Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2021-05-13

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, May 13
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
762 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 940▲ 302 vs year ago 460 · +65.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 132▲ 17 vs year ago 85 · +20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 54▼ 8 vs year ago 18 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-4.00 higher with quality heifers in demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Not enough replacement cattle for a market comparison. Supply moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.17/cwt on 314 head.
Average price
$129.17
314 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$17.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.56
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511134.68689104
Medium and Large 1-2536128.58689164
Medium and Large 2548120.0965823
Medium 2468117.4955023
One grade step is worth $17.19/cwt here — about $139 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 sale314 hd
129.17
—
MO average16 barns · 6,128 hd
135.73
−6.56
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—High1,76786.281,52520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46260.6388628
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16458.1467620
CowsLean 85-90%Average95647.4945425

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—798117.73/cwt115.00–118.0093911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—339144.10/cwt142.50–148.004884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527125.91/cwt118.00–129.0066418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—482132.97/cwt128.00–136.0064138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—633118.99/cwt115.00–123.0075323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—576123.22/cwt120.00–127.0071014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—572139.50/cwt139.50–139.5079812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—676136.37/cwt130.00–140.0092218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—626138.19/cwt130.00–141.0086516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—585146.96/cwt142.50–149.0086014
SteersMedium and Large 1—804127.26/cwt122.00–127.501,02323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—412153.71/cwt150.00–157.5063310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475153.19/cwt150.00–156.007285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—369163.47/cwt162.50–164.006033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—722128.33/cwt128.00–131.0092712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—705116.34/cwt115.00–119.008203
SteersMedium and Large 1—618146.17/cwt142.50–152.5090319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—385159.70/cwt155.00–165.006156
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—481149.48/cwt148.00–153.007199
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—634128.34/cwt123.00–132.008148
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—909107.50/cwt107.50–107.509777
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522133.67/cwt130.00–139.5069859
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618125.00/cwt125.00–125.007737
SteersMedium and Large 1—472162.26/cwt160.00–165.0076615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—554132.50/cwt132.50–132.507346
SteersMedium and Large 1—314175.04/cwt169.00–177.005508
SteersMedium and Large 1—528157.37/cwt150.00–161.0083147
SteersMedium and Large 1—379175.14/cwt173.00–178.006647
SteersMedium and Large 1—573152.96/cwt150.00–156.0087616
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—426179.53/cwt177.00–181.007658
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—507169.00/cwt169.00–169.008573
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46260.63/cwt58.00–64.5088628
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13354.37/cwt52.00–56.506167
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18060.17/cwt57.50–65.0071013
Bulls——1,98790.47/cwt87.50–95.001,7989
Bulls——1,63585.22/cwt84.00–87.501,3937
Bulls——1,50478.69/cwt77.00–82.501,1834
HeifersMedium 2—468117.49/cwt115.00–120.0055023
SteersMedium 2—465130.47/cwt127.50–132.006073
SteersMedium 2—334136.00/cwt136.00–136.004545
SteersLarge 1—605152.50/cwt152.50–152.509234
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00551.83/cwt48.00–57.5052113
CowsLean 85-90%—90342.78/cwt40.00–45.0038612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473138.20/cwt137.00–141.0065421
SteersMedium 3—56391.00/cwt91.00–91.005126
SteersMedium 3—321130.00/cwt130.00–130.004174
SteersMedium 2—421128.26/cwt125.00–130.005406
SteersMedium 2—633118.00/cwt118.00–118.007473
SteersMedium 2—512118.00/cwt118.00–118.0060413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574113.75/cwt110.00–117.506537
SteersMedium and Large 1—431163.16/cwt160.00–165.007039
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1131,009.48/cwt850.00–1,100.0011,2369
SteersMedium and Large 1—707134.58/cwt132.50–135.009516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437140.77/cwt140.00–142.5061511
BullsMedium and Large 1—411159.12/cwt157.50–160.006545
SteersMedium and Large 2—674126.16/cwt124.00–128.008506
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—720114.00/cwt114.00–114.008213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—708104.15/cwt100.00–112.507373
SteersMedium and Large 2—557134.55/cwt133.00–140.0074910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—679120.05/cwt115.00–123.0081516
HeifersMedium and Large 2—762111.66/cwt110.00–112.508513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473124.99/cwt123.00–127.005914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380136.42/cwt135.00–138.005186
BullsMedium and Large 2—571129.06/cwt124.00–134.007379
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—423133.98/cwt127.50–136.0056712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373142.26/cwt140.00–148.0053125

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.