Sale reports / Missouri / Douglas County Livestock Auction / 2022-07-14

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ava, Missouri · Thu, Jul 14
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1820
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,877 head
▲ 698 vs last sale 1,179▲ 931 vs year ago 946 · +98.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
289 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 191▲ 179 vs year ago 110 · +162.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeders heifers were in demand and traded 5.00-11.00 higher. In the slaughter portion of the sale slaughter cows traded 11.00-14.00 lower with slaughter bulls trading 6.00-9.00 lower. Not enough replacement cattle for a comparison. Supply was heavy with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.59/cwt on 731 head.
Average price
$180.59
731 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$47.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.20
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574191.031,096338
Medium and Large 1-2566175.59994288
Medium and Large 2540161.9487498
Medium 2633143.579087thin
One grade step is worth $47.46/cwt here — about $188 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 sale731 hd
180.59
—
MO average15 barns · 16,273 hd
182.79
−2.20
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—Low1,760102.111,79717
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40570.9799738
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17970.9283662
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01963.14643115

Every lot, as filed

84 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 2—572163.81/cwt160.00–170.0093721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333165.40/cwt162.00–169.0055115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667162.54/cwt152.00–164.251,08414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—752151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479168.08/cwt164.00–175.0080577
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580160.49/cwt153.00–164.0093168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—719142.85/cwt142.00–145.001,0277
SteersMedium and Large 2—378160.00/cwt160.00–160.006053
SteersMedium and Large 2—686154.12/cwt150.00–161.001,0578
SteersMedium and Large 2—471163.70/cwt160.00–168.007716
SteersMedium and Large 2—320166.91/cwt162.50–172.005346
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521162.41/cwt153.00–171.0084660
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—682172.24/cwt162.00–175.001,17562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475178.58/cwt167.00–188.0084854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—574177.26/cwt172.50–185.001,01733
SteersMedium and Large 2—424167.00/cwt162.50–170.0070814
SteersMedium 2—488155.00/cwt155.00–155.007563
SteersMedium and Large 2—715146.66/cwt144.00–150.001,0495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—776162.03/cwt155.00–164.001,25728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—509176.89/cwt172.50–182.5090024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—378191.99/cwt190.00–196.0072622
SteersMedium 2—741135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0004
SteersMedium and Large 2—533166.62/cwt156.00–171.0088821
SteersMedium and Large 2—628154.54/cwt149.00–160.0097114
SteersMedium and Large 1—727167.00/cwt166.00–168.001,21415
SteersMedium and Large 1—365202.94/cwt199.00–206.0074115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—628165.73/cwt162.50–169.001,04119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—319189.21/cwt185.00–192.506049
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—993144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,4356
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—424182.99/cwt172.50–190.0077631
SteersMedium and Large 1—532195.64/cwt188.00–205.001,04133
SteersMedium and Large 1—428195.33/cwt192.00–204.0083623
SteersMedium and Large 1—627190.73/cwt182.50–199.001,196110
SteersMedium and Large 1—567194.42/cwt190.00–200.001,10265
SteersMedium and Large 1—663181.21/cwt180.00–184.001,20139
SteersMedium and Large 1—485194.35/cwt190.00–205.0094338
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—413173.18/cwt163.00–175.0071514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—583158.60/cwt150.00–170.0092511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—644145.00/cwt145.00–145.009344
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—361172.76/cwt172.00–175.006244
BullsMedium and Large 1—523175.77/cwt175.00–177.0091913
BullsMedium and Large 1—432195.00/cwt195.00–195.008426
CowsLean 85-90%—99953.21/cwt45.00–60.0053236
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03471.75/cwt70.00–75.5074229
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02465.30/cwt60.00–71.0066950
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37766.49/cwt60.00–70.0091613
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40476.25/cwt75.00–77.501,0717
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42672.15/cwt70.00–76.001,02918
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27857.94/cwt55.00–61.007402
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18375.79/cwt74.50–77.0089710
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17470.46/cwt65.00–74.5082750
Bulls——1,79994.77/cwt92.00–98.001,7055
Bulls——1,785109.45/cwt109.00–110.001,9542
Bulls——1,735104.32/cwt100.00–107.001,81010
BullsMedium and Large 2—627136.76/cwt135.00–138.008577
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—338173.00/cwt173.00–173.005853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—478166.64/cwt158.00–171.0079719
BullsMedium 2—550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007984
BullsMedium 2—490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006623
BullsMedium 2—370142.50/cwt142.50–142.505273
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419165.57/cwt160.00–173.0069453
HeifersMedium and Large 1—638161.65/cwt151.00–165.001,03152
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373163.82/cwt160.00–171.0061118
BullsMedium and Large 2—377160.00/cwt160.00–160.006033
BullsMedium and Large 2—581149.26/cwt147.50–151.0086710
BullsMedium and Large 2—686134.14/cwt132.50–137.009208
HeifersMedium and Large 2—658124.00/cwt124.00–124.008163
HeifersMedium and Large 2—604136.30/cwt136.00–138.0082317
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474136.35/cwt130.00–141.006468
HeifersMedium and Large 1—874137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1974
HeifersMedium and Large 1—296170.00/cwt170.00–170.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—479152.09/cwt142.50–157.5072954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—424153.89/cwt142.50–158.0065239
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373144.71/cwt140.00–150.005406
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521129.39/cwt127.50–130.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 2—441130.63/cwt130.00–132.505764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—912120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—325151.88/cwt151.00–152.504944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—570144.60/cwt135.00–152.0082454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—377154.41/cwt150.50–158.0058229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—523146.25/cwt139.00–152.0076523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—613142.41/cwt138.00–148.0087320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—669145.29/cwt142.50–147.0097210

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.