Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2022-06-02

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jun 2
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
929 head
▲ 345 vs last sale 584▲ 87 vs year ago 842 · +10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 59▲ 36 vs year ago 76 · +47.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 21 · +4.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test of 500lb-550lb steers traded up to 5.00 higher, other weights had little to compare to but traded with a steady to firm undertone. Feeder heifers also had little to compare to last week but traded with a mostly steady undertone. Feeder cattle supply over 700lbs was scarce, other weights moderate in supply with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady with moderate supply and moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.96/cwt on 454 head.
Average price
$175.96
454 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$337
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$64.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.91
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540185.651,002238
Medium and Large 1-2548169.39928180
Medium and Large 2550152.7284022
Medium 1-2626138.338669thin
Medium 2550121.006665thin
One grade step is worth $64.65/cwt here — about $337 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 sale454 hd
175.96
—
MO average10 barns · 5,490 hd
180.87
−4.91
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—High1,808112.442,03212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46778.761,15513
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21578.6695622
CowsLean 85-90%Average97960.5459327

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,121$1,0596
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,170$8752thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)978$8303thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$7312thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1—324202.69/cwt202.00–205.006574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—486151.12/cwt142.00–155.0073420
HeifersMedium and Large 2—760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009122
HeifersMedium 1-2—437147.50/cwt147.50–147.506453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—662152.41/cwt140.00–157.001,00921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—486179.21/cwt175.00–185.0087145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533173.14/cwt165.00–177.5092332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—392183.12/cwt183.00–185.0071816
HeifersMedium 1-2—580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008126
SteersMedium and Large 2—467167.22/cwt165.00–172.507816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—622159.06/cwt153.00–162.5098918
SteersMedium and Large 1—650168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—417185.17/cwt175.00–190.0077215
SteersMedium and Large 2—571149.39/cwt145.00–152.5085314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—439159.01/cwt145.00–162.5069835
SteersMedium 1-2—680135.00/cwt135.00–135.009183
SteersMedium 1-2—597140.00/cwt140.00–140.008363
SteersMedium and Large 1—372203.07/cwt200.00–210.0075524
SteersMedium and Large 1—421196.59/cwt192.50–205.0082820
SteersMedium and Large 1—524186.84/cwt177.50–195.0097939
SteersMedium 2—550121.00/cwt121.00–121.006665
SteersMedium and Large 1—474191.77/cwt189.00–200.0090916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—583167.40/cwt160.00–172.0097611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—335192.50/cwt192.50–192.506452
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—476205.00/cwt205.00–205.0097610
SteersMedium and Large 1—626177.50/cwt164.00–178.501,111103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—725143.06/cwt140.00–148.001,03710
SteersMedium 1-2—600140.00/cwt140.00–140.008403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—775145.67/cwt140.00–148.001,12910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—682131.85/cwt120.00–137.5089911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—434171.91/cwt165.00–179.007468
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—481168.57/cwt160.00–176.0081118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—577148.54/cwt142.00–160.008578
BullsMedium and Large 1—608154.00/cwt154.00–154.009362
BullsMedium and Large 1—577164.00/cwt164.00–164.009463
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04465.27/cwt60.00–70.0068114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46778.76/cwt72.00–83.001,15513
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19176.42/cwt69.50–81.5091016
CowsLean 85-90%—84546.06/cwt40.00–50.003895
CowsLean 85-90%—89755.51/cwt50.00–59.004985
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04070.97/cwt70.00–73.007383
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27884.64/cwt82.00–88.001,0826
Bulls——1,873117.03/cwt113.00–122.502,1927
Bulls——1,716106.01/cwt97.00–111.001,8195
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—978829.51/head775.00–900.008303
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—860730.81/head600.00–825.007312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,170875.00/head875.00–875.008752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2321,176.35/head1,125.00–1,200.001,1763
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,010942.57/head875.00–1,000.009433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562151.86/cwt151.50–152.508537
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464160.46/cwt156.00–162.007454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—530162.81/cwt157.50–167.008633
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—641136.48/cwt127.50–146.0087513
BullsMedium 2—463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006483
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431164.23/cwt162.50–170.0070817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525148.07/cwt146.00–150.0077721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—341125.58/cwt120.00–129.004286
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510122.83/cwt122.50–123.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—726140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,01616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463131.23/cwt130.00–135.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410124.13/cwt113.00–135.005094
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377167.01/cwt165.00–170.0063010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—379154.97/cwt151.00–163.0058721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—582144.37/cwt141.00–148.0084034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—620143.61/cwt141.00–148.0089017
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514154.03/cwt152.00–156.0079220
HeifersLarge 1-2—928120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1142
SteersMedium and Large 2—653132.49/cwt130.00–135.008652
SteersMedium and Large 1—560177.77/cwt171.00–183.0099619

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.