Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-12-14

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Dec 14
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▼ 211 vs last sale 631▼ 4 vs year ago 424 · −0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 107▼ 30 vs year ago 74 · −40.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 17▼ 26 vs year ago 48 · −54.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

(No sale due to Chistmas Dec 21 and Dec 28)* Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 4.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 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 $124.03/cwt on 184 head.
Average price
$124.03
184 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$8.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.86
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559125.74702140
Medium and Large 1-2476118.7156541
Large 1515117.006033thin
One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about $100 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 sale184 hd
124.03
—
MO average17 barns · 10,428 hd
131.89
−7.86
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—High1,73470.701,2268thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43046.266625thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21043.5652718
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09136.093946thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1255160.00/cwt160.00–160.004083
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy315184.00/cwt184.00–184.005803
Steers—Medium and Large 1329165.46/cwt160.00–179.0054414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2348159.00/cwt159.00–159.005533
Steers—Medium and Large 1381172.05/cwt171.00–173.006568
Steers—Medium and Large 1417168.03/cwt158.00–177.0070131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433150.31/cwt147.00–154.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 1473156.60/cwt154.50–160.007418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006443
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy512154.00/cwt154.00–154.007883
Steers—Medium and Large 1521145.11/cwt132.00–152.0075611
Steers—Large 1557110.00/cwt110.00–110.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567127.71/cwt125.00–130.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 1573134.60/cwt132.00–146.007716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608123.66/cwt121.00–125.007523
Steers—Medium and Large 1627129.70/cwt128.00–131.008133
Steers—Medium and Large 1710123.50/cwt123.00–125.008774
Steers—Medium and Large 1754124.69/cwt120.00–125.509407
Steers—Medium and Large 1865115.00/cwt115.00–115.009953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290125.00/cwt125.00–125.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383132.23/cwt124.00–135.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384124.54/cwt121.00–131.004784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422131.26/cwt124.00–136.0055421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424122.83/cwt114.00–129.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475118.36/cwt110.00–125.0056213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477130.87/cwt125.00–139.0062443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515127.84/cwt125.00–133.006587
Heifers—Large 1515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516116.35/cwt112.00–121.0060011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558128.00/cwt128.00–128.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560116.98/cwt115.00–118.006553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627123.38/cwt115.00–126.5077420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628111.00/cwt111.00–111.006973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678117.65/cwt115.00–122.0079831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755120.10/cwt116.00–122.009078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805112.00/cwt112.00–112.009023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374162.66/cwt149.00–168.006085
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435146.45/cwt141.00–151.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488146.57/cwt134.00–151.0071511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505121.00/cwt121.00–121.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516142.02/cwt131.00–146.0073322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581127.57/cwt125.00–135.007417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617124.91/cwt115.00–129.0077123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1674120.22/cwt115.00–126.5081020
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2693109.00/cwt109.00–109.007553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713109.31/cwt108.00–112.007793
Bulls—Large 1750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770104.00/cwt104.00–104.008013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38060.00/cwt60.00–60.008281
Bulls——1,78472.23/cwt68.00–76.001,2897
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09136.09/cwt33.00–38.003946
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18841.96/cwt37.00–46.0049813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19651.66/cwt49.00–54.506184
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38747.82/cwt47.50–48.006633
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49543.91/cwt43.00–45.006562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54532.00/cwt32.00–32.004941
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,000650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2870646.38/cwt620.00–680.005,6242
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,040461.35/cwt420.00–500.004,7982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,150678.63/cwt635.00–725.007,8042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,160550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,3801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,280751.10/cwt720.00–785.009,6142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,301817.03/cwt645.00–900.0010,63010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,305850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,0931

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.