Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2022-02-10

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Feb 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
986 head
▼ 456 vs last sale 1,442▲ 986 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 118▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago, feeder steers traded 8.00-14.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 7.00-11.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-6.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading 5.00-8.00 higher. Not enough replacement cattle for a comparison. Supply moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.70/cwt on 394 head.
Average price
$180.70
394 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.88
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541189.291,024266
Medium and Large 1-2564164.76929115
Medium and Large 2614146.1189713thin
One grade step is worth $43.18/cwt here — about $127 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 sale394 hd
180.70
—
MO average13 barns · 6,310 hd
177.83
+2.88
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—Average1,934106.032,05111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46974.371,09227
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27471.6991364
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08366.6172138

Every lot, as filed

62 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—516206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,06318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—628155.71/cwt150.00–159.0097810
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—511175.09/cwt173.00–177.0089520
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—489176.20/cwt176.00–177.0086225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—381172.54/cwt166.00–179.0065719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—419174.26/cwt168.00–185.0073010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—804133.99/cwt128.50–140.001,0774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—333180.13/cwt176.00–188.006004
SteersMedium and Large 2—622145.00/cwt145.00–145.009024
SteersMedium and Large 2—662145.00/cwt145.00–145.009603
SteersMedium and Large 1—330204.54/cwt202.50–209.006753
Dairy SteersLarge 3—550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—589164.41/cwt158.00–173.0096822
SteersMedium and Large 1—432201.21/cwt192.50–217.0086914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—735146.01/cwt140.00–147.001,0739
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475178.26/cwt170.00–185.0084726
SteersMedium and Large 1—659163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0746
Dairy SteersLarge 3—870105.50/cwt105.50–105.5091812
Dairy SteersLarge 3—400111.00/cwt111.00–111.004443
SteersMedium and Large 1—829154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2774
SteersMedium and Large 1—576184.09/cwt177.50–195.501,06056
SteersMedium and Large 1—481203.21/cwt187.50–211.0097754
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—650165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0733
SteersMedium and Large 1—371206.11/cwt200.00–212.5076516
SteersMedium and Large 1—774154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669148.92/cwt146.50–151.0099627
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—483153.00/cwt153.00–153.0073911
BullsMedium and Large 1—539171.61/cwt166.00–175.5092514
BullsMedium and Large 1—463176.60/cwt171.00–184.0081812
BullsMedium and Large 1—554173.00/cwt173.00–173.009584
BullsMedium and Large 1—442187.50/cwt187.50–187.508293
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28363.21/cwt57.00–67.008118
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27178.68/cwt76.00–85.001,0007
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27372.08/cwt67.50–75.0091849
CowsLean 85-90%—96456.43/cwt51.00–59.005446
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45474.55/cwt70.00–77.001,08416
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48569.68/cwt69.00–71.001,0356
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49779.43/cwt78.00–82.001,1895
Bulls——1,81599.54/cwt93.00–103.501,8073
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10267.10/cwt61.00–72.0073926
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12074.66/cwt73.00–77.008366
Bulls——1,979108.47/cwt103.50–115.002,1478
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—574141.42/cwt130.00–148.0081224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529160.38/cwt150.00–169.0084833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—421147.19/cwt135.00–151.006206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533144.77/cwt140.00–150.007729
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622151.84/cwt145.00–154.0094435
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—534174.00/cwt174.00–174.009297
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470165.32/cwt155.00–172.0077721
SteersMedium and Large 1—713154.60/cwt154.00–155.001,1025
SteersMedium and Large 1—619170.38/cwt162.50–176.001,05533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329169.51/cwt165.00–174.0055814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—334160.24/cwt152.00–163.005354
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579156.55/cwt151.00–166.0090640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—466141.77/cwt135.00–152.006615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—679152.96/cwt150.00–159.001,03914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525167.74/cwt155.00–175.0088116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—381160.63/cwt151.00–163.0061213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—612137.66/cwt135.00–142.0084212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429167.78/cwt159.00–173.0072040
SteersMedium and Large 1—531192.16/cwt179.00–200.001,02048
SteersMedium and Large 2—584147.41/cwt140.00–151.008616

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.