Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, May 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
228 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 243▼ 93 vs year ago 321 · −29.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 41▼ 23 vs year ago 45 · −51.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▼ 1 vs year ago 3 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comppared to last week, steers and heifers sold 1.00-5.00 lower on a very light test. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls not tested; Demand lower and supply very light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.81/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$121.81
93 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.67
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508122.3962158
Medium and Large 1-2470120.8556835
One grade step is worth $1.54/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 sale93 hd
121.81
—
MO average19 barns · 9,026 hd
130.48
−8.67
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—High1,86784.831,5843thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55362.489702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11554.0960314
CowsLean 85-90%Average97640.093914thin

Every lot

34 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 1308159.00/cwt159.00–159.004903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387148.28/cwt145.00–149.005745
Steers—Medium and Large 1425150.36/cwt147.00–154.006393
Steers—Medium and Large 1477146.45/cwt145.00–148.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 1610129.52/cwt125.00–131.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy651121.00/cwt121.00–121.007887
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy845115.00/cwt115.00–115.009723
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2298131.00/cwt131.00–131.003903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360125.26/cwt125.00–126.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383134.08/cwt125.00–139.0051410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423123.74/cwt115.00–126.005239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426129.26/cwt125.00–135.005519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458126.00/cwt126.00–126.005773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481122.14/cwt118.00–127.005878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515113.66/cwt108.00–118.005854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523124.14/cwt121.00–127.0064915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572119.87/cwt114.00–122.006866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610111.25/cwt110.00–111.5067912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630112.89/cwt110.00–115.007117
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379135.00/cwt135.00–135.005124
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383153.25/cwt150.00–155.005875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421149.16/cwt138.00–157.0062813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468146.33/cwt135.00–150.0068523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519138.13/cwt125.00–147.0071713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564134.12/cwt133.00–135.0075616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1758108.00/cwt108.00–108.008194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,86784.83/cwt78.00–94.001,5843
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97640.09/cwt39.00–42.003914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07651.84/cwt47.00–55.005588
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16757.10/cwt56.00–58.006666
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55362.48/cwt62.00–63.009702
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,050540.00/cwt540.00–540.005,6701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,445840.00/cwt840.00–840.0012,1381

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.