Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2019-12-02

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Dec 2
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
421 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 459▲ 421 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 45▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 14▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls not tested; Demand good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.55/cwt on 187 head.
Average price
$130.55
187 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.18
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536134.97724127
Medium and Large 1-2529121.2064160
One grade step is worth $13.78/cwt here — about $82 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 sale187 hd
130.55
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MO average11 barns · 7,137 hd
146.73
−16.18
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48056.378344thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15447.1254425
CowsLean 85-90%Average96033.3932114

Every lot

44 lots · USDA AMS · Patton Junction Livestock Auction - Patton Junction, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1260141.00/cwt141.00–141.003673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280125.50/cwt125.50–125.503514
Steers—Medium and Large 1331158.48/cwt156.00–162.005257
Steers—Medium and Large 1371148.08/cwt145.50–150.0054910
Steers—Medium and Large 1428154.35/cwt152.00–161.0066111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428129.53/cwt128.00–133.5055413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464129.43/cwt125.00–132.006018
Steers—Medium and Large 1481138.25/cwt133.50–142.5066520
Steers—Medium and Large 1534130.66/cwt123.50–142.0069831
Steers—Medium and Large 1562125.35/cwt123.00–127.5070415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570117.09/cwt115.50–119.5066722
Steers—Medium and Large 1630132.07/cwt130.00–135.008327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636116.02/cwt114.50–118.007387
Steers—Medium and Large 1666122.63/cwt121.50–123.508177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727110.38/cwt106.00–112.508026
Steers—Medium and Large 1730124.77/cwt123.00–126.509116
Steers—Medium and Large 1825122.63/cwt121.00–126.001,0123
Steers—Medium and Large 1863119.35/cwt118.00–120.501,0307
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330127.98/cwt120.00–135.0042220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360118.00/cwt118.00–118.004256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419153.16/cwt145.00–160.006429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467134.13/cwt130.00–140.0062614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467122.88/cwt118.00–125.0057410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523131.61/cwt120.00–150.0068822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553114.00/cwt114.00–114.006308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564119.98/cwt116.00–122.0067714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620121.00/cwt121.00–121.007503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630106.00/cwt106.00–106.006684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665110.44/cwt103.00–118.007346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680107.50/cwt107.50–107.507314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96033.39/cwt28.00–38.0032114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12643.03/cwt38.50–45.0048515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19553.25/cwt46.00–60.0063610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42553.00/cwt53.00–53.007551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49857.49/cwt52.00–62.508613
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2885585.00/cwt585.00–585.005,1771
Bred Cows—Medium 2965325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,1362
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,060532.43/cwt385.00–750.005,6446
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,065924.67/cwt855.00–960.009,8483
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2925800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2955945.00/cwt945.00–945.009,0252

This sale against other markets

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.