Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-04-20

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Apr 20
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
▲ 242 vs last sale 205▲ 12 vs year ago 435 · +2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 61▼ 14 vs year ago 52 · −26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 31▲ 1 vs year ago 5 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good 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 $123.76/cwt on 181 head.
Average price
$123.76
181 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.25
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475127.67606134
Medium and Large 1-2522112.6258847
One grade step is worth $15.05/cwt here — about $19 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 sale181 hd
123.76
—
MO average16 barns · 6,186 hd
131.01
−7.25
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—High1,61082.331,3255thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30957.807574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14854.3362413
CowsLean 85-90%Average94840.1638113

Every lot

50 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2283148.47/cwt145.00–150.004203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324141.66/cwt135.00–150.004597
Steers—Medium and Large 1326161.01/cwt154.00–170.0052513
Steers—Medium and Large 1372161.10/cwt155.00–170.0059919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385147.65/cwt145.00–153.005685
Steers—Medium and Large 1413161.78/cwt156.00–165.0066820
Steers—Medium and Large 1465158.49/cwt150.00–164.0073710
Steers—Medium and Large 1529144.95/cwt138.00–156.5076711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006883
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy568125.00/cwt125.00–125.007106
Steers—Medium and Large 1624124.86/cwt118.00–128.0077914
Steers—Medium and Large 1726124.87/cwt120.00–132.0090720
Steers—Medium and Large 1758126.94/cwt121.00–129.009624
Steers—Medium and Large 1824113.83/cwt108.00–120.009386
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323130.00/cwt130.00–130.004203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328135.47/cwt129.00–143.0044420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368132.52/cwt128.00–136.0048821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431132.45/cwt124.00–139.0057126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431119.73/cwt113.00–125.0051612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462118.27/cwt108.00–121.005468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474129.37/cwt121.00–136.0061318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526124.37/cwt121.00–127.5065414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545114.00/cwt105.00–117.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563123.76/cwt118.00–127.0069715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579116.07/cwt107.00–118.006727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-262097.41/cwt90.00–105.0060410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671119.00/cwt119.00–119.0079811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275392.50/cwt92.50–92.506973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820101.00/cwt101.00–101.008286
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421147.16/cwt131.00–156.0062011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474143.81/cwt135.00–156.006829
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483125.00/cwt125.00–125.006048
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520135.05/cwt128.00–142.0070213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570124.78/cwt115.00–129.5071111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579109.13/cwt105.00–116.006325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1607115.87/cwt114.00–118.007037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663107.45/cwt105.00–110.007126
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39567.18/cwt60.00–75.009372
Bulls——1,75392.43/cwt88.50–95.001,6203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94337.59/cwt30.00–47.5035411
Cows—Lean 85-90%97854.28/cwt54.00–54.505312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04651.27/cwt49.00–54.505367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26657.91/cwt56.00–60.007336
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30957.80/cwt56.00–59.507574
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,100725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,9751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2835575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,8011
Bred Cows—Medium 2875575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,0311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2950500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,040686.48/cwt675.00–700.007,1392

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.