Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, May 18
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
334 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 228▼ 196 vs year ago 530 · −37.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 22▲ 8 vs year ago 83 · +9.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 2▲ 19 vs year ago 9 · +211.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 7.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, bulls sold 6.00 higher; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.69/cwt on 137 head.
Average price
$125.69
137 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.75
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528126.80669115
Medium and Large 1-2416119.8949922
One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $170 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 sale137 hd
125.69
—
MO average17 barns · 8,638 hd
133.44
−7.75
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—Low1,38386.291,19315
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,19863.3075811
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09054.7359737
CowsLean 85-90%High95845.474368thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280166.00/cwt166.00–166.004653
Steers—Medium and Large 1317163.96/cwt159.00–180.505206
Steers—Medium and Large 1482151.50/cwt150.00–153.0073024
Steers—Medium and Large 1540142.50/cwt142.00–143.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543118.94/cwt115.00–135.006465
Steers—Medium and Large 1590142.43/cwt139.00–145.0084017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 1628136.24/cwt126.00–136.7585621
Steers—Medium and Large 1674125.00/cwt125.00–125.008434
Steers—Medium and Large 1700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735111.96/cwt111.00–115.008234
Steers—Medium and Large 1760126.71/cwt120.00–127.0096324
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280123.00/cwt123.00–123.003443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331143.25/cwt137.00–150.004746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373136.98/cwt133.00–141.005115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386124.57/cwt122.00–125.004817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426118.67/cwt111.00–123.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444131.46/cwt128.00–136.0058423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469118.68/cwt115.00–120.005574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473130.99/cwt125.00–134.0062010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509111.79/cwt110.00–117.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525128.35/cwt120.00–129.0067423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570122.76/cwt118.00–124.0070019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633120.50/cwt120.50–120.5076319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695113.00/cwt113.00–113.0078510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379149.69/cwt140.00–163.005678
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2388135.00/cwt135.00–135.005244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430144.44/cwt137.00–153.0062120
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463142.53/cwt137.00–148.0066012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487127.78/cwt121.00–134.006225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508125.49/cwt121.00–127.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526135.24/cwt126.00–140.0071113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1557130.70/cwt124.00–133.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606110.03/cwt106.00–113.006677
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622115.43/cwt115.00–118.007187
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13085.39/cwt85.00–85.509657
Bulls——1,28050.00/cwt50.00–50.006401
Bulls——1,65092.38/cwt86.00–102.501,5247
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94644.61/cwt40.00–48.004227
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04051.50/cwt51.50–51.505361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06445.62/cwt45.00–46.004854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08351.68/cwt47.00–56.0056021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11263.10/cwt58.50–67.0070212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19863.30/cwt59.50–68.5075811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,133697.48/cwt695.00–700.007,9022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,256824.35/cwt695.00–900.0010,3544
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,264950.43/cwt675.00–1,070.0012,0138
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2950845.00/cwt845.00–845.008,0282
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1131,155.00/cwt1,100.00–1,210.0012,8552
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1691,230.00/cwt1,125.00–1,385.0014,3794
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1751,000.00/cwt960.00–1,040.0011,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2001,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0015,7201

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.