Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-06-08

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Jun 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 248 vs last sale 460▼ 179 vs year ago 391 · −45.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 52▼ 25 vs year ago 38 · −65.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 20▼ 19 vs year ago 23 · −82.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The offering was too small for trend comparison, undertones of 3.00-5,00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand not established and supply very light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.90/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$139.90
68 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.02
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456146.4266841
Medium and Large 1-2549130.0071427
One grade step is worth $16.43/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale68 hd
139.90
—
MO average17 barns · 15,721 hd
145.92
−6.02
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—Average1,87991.891,7276thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37066.009041thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09960.476645thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average83542.003511thin

Every lot

41 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 1269162.42/cwt160.00–165.004376
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004695
Steers—Medium and Large 1362154.76/cwt141.00–160.005605
Steers—Medium and Large 1418154.71/cwt149.00–160.0064716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487133.66/cwt133.00–135.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515135.67/cwt135.00–136.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 1524127.94/cwt125.00–135.006705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578134.47/cwt131.00–138.007776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630119.34/cwt118.00–120.007523
Steers—Medium and Large 1644130.00/cwt130.00–130.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 1678124.00/cwt124.00–124.008415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683119.58/cwt117.00–120.008177
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308125.00/cwt125.00–125.003853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417126.74/cwt125.00–129.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430131.00/cwt131.00–131.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471119.24/cwt117.00–120.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472126.40/cwt124.00–130.0059710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543113.49/cwt111.00–118.006166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564122.75/cwt122.00–123.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy573135.00/cwt135.00–135.0077410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575119.43/cwt114.00–122.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628107.48/cwt107.00–109.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006933
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423152.82/cwt147.00–159.006466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469143.56/cwt130.00–149.006739
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530139.36/cwt138.00–140.007399
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573128.08/cwt120.00–139.0073419
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2598118.00/cwt118.00–118.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623124.22/cwt113.00–133.007747
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725111.00/cwt111.00–111.008053
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,69079.98/cwt79.50–80.501,3522
Bulls——1,97497.85/cwt93.50–102.001,9324
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83542.00/cwt42.00–42.003511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00863.67/cwt61.00–69.006423
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23555.67/cwt55.00–56.506882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37066.00/cwt66.00–66.009041
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2830650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,3951
Bred Cows—Medium 2915730.00/cwt730.00–730.006,6801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,080610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,5881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,235810.00/cwt810.00–810.0010,0041

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.