Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-05-04

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, May 4
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 384▼ 135 vs year ago 378 · −35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 6▼ 25 vs year ago 66 · −37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 21▼ 5 vs year ago 15 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 2.00 lower to 6.00 higher under a light test. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower bulls not tested; 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 $127.30/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$127.30
102 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.48
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462129.9860176
Medium and Large 1-2459119.4554826
One grade step is worth $10.54/cwt here — about $53 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 sale102 hd
127.30
—
MO average18 barns · 8,966 hd
127.78
−0.48
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—Average1,30564.008352thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33260.178018thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09954.2059618
CowsLean 85-90%Average89547.254232thin

Every lot

52 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 1283163.48/cwt150.00–170.004635
Steers—Medium and Large 1326158.64/cwt151.00–166.005178
Steers—Medium and Large 1378163.79/cwt161.00–168.0061910
Steers—Medium and Large 1415162.43/cwt159.00–164.006747
Steers—Medium and Large 1467145.55/cwt142.00–149.006806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470131.00/cwt131.00–131.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006824
Steers—Medium and Large 1556135.75/cwt131.00–137.007555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569122.89/cwt110.00–126.006997
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy578125.00/cwt125.00–125.007235
Steers—Medium and Large 1608121.00/cwt121.00–121.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685111.01/cwt110.00–113.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 1723117.41/cwt110.00–123.008495
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763108.00/cwt108.00–108.008243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285143.33/cwt135.00–146.0040810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321140.47/cwt136.00–145.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364129.77/cwt128.00–133.004724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388126.82/cwt118.00–129.004925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421124.75/cwt121.00–127.005258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431130.80/cwt125.00–135.0056410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469116.07/cwt110.00–126.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484130.85/cwt126.00–135.5063324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521109.76/cwt108.00–115.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527129.38/cwt126.00–135.006829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557123.01/cwt122.00–124.006856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572112.67/cwt110.00–115.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614112.60/cwt108.00–122.006919
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374154.27/cwt150.00–160.0057711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427141.53/cwt130.00–150.006045
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465144.64/cwt135.00–160.0067320
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475123.78/cwt117.00–129.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520134.23/cwt124.00–142.0069816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558125.96/cwt120.00–133.007033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576108.45/cwt104.00–110.006254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628114.48/cwt113.00–116.007196
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,03054.00/cwt54.00–54.005561
Bulls——1,58074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1691
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81540.00/cwt40.00–40.003261
Cows—Lean 85-90%97554.50/cwt54.50–54.505311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08357.51/cwt53.50–62.0062310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11950.06/cwt44.00–52.505608
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12555.00/cwt55.00–55.006191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36160.91/cwt56.00–66.008297
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2860490.00/cwt490.00–490.004,2141
Bred Cows—Medium 2920610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,6121
Bred Cows—Medium 2935500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2970610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,9171
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,005890.00/cwt890.00–890.008,9451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,125550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,1881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,133595.83/cwt570.00–620.006,7512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,257792.04/cwt750.00–850.009,9563

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.