Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2021-11-11

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Nov 11
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,444 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 1,372▼ 873 vs year ago 2,317 · −37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 196▼ 89 vs year ago 210 · −42.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 89▼ 47 vs year ago 52 · −90.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 650 lbs. traded steady to 4.00 lower, with heavier weights trading steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00- 4.00 lower. Not enough replacement cattle for a market test. Supply was heavy with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.02/cwt on 599 head.
Average price
$154.02
599 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$37.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.95
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594160.96957263
Medium and Large 1-2546152.38832233
Large 1614145.6089425
Medium and Large 2551140.1477269
Medium 2660123.568169thin
One grade step is worth $37.40/cwt here — about $141 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 sale599 hd
154.02
—
MO average14 barns · 11,490 hd
159.97
−5.95
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—Low1,70876.991,31514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45558.4285023
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20651.5962231
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04348.5750726

Every lot, as filed

81 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—621138.91/cwt138.00–140.0086320
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664135.26/cwt134.00–136.0089815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—569148.57/cwt140.00–157.0084548
SteersMedium and Large 2—573136.81/cwt133.00–137.5078410
SteersMedium and Large 2—630135.95/cwt135.00–138.008569
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—670148.11/cwt144.00–154.0099221
SteersMedium 2—1,107105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1623
SteersMedium 2—473135.69/cwt135.00–137.006423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—337169.67/cwt169.00–170.005723
SteersMedium 2—400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005203
SteersMedium and Large 2—375163.35/cwt160.00–164.006138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475165.24/cwt157.50–170.0078535
SteersMedium and Large 2—483144.58/cwt136.00–149.0069817
SteersMedium and Large 2—657134.82/cwt131.00–137.5088616
SteersMedium and Large 1—569161.90/cwt160.00–164.0092136
SteersMedium and Large 1—281196.00/cwt196.00–196.005514
SteersMedium and Large 2—415131.51/cwt131.00–132.005464
SteersMedium and Large 1—380177.20/cwt177.00–177.506735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—720139.40/cwt132.50–142.001,0046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—423164.74/cwt159.00–172.5069713
SteersMedium and Large 1—464173.00/cwt173.00–173.008034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—518153.80/cwt146.00–157.5079727
SteersLarge 1—465165.00/cwt165.00–165.007674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—390167.49/cwt167.00–168.006534
SteersMedium and Large 1—764145.25/cwt140.00–147.001,1104
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—618146.14/cwt140.00–154.0090351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—567138.42/cwt138.00–139.007857
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—422150.00/cwt150.00–150.0063315
SteersMedium and Large 1—319193.20/cwt182.50–205.006169
SteersLarge 1—546156.00/cwt156.00–156.008525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—355166.00/cwt166.00–166.005893
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—515157.50/cwt157.50–157.508113
SteersMedium and Large 1—727152.07/cwt150.00–152.501,10679
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—642126.00/cwt126.00–126.008095
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—432159.23/cwt155.00–161.006888
BullsMedium 2—598122.50/cwt122.50–122.507333
BullsMedium and Large 2—471145.00/cwt145.00–145.006834
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—591136.50/cwt136.50–136.508076
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—483154.50/cwt154.00–155.007464
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04943.53/cwt42.00–46.0045711
CowsLean 85-90%—90160.26/cwt60.00–61.005434
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08949.37/cwt47.00–55.0053811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18755.69/cwt54.00–60.0066116
Bulls——1,67573.44/cwt70.00–78.001,2308
Bulls——1,75281.72/cwt80.00–84.001,4326
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41455.02/cwt48.00–57.007789
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48160.61/cwt58.00–66.0089814
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22647.22/cwt44.00–52.0057915
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—438150.21/cwt150.00–152.5065811
BullsMedium and Large 2—515134.25/cwt134.00–135.006914
BullsMedium and Large 2—614126.20/cwt123.50–130.0077512
BullsMedium and Large 2—563129.43/cwt125.00–133.0072911
BullsMedium 2—632120.00/cwt120.00–120.007583
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—522142.50/cwt142.50–142.507446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470139.24/cwt130.00–145.0065453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—487125.37/cwt120.00–128.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715123.53/cwt120.00–126.008836
BullsMedium 2—517120.00/cwt120.00–120.006203
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572121.50/cwt120.00–122.506959
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521141.82/cwt140.00–142.5073942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524134.51/cwt125.00–139.0070565
HeifersMedium and Large 2—708114.00/cwt114.00–114.008075
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383123.28/cwt120.00–125.004724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320159.34/cwt157.50–160.005104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—671123.23/cwt120.00–127.5082717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—616126.75/cwt120.00–133.0078126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—338148.56/cwt145.00–151.0050213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—436138.65/cwt132.50–144.0060547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—379146.73/cwt136.00–154.0055624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—802120.00/cwt120.00–120.009623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—798124.00/cwt124.00–124.009903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571132.91/cwt127.00–138.0075929
HeifersLarge 1—584132.00/cwt132.00–132.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583140.31/cwt139.00–143.0081828
HeifersLarge 1—498136.00/cwt136.00–136.006773
SteersMedium and Large 1—410177.21/cwt175.00–182.5072710
SteersMedium and Large 1—616158.44/cwt156.00–162.0097650
SteersLarge 1—673137.50/cwt137.50–137.5092516
SteersMedium and Large 1—528163.42/cwt158.00–167.0086359

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.