Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-09-14

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Sep 14
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
443 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 366▲ 106 vs year ago 337 · +31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 71▲ 21 vs year ago 33 · +63.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 21▲ 5 vs year ago 2 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.23/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$127.23
144 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.08
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520131.2268282
Medium and Large 1-2493121.9660162
One grade step is worth $9.26/cwt here — about $81 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 sale144 hd
127.23
—
MO average17 barns · 7,059 hd
136.32
−9.08
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—Average1,66782.741,37910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36863.338668thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10856.2062323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02346.244737thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2278149.95/cwt145.00–155.004172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322145.00/cwt145.00–145.004673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358141.12/cwt129.00–148.005053
Steers—Medium and Large 1387157.33/cwt156.00–160.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 1425154.67/cwt150.00–158.0065724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432130.83/cwt125.00–145.005655
Steers—Medium and Large 1468147.59/cwt145.00–155.006914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512131.43/cwt131.00–135.006739
Steers—Medium and Large 1533152.54/cwt145.00–156.0081315
Steers—Medium and Large 1572137.36/cwt129.00–145.0078610
Steers—Medium and Large 1620134.16/cwt129.00–138.0083217
Steers—Medium and Large 1655129.35/cwt128.00–132.008473
Steers—Medium and Large 1718126.98/cwt126.00–129.009123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added818131.90/cwt131.90–131.901,07941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327131.73/cwt129.00–133.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1344134.26/cwt132.00–141.004624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372137.57/cwt132.00–141.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383125.73/cwt121.00–131.004829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414127.07/cwt125.00–130.0052613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427129.65/cwt128.00–132.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464136.81/cwt129.00–145.0063519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478123.39/cwt115.00–131.0059014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521131.18/cwt125.00–134.0068324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533119.05/cwt115.00–125.006356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574119.19/cwt115.00–125.006846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578128.29/cwt124.00–131.0074216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617124.92/cwt122.00–126.0077110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618115.00/cwt115.00–115.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674110.18/cwt108.00–113.007435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705124.00/cwt124.00–124.008743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1337149.66/cwt149.00–150.005043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370148.87/cwt136.00–160.005515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428145.05/cwt140.00–151.006219
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2436127.13/cwt125.00–130.005547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458120.27/cwt111.00–125.005513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472136.58/cwt130.00–146.0064523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515125.80/cwt121.00–127.0064810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527131.51/cwt125.00–135.0069310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572128.70/cwt125.00–133.0073616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580116.19/cwt110.00–120.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617124.33/cwt116.00–129.0076721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635112.03/cwt110.00–116.007113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1684116.13/cwt112.00–119.007947
Bulls—Medium and Large 1704112.76/cwt112.00–115.007944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1825108.00/cwt108.00–108.008913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64676.82/cwt72.00–85.001,2646
Bulls——1,69991.61/cwt83.50–96.501,5564
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92030.00/cwt30.00–30.002761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04048.95/cwt45.00–52.505096
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,05059.50/cwt59.50–59.506251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07155.01/cwt50.00–58.5058917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17462.49/cwt58.00–65.007345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40545.00/cwt45.00–45.006321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41363.88/cwt61.00–67.509037
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,060.00/cwt1,010.00–1,110.0010,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0201,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2880740.00/cwt740.00–740.006,5121
Bred Cows—Medium 2940590.00/cwt590.00–590.005,5461
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,050670.00/cwt670.00–670.007,0351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1051,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0011,1611

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.