631	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	551	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	531	127.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	561	133.14/cwt	132.50–135.00	747	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	137.11/cwt	135.00–138.00	717	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	121.45/cwt	115.00–125.00	686	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	138.99/cwt	135.00–139.25	1,008	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	141.45/cwt	135.00–142.50	952	139
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	164.01/cwt	162.00–166.00	608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	141.24/cwt	136.00–142.50	593	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	137.15/cwt	130.00–139.25	1,079	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	154.30/cwt	149.00–159.00	727	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	605	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	129.91/cwt	124.00–133.00	607	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	681	111.81/cwt	110.00–112.50	761	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	932	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	128.61/cwt	125.00–133.00	687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	142.31/cwt	136.00–145.50	813	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	142.05/cwt	140.35–143.50	1,168	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	389	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	151.24/cwt	145.00–155.00	782	23
Steers	Large 1	—	742	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	134.47/cwt	130.00–138.00	508	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	117.93/cwt	115.00–123.00	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	508	148.97/cwt	146.00–150.00	757	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	167.74/cwt	161.00–173.00	533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	124.56/cwt	124.00–125.00	836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	130.46/cwt	127.00–133.50	681	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	724	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	128.93/cwt	125.00–131.00	810	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	184.09/cwt	175.00–193.00	591	13
Steers	Large 1	—	543	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	132.85/cwt	130.00–134.50	708	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	140.06/cwt	138.00–143.00	881	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	145.09/cwt	142.50–148.00	853	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	132.68/cwt	132.00–135.00	833	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	142.54/cwt	135.00–146.00	552	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	139.17/cwt	137.50–142.50	811	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	148.05/cwt	140.00–152.50	486	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	142.78/cwt	142.50–144.00	967	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	171.33/cwt	162.00–182.50	634	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	161.76/cwt	157.50–166.00	752	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	165.49/cwt	160.00–171.00	697	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	130.01/cwt	129.00–132.00	858	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	149.84/cwt	142.50–159.00	790	45
Steers	Medium 1	—	616	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	819	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	491	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	589	8
Steers	Large 1	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	4
Bred Cows	Large 2	—	1,347	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	14,480	3
Bulls	—	—	1,654	80.70/cwt	78.00–82.50	1,335	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	190	2
Bulls	—	—	1,413	69.05/cwt	62.50–75.00	976	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	42.99/cwt	40.00–45.00	499	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	31.50/cwt	25.00–36.50	285	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	46.00/cwt	45.00–48.00	645	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	6
Bulls	—	—	1,895	85.55/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,621	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	53.93/cwt	52.00–58.50	662	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	49.22/cwt	47.50–53.00	571	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	42.17/cwt	35.00–48.00	443	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	51.03/cwt	47.50–55.50	743	14
Steers	Medium 2	—	739	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	946	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	48.57/cwt	45.00–53.50	598	23
Bulls	Medium 2	—	492	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	418	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	336	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	428	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	490	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	649	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	676	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	865	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,152	51.00/cwt	48.00–53.00	588	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	544	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	721	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	1,042.50/cwt	1,035.00–1,050.00	12,124	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	293	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	425	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	656	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	787	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	131.70/cwt	130.00–132.50	641	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	618	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	125.42/cwt	122.00–131.00	735	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	135.77/cwt	132.50–137.50	451	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	137.68/cwt	130.00–142.00	847	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	122.73/cwt	120.00–125.00	885	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	653	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	865	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	422	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	608	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	128.50/cwt	122.50–130.50	736	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	119.86/cwt	117.00–123.00	804	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	513	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	126.08/cwt	121.00–128.00	777	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	130.98/cwt	130.00–133.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	129.99/cwt	125.00–132.50	884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	401	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	658	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	145.64/cwt	144.00–150.00	606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	623	126.24/cwt	125.00–127.50	786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	602	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	740	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	371	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	473	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	970.69/cwt	875.00–1,060.00	11,289	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	770	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	664.22/cwt	600.00–725.00	7,592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	121.48/cwt	115.00–124.00	757	23

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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