Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Feb 17
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
511 head
▼ 475 vs last sale 986▲ 511 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 168▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 0▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700lbs traded mostly steady to firm throughout with 550lb steers trading up to 6.00 higher. Steers over 700lbs had little to compare to last week but traded with a steady to firm undertone. Feeder heifers traded unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Supply was light with snowy winter weather conditions moving into the area and demand moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower, and replacement cattle were in very light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $178.13/cwt on 203 head.
Average price
$178.13
203 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,010
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$473
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.82
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575183.481,056151
Medium and Large 1-2519169.4687939
Large 1-2724146.561,0618thin
Medium and Large 2433134.605835thin
One grade step is worth $48.88/cwt here — about $473 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 sale203 hd
178.13
—
MO average14 barns · 13,881 hd
178.95
−0.82
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—Average1,63493.401,52612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44273.311,05717
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24272.2389724
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02559.7461239

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2—537117.58/cwt112.50–120.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375172.50/cwt172.50–172.5064711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519161.62/cwt156.00–167.5083912
SteersMedium and Large 1—817151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,23415
SteersMedium and Large 2—433134.60/cwt130.00–142.505835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—515148.68/cwt142.50–154.007665
HeifersMedium and Large 1—741144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,06721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—619154.29/cwt144.00–160.0095510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—524176.61/cwt170.00–183.009256
SteersLarge 1-2—535153.50/cwt153.50–153.508213
SteersLarge 1-2—908146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3262
SteersMedium and Large 1—376203.09/cwt200.00–205.007648
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—498151.25/cwt145.00–155.007536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—497176.42/cwt168.00–182.008775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—428174.54/cwt165.00–182.5074713
SteersMedium and Large 1—726162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,17614
SteersMedium and Large 1—474201.55/cwt192.50–211.0095514
SteersLarge 1-2—790140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—569171.09/cwt167.50–174.009745
SteersMedium and Large 1—430203.62/cwt195.00–215.0087622
SteersMedium and Large 1—328209.62/cwt202.50–219.006888
SteersMedium and Large 1—535192.42/cwt185.00–207.001,02911
SteersMedium and Large 1—567190.32/cwt185.00–194.001,07928
HeifersMedium and Large 1—292176.00/cwt176.00–176.0051414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666143.00/cwt143.00–143.0095213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—527166.95/cwt163.00–173.008805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—413173.10/cwt167.00–176.007153
BullsMedium and Large 1—392195.52/cwt191.00–200.007666
BullsMedium and Large 1—431191.25/cwt191.00–192.508246
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02774.12/cwt71.00–77.007613
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06065.01/cwt59.00–70.0068920
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16766.48/cwt65.00–67.507763
Bulls——1,69399.61/cwt90.00–103.001,6865
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28078.75/cwt76.00–80.001,0086
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00153.95/cwt50.00–56.0054011
CowsLean 85-90%—93742.77/cwt40.00–46.004015
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43474.20/cwt70.00–78.001,06414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48269.13/cwt68.00–70.501,0253
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24270.77/cwt67.00–76.5087915
Bulls——1,45180.82/cwt70.00–87.501,1735
Bulls——1,945109.35/cwt108.00–111.002,1272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,038875.31/cwt700.00–1,100.009,0866
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,030761.65/cwt600.00–900.007,8452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380154.06/cwt150.00–162.505853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—563148.00/cwt145.00–149.008334
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465113.41/cwt100.00–120.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—433154.32/cwt144.00–163.506683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—327164.92/cwt162.50–166.005395
HeifersLarge 2—87092.50/cwt92.50–92.508053
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624152.96/cwt150.00–154.0095420
HeifersLarge 1-2—925112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0414
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415136.00/cwt136.00–136.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—492166.47/cwt162.50–172.508195
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574159.52/cwt150.00–165.0091611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575120.76/cwt120.00–122.006944
SteersMedium and Large 1—633171.16/cwt167.50–180.001,08321
SteersMedium and Large 1—769153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,17710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432165.52/cwt165.00–167.5071514

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.