Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-08-31

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Aug 31
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 371▲ 366 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 39▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale next week (Sept 7 due to Labor Day)* Compared to last week steer and heifers sold uneven, from 7.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, bulls sold 3.00 lower; Demand uneven 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 $129.68/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$129.68
149 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.05
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507131.14665121
Medium and Large 1-2468123.3457728
One grade step is worth $7.80/cwt here — about $88 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 sale149 hd
129.68
—
MO average15 barns · 7,737 hd
137.73
−8.05
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—High1,52785.101,30012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45364.2793410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15659.0468234
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09949.315427thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275159.00/cwt159.00–159.004373
Steers—Medium and Large 1295177.00/cwt177.00–177.005223
Steers—Medium and Large 1337160.88/cwt152.00–165.005423
Steers—Medium and Large 1375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006383
Steers—Medium and Large 1420163.00/cwt163.00–163.006859
Steers—Medium and Large 1470152.00/cwt152.00–152.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493125.00/cwt125.00–125.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1523148.57/cwt145.00–153.007779
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559136.28/cwt135.00–140.007624
Steers—Medium and Large 1585133.64/cwt133.00–135.007823
Steers—Medium and Large 1628135.65/cwt130.00–139.0085210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1673131.74/cwt128.00–133.008874
Steers—Medium and Large 1733129.23/cwt127.00–135.009475
Steers—Large 1775125.00/cwt125.00–125.009693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316139.01/cwt134.00–144.004397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374133.91/cwt126.00–137.005016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375124.18/cwt120.00–127.004668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424134.33/cwt128.00–138.0057027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426128.05/cwt125.00–130.005455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478134.70/cwt126.00–146.0064423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480126.68/cwt126.00–128.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525130.23/cwt125.00–135.0068414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528122.22/cwt121.00–125.006458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573128.42/cwt125.00–132.5073622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576115.53/cwt114.00–118.006654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621122.37/cwt118.00–126.507608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664124.03/cwt118.00–135.0082411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758125.00/cwt125.00–125.009483
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368144.76/cwt144.00–145.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414128.31/cwt125.00–133.005317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433148.47/cwt135.00–158.0064319
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468148.46/cwt140.00–155.006958
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487127.00/cwt126.00–130.006184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520134.88/cwt128.00–144.0070119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561127.96/cwt121.00–132.007188
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620123.31/cwt121.00–127.0076517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2642114.33/cwt113.00–116.007343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1671116.78/cwt116.00–118.007845
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44182.51/cwt77.00–85.501,1898
Bulls——1,70090.28/cwt88.00–95.501,5354
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08147.94/cwt44.50–52.005186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08754.77/cwt50.00–61.0059515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21062.41/cwt59.00–66.0075519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21057.50/cwt57.50–57.506961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39557.00/cwt57.00–57.007951
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45965.08/cwt61.50–68.009509
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2850780.00/cwt780.00–780.006,6301
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0012,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,000850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2501,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0017,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3581,312.50/cwt1,175.00–1,400.0017,8246
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,070710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,5971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,229802.90/cwt550.00–900.009,8684
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,368917.06/cwt840.00–990.0012,5452
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,410855.53/cwt790.00–930.0012,0632

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.