Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-03-16

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Mar 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 352 vs last sale 491▲ 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 126▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 35▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too small of an offering for a test comparison, lower undertones noted. Slaughter cows sold steady, bulls not tested. Demand light 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 $117.89/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$117.89
46 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$561
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.93
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465121.0656237
Medium and Large 1-2523104.885499thin
One grade step is worth $16.18/cwt here — about $13 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 sale46 hd
117.89
—
MO average15 barns · 4,704 hd
131.83
−13.93
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—Average1,71882.751,4212thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,21256.196813thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09554.8660115
CowsLean 85-90%High82142.653506thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1367158.33/cwt154.00–165.005818
Steers—Medium and Large 1416148.92/cwt141.00–152.006205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440127.00/cwt127.00–127.005593
Steers—Medium and Large 1492156.23/cwt143.00–158.007698
Steers—Medium and Large 1520143.00/cwt143.00–143.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 1600123.00/cwt123.00–123.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 1677113.72/cwt111.00–118.007704
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325126.76/cwt126.00–129.004124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368130.00/cwt130.00–130.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412115.65/cwt113.00–118.004763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424124.72/cwt123.00–126.0052910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463108.00/cwt108.00–108.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471124.36/cwt120.00–126.005868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516117.01/cwt116.00–120.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628102.01/cwt99.00–103.006414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-269591.00/cwt91.00–91.006323
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370147.38/cwt145.00–148.005455
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413122.85/cwt121.00–126.005075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423151.17/cwt145.00–154.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528135.21/cwt130.00–138.0071411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550103.00/cwt103.00–103.005673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566121.74/cwt121.00–124.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-274594.00/cwt94.00–94.007003
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56569.50/cwt69.50–69.501,0881
Bulls——1,87096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%71344.89/cwt44.00–46.003202
Cows—Lean 85-90%87541.53/cwt36.00–46.003634
Cows—Boner 80-85%96350.13/cwt48.00–55.004837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19553.28/cwt51.00–55.006372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21159.00/cwt56.00–61.507148
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24562.00/cwt62.00–62.007721
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2820600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,9201
Bred Cows—Medium 2880925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,1401
Bred Cows—Medium 3960560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,3761
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,000937.50/cwt700.00–1,175.009,3752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,000925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,213872.16/cwt800.00–975.0010,5792
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,000950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,083928.33/cwt750.00–1,085.0010,0543
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,100770.00/cwt770.00–770.008,4701
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,300900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,7001

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.