Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-08-03

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Aug 3
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 243▲ 10 vs year ago 289 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 66▲ 13 vs year ago 26 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 7▼ 7 vs year ago 8 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 5.00 lower to 3.00 higher on a light test, the quality in the offering was also lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher and bulls sold 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.03/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$127.03
125 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.84
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545130.0970991
Medium and Large 1-2573118.8268134
One grade step is worth $11.27/cwt here — about $28 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 sale125 hd
127.03
—
MO average18 barns · 1,104 hd
127.87
−0.84
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—Average1,43295.761,37114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13866.8576113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41765.799323thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95455.645314thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258166.00/cwt166.00–166.004283
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329144.84/cwt143.00–150.004774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417135.13/cwt131.00–140.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 1430144.21/cwt140.00–147.006204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489130.74/cwt130.00–133.006394
Steers—Medium and Large 1516140.49/cwt133.00–149.007258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567127.63/cwt127.00–128.007248
Steers—Medium and Large 1595136.00/cwt136.00–136.008093
Steers—Medium and Large 1613137.67/cwt129.00–143.0084415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660123.03/cwt122.00–125.008123
Steers—Medium and Large 1662132.98/cwt125.00–135.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1775125.00/cwt125.00–125.009693
Steers—Medium and Large 1800104.00/cwt104.00–104.008323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318124.32/cwt123.00–125.003953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323140.50/cwt140.50–140.504544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376125.49/cwt125.00–127.004724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1396134.51/cwt133.00–135.005334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429123.58/cwt123.00–126.005305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430135.96/cwt126.00–139.0058520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462125.92/cwt121.00–128.0058211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482131.40/cwt130.00–134.006338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532128.16/cwt125.00–130.006826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540121.33/cwt120.00–122.006553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566127.43/cwt124.00–139.0072113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574118.29/cwt111.00–121.006799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614108.51/cwt108.00–110.006664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624121.65/cwt121.00–125.007596
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375142.98/cwt135.00–149.0053613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418132.36/cwt125.00–136.005533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422141.20/cwt131.00–146.0059611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475139.03/cwt131.00–143.0066011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480123.62/cwt120.00–132.0059310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1511131.53/cwt125.00–136.0067212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520124.75/cwt123.00–126.006494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568129.37/cwt125.00–135.0073511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579122.85/cwt116.00–125.007117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1634122.63/cwt115.00–125.0077713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1667121.94/cwt115.00–128.008136
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673107.25/cwt105.00–112.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1733112.15/cwt109.00–115.0082214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790102.00/cwt102.00–102.008063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28389.18/cwt80.00–97.001,1447
Bulls——1,581102.34/cwt99.00–106.001,6187
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85558.00/cwt58.00–58.004961
Cows—Lean 85-90%98754.86/cwt54.50–55.005413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12670.46/cwt65.50–74.507938
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15861.08/cwt58.00–63.507075
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32558.00/cwt58.00–58.007691
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46369.69/cwt69.00–70.501,0202
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2001,285.00/cwt1,285.00–1,285.0015,4201

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.