Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-02-03

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Feb 3
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
370 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 409▲ 370 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 43▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 25▲ 29 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 over 500 lbs sold 1.00-4.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 1.00-4.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows and a few bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.32/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$127.32
169 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.68
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488130.49637112
Medium and Large 1-2491121.0959557
One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $42 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 sale169 hd
127.32
—
MO average18 barns · 8,117 hd
136.00
−8.68
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—High1,70871.851,2274thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37853.667397thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13949.9556922
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02635.1236022

Every lot

56 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005543
Steers—Medium and Large 1367162.13/cwt154.00–164.005958
Steers—Medium and Large 1411153.54/cwt151.00–158.006316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472140.93/cwt136.00–146.006654
Steers—Medium and Large 1477150.57/cwt146.00–158.007185
Steers—Medium and Large 1521146.42/cwt142.00–154.0076317
Steers—Medium and Large 1621141.68/cwt135.00–145.0088016
Steers—Medium and Large 1675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008784
Steers—Medium and Large 1732129.29/cwt124.00–133.0094611
Steers—Medium and Large 1800121.00/cwt121.00–121.009683
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2314128.36/cwt125.00–132.004036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342133.84/cwt132.00–136.004586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375125.74/cwt125.00–126.004724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382137.49/cwt132.00–140.0052510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420123.87/cwt115.00–126.005208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423134.13/cwt128.00–139.0056730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464131.44/cwt128.00–139.0061021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477120.46/cwt115.00–126.0057510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517119.69/cwt119.00–121.0061912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527129.97/cwt123.00–139.0068517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567125.28/cwt125.00–126.007107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573120.02/cwt115.00–123.0068810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622122.03/cwt118.00–124.0075913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668122.56/cwt118.00–125.008198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684111.52/cwt110.00–116.007634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379154.89/cwt148.00–159.0058715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385129.03/cwt128.00–131.004973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1436147.64/cwt132.00–155.0064420
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437128.98/cwt126.00–132.005646
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468148.11/cwt138.00–152.0069313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515136.11/cwt125.00–142.0070112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571129.77/cwt125.00–135.0074113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1656121.26/cwt121.00–122.007954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1702121.00/cwt121.00–121.008496
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51552.50/cwt52.50–52.507951
Bulls——1,57571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1181
Bulls——1,87081.94/cwt78.50–85.001,5322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01938.40/cwt32.50–45.0039114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02126.93/cwt20.00–32.002757
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05646.45/cwt39.00–50.0049110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16546.50/cwt46.50–46.505421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20952.86/cwt50.00–58.0063912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31348.56/cwt45.00–52.006383
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42657.48/cwt50.00–65.508204
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2990425.00/cwt425.00–425.004,2081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,070479.39/cwt450.00–540.005,1294
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,150567.83/cwt485.00–635.006,5302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,166786.25/cwt575.00–1,150.009,1689
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2800875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1551,005.00/cwt910.00–1,100.0011,6082
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,185860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,1912

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.