Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2021-01-07

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jan 7
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,559 head
▲ 474 vs last sale 1,085▲ 49 vs year ago 1,510 · +3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 138▼ 98 vs year ago 205 · −47.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 179 vs last sale 211▼ 4 vs year ago 36 · −11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago, Feeder steers 300 - 400 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, Over 400 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 550-600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, Over 600 lbs unevenly steady. Demand good. Supply moderate to heavy. Slaughter cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.47/cwt on 661 head.
Average price
$147.47
661 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.57
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594147.88879549
Medium and Large 1-2538147.5779495
Medium 1486147.507175thin
Medium and Large 2513135.006933thin
Large 1720125.339029thin
One grade step is worth $22.55/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale661 hd
147.47
—
MO average19 barns · 24,944 hd
143.89
+3.57
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,66172.821,20911
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27847.9861331
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07039.1341941

Every lot, as filed

70 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—387173.00/cwt173.00–173.006703
SteersMedium and Large 1—727131.08/cwt128.00–134.0095393
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—631122.53/cwt120.00–124.0077319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—584120.00/cwt120.00–120.007015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618125.94/cwt123.00–128.5077852
SteersMedium and Large 1—665135.95/cwt134.00–139.0090466
SteersMedium and Large 1—529157.40/cwt153.00–163.0083363
SteersMedium and Large 1—865120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—375140.00/cwt140.00–140.0052510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—518141.19/cwt136.00–148.007318
SteersMedium and Large 1—373173.65/cwt172.00–182.5064811
SteersMedium and Large 1—827126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0428
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515137.08/cwt130.00–141.0070664
SteersMedium and Large 1—565151.55/cwt145.00–156.5085685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345147.00/cwt147.00–147.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475139.99/cwt136.00–147.0066535
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—542150.00/cwt150.00–150.0081313
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—514166.79/cwt165.00–168.0085726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669121.26/cwt119.00–122.5081141
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22944.32/cwt42.00–45.005457
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423144.10/cwt140.00–146.0061034
SteersMedium and Large 1—762127.32/cwt126.00–128.0097015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—738118.27/cwt117.50–120.0087316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365145.38/cwt144.00–146.005317
SteersMedium and Large 1—618140.91/cwt137.00–144.0087180
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006363
SteersMedium and Large 1—479165.88/cwt162.00–173.0079546
SteersMedium and Large 1—433168.56/cwt163.00–176.0073034
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29055.00/cwt55.00–55.007101
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29348.79/cwt46.00–52.5063123
Bulls——1,66085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4111
Bulls——1,71675.70/cwt73.00–78.501,2997
Bulls——1,53262.04/cwt52.00–71.009503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—897933.33/cwt900.00–1,000.008,3723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—567131.00/cwt131.00–131.007435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—472156.39/cwt150.00–160.0073821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—602127.50/cwt127.50–127.507684
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—342174.00/cwt174.00–174.005952
SteersMedium and Large 1—330185.96/cwt185.00–187.006146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—585141.16/cwt140.00–143.0082617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—639134.79/cwt133.00–135.0086119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—734117.63/cwt117.50–118.0086318
HeifersMedium and Large 2—489123.12/cwt121.00–124.006029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005963
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—459161.00/cwt161.00–161.007394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—358162.50/cwt162.50–162.505823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—439159.15/cwt155.00–168.006996
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,110595.59/cwt550.00–625.006,6117
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—604122.00/cwt122.00–122.007374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470132.27/cwt127.50–135.0062213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—725123.00/cwt123.00–123.008922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568122.95/cwt121.00–124.006986
SteersLarge 1—738125.00/cwt125.00–125.009236
HeifersLarge 1—762107.50/cwt107.50–107.508193
SteersMedium and Large 2—513135.00/cwt135.00–135.006933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—530149.52/cwt143.00–152.5079225
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,136959.24/cwt900.00–1,000.0010,8976
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,233777.46/cwt700.00–875.009,5868
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08942.65/cwt40.00–49.0046422
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21050.00/cwt50.00–50.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564130.88/cwt120.00–135.0073863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—528127.62/cwt120.00–132.5067441
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04535.45/cwt30.00–39.0037016
CowsLean 85-90%—98324.47/cwt24.00–25.002412
HeifersLarge 1—430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005384
SteersLarge 1—683126.00/cwt126.00–126.008613
SteersMedium 1—486147.50/cwt147.50–147.507175
HeifersMedium 2-3—367110.00/cwt110.00–110.004043

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.