Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-01-04

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Jan 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
434 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 420▼ 166 vs year ago 600 · −27.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 44▼ 41 vs year ago 90 · −45.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 22▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to December 14 sale steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher, heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher,and bulls sold 5.00 higher; Demand good 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 $123.47/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$123.47
196 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.29
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551124.95688167
Medium and Large 1-2507114.9058329
One grade step is worth $10.05/cwt here — about $105 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 sale196 hd
123.47
—
MO average7 barns · 5,166 hd
127.75
−4.29
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—Average1,73575.731,3146thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39848.876835thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10548.5053627
CowsLean 85-90%Average95138.553676thin

Every lot

50 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 1277156.27/cwt152.00–160.004337
Steers—Medium and Large 1330160.31/cwt158.00–161.005294
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333150.00/cwt150.00–150.005003
Steers—Medium and Large 1380155.00/cwt155.00–155.005893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 1439169.24/cwt167.00–170.007434
Steers—Medium and Large 1474158.38/cwt150.00–165.0075118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478138.17/cwt135.00–145.006603
Steers—Medium and Large 1517152.19/cwt135.00–163.0078730
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554137.50/cwt137.50–137.507627
Steers—Medium and Large 1589135.21/cwt131.00–142.0079620
Steers—Medium and Large 1631128.61/cwt125.00–132.0081215
Steers—Medium and Large 1674129.81/cwt125.00–135.0087520
Steers—Medium and Large 1709127.41/cwt121.00–130.009037
Steers—Medium and Large 1835120.95/cwt117.00–125.001,0106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1272131.81/cwt130.00–135.003593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328129.34/cwt125.00–133.004244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335118.78/cwt115.00–126.003983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364127.62/cwt125.00–130.004656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393121.00/cwt121.00–121.004763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420131.33/cwt125.00–139.0055217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462113.54/cwt110.00–119.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476128.19/cwt121.00–135.0061032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518115.61/cwt110.00–118.0059910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523124.06/cwt118.00–128.0064928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full538120.00/cwt120.00–120.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578127.79/cwt114.00–132.0073939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592117.01/cwt115.00–118.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640105.00/cwt105.00–105.006723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668116.59/cwt113.00–120.007799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670111.51/cwt111.00–112.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722117.78/cwt115.50–120.008509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781113.25/cwt110.00–117.0088410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,0037
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1346155.00/cwt155.00–155.005365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395149.00/cwt149.00–149.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410151.00/cwt145.00–169.006194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450115.00/cwt115.00–115.005183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1559128.13/cwt118.00–133.0071613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675114.66/cwt114.00–115.007743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63868.96/cwt68.50–69.501,1302
Bulls——1,78379.12/cwt70.00–84.001,4114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95138.55/cwt30.00–43.003676
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09052.66/cwt47.50–57.0057412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11745.17/cwt41.50–50.5050515
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39853.71/cwt52.50–55.007512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39845.65/cwt43.00–48.506383
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,135810.44/cwt700.00–930.009,1982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,275720.86/cwt610.00–830.009,1912

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.