Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-01-25

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Jan 25
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▼ 341 vs last sale 519▼ 231 vs year ago 409 · −56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 74▼ 7 vs year ago 43 · −16.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 55▼ 21 vs year ago 25 · −84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold sold steady to 10.00 higher on a light test with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls not tested; Demand good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.09/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$155.09
73 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.20
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488158.4577365
Medium and Large 1-2471127.816028thin
One grade step is worth $30.64/cwt here — about $171 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 sale73 hd
155.09
—
MO average17 barns · 13,980 hd
142.89
+12.20
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—Average1,54574.191,1464thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53154.878408thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09446.2450614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00039.423942thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005023
Steers—Medium and Large 1335168.00/cwt168.00–168.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 1381177.06/cwt170.00–182.0067510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423130.62/cwt124.00–150.005534
Steers—Medium and Large 1434173.25/cwt153.00–178.0075220
Steers—Medium and Large 1478162.00/cwt162.00–162.007743
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519125.00/cwt125.00–125.006494
Steers—Medium and Large 1523144.70/cwt140.00–146.007578
Steers—Medium and Large 1567141.85/cwt136.00–146.008047
Steers—Medium and Large 1615135.60/cwt134.00–141.008345
Steers—Medium and Large 1712125.00/cwt125.00–125.008903
Steers—Medium and Large 1845120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313113.84/cwt110.00–125.003564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374140.71/cwt126.00–147.005269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408111.02/cwt108.00–114.004536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450115.00/cwt115.00–115.005183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468125.19/cwt118.00–132.0058613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539122.49/cwt121.00–124.006604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558117.48/cwt115.00–121.006566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580123.26/cwt120.00–125.0071512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631116.72/cwt115.00–122.007374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653119.00/cwt119.00–119.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369151.43/cwt147.00–161.005593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415139.00/cwt139.00–139.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1436157.66/cwt140.00–171.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476151.65/cwt131.00–165.007225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520130.35/cwt130.00–131.006783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582132.19/cwt123.00–135.0076910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008223
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,54574.19/cwt72.00–75.001,1464
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00039.42/cwt36.00–42.003942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06555.14/cwt54.50–56.005872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09944.76/cwt40.00–48.5049212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53154.87/cwt51.00–57.008408
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,165689.76/cwt650.00–735.008,0362
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,310850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,1351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,390725.00/cwt725.00–725.0010,0781

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.