Name: Douglas County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Demand and supply moderate. The bulk of the feeder cattle offering was calves with a few yearlings in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.05/cwt on 460 head.

Average price

$147.05

460 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$478

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$40.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.99

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	150.73	836	275
Medium and Large 1-2	565	145.17	821	137
Medium 2	366	145.00	531	3thin
Medium 2-3	371	137.96	512	14thin
Medium and Large 2	561	131.16	736	25
Medium 3	325	110.00	358	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.73/cwt here — about $478 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 sale460 hd

147.05

—

MO average18 barns · 20,975 hd

145.07

+1.99

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	1,668	74.58	1,244	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	48.20	698	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	47.28	593	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,041	34.08	355	59

Every lot, as filed

100 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	142.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	524	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	167.40/cwt	162.00–172.50	708	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	175.27/cwt	170.00–182.00	664	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	228	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	178.62/cwt	177.00–182.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	283	150.47/cwt	147.00–155.00	426	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	122.18/cwt	120.00–126.00	703	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	143.70/cwt	138.00–148.00	609	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	139.73/cwt	137.00–143.00	868	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	162.17/cwt	158.00–170.00	761	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	509	124.09/cwt	118.00–128.00	632	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	129.72/cwt	122.50–134.00	676	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	127.13/cwt	124.00–134.00	720	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	152.40/cwt	148.00–160.00	501	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	567	117.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	665	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	616	115.80/cwt	114.00–119.00	713	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	94.56/cwt	92.00–95.00	723	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	115.90/cwt	109.00–127.00	676	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	121.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	162.64/cwt	159.00–165.00	597	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	130.51/cwt	125.00–134.50	885	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	135.78/cwt	132.50–138.00	839	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	378	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	147.99/cwt	142.50–155.00	798	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	123.05/cwt	120.00–125.00	818	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	136.70/cwt	135.00–141.00	791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	149.97/cwt	148.00–152.00	837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	965	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	131.31/cwt	125.00–137.00	675	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	121.77/cwt	120.00–124.00	683	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	154.73/cwt	152.50–157.50	763	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	134.17/cwt	132.50–135.00	916	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,117	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.94/cwt	153.00–161.00	819	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	119.26/cwt	117.50–121.00	757	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	855	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	157.56/cwt	155.00–160.00	682	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	980	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	137.26/cwt	132.00–142.50	651	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	128.31/cwt	121.00–134.00	672	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	788	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	53.73/cwt	52.50–54.50	732	3
Bulls	—	—	1,855	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,614	1
Bulls	—	—	1,703	75.39/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,284	6
Bulls	—	—	1,470	65.92/cwt	64.00–67.50	969	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	47.53/cwt	44.00–51.50	571	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	43.07/cwt	41.00–45.50	535	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	390	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	497	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	876	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	920	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	22.24/cwt	10.00–30.00	204	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	31.91/cwt	29.00–36.00	312	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	50.09/cwt	47.50–56.00	742	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	45.67/cwt	45.00–46.00	642	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	366	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	531	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	47.06/cwt	42.50–50.00	586	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	39.43/cwt	35.00–45.50	438	28
Heifers	Medium 2	—	493	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	604	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	663	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	132.69/cwt	132.00–136.00	706	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	741.41/cwt	725.00–750.00	8,600	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,417	885.46/cwt	825.00–975.00	12,547	5
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	462	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	601	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	383	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	575	121.44/cwt	120.00–122.50	698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	369	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	406	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	581	119.58/cwt	118.00–120.00	695	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	167.86/cwt	165.00–172.50	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	130.43/cwt	127.50–132.50	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	126.70/cwt	125.00–127.50	933	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	516	139.47/cwt	136.00–145.00	720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	501	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	809	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	137.04/cwt	131.00–141.00	578	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	130.14/cwt	127.50–137.00	619	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	145.38/cwt	135.00–155.00	691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	153.89/cwt	150.00–160.00	723	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	142.99/cwt	137.00–145.00	806	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	517	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	125.93/cwt	121.00–131.50	656	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	136.37/cwt	136.00–138.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	144.16/cwt	142.50–146.00	470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	111.67/cwt	110.00–112.50	806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	150.22/cwt	147.50–152.50	787	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	157.60/cwt	150.00–164.00	667	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	144.49/cwt	138.00–149.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	116.89/cwt	115.00–121.00	714	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	687	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	119.56/cwt	118.00–123.00	699	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	144.98/cwt	143.00–146.00	410	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	333	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	476	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,075.34/cwt	1,025.00–1,125.00	11,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	499	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	624	4

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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