Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-02-08

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Feb 8
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 267 vs last sale 437▼ 179 vs year ago 349 · −51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 24▼ 6 vs year ago 38 · −15.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 1▼ 9 vs year ago 12 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the weather the offering was too small for a trend comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, bulls not establish; Demand not establish and supply very light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.71/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$129.71
77 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.31
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493131.1964764
Medium and Large 1-2502122.4361513thin
One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about $32 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 sale77 hd
129.71
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MO average16 barns · 7,652 hd
134.02
−4.31
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—High1,70089.501,5221thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19556.7467823
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54356.498722thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92250.854693thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322167.86/cwt167.00–169.005417
Steers—Medium and Large 1390174.97/cwt169.00–177.006824
Steers—Medium and Large 1431163.85/cwt161.00–175.0070612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443160.00/cwt160.00–160.007093
Steers—Medium and Large 1489160.00/cwt160.00–160.007824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532134.37/cwt125.00–142.007157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559137.23/cwt128.00–143.0076713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680123.00/cwt123.00–123.008363
Steers—Medium and Large 1700129.00/cwt129.00–129.009033
Steers—Medium and Large 1763125.51/cwt124.00–126.009584
Steers—Medium and Large 1905119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308148.79/cwt146.00–150.004585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378139.82/cwt125.00–145.005297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417140.96/cwt135.00–145.0058812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464131.12/cwt125.00–135.006089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492124.47/cwt122.00–127.006126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511120.68/cwt115.00–125.006177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520127.87/cwt125.00–129.5066516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574122.57/cwt121.00–125.007045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620120.02/cwt118.00–121.007443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769109.49/cwt105.00–111.008424
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413154.98/cwt152.00–158.006406
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465148.04/cwt146.00–150.006886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538142.80/cwt133.00–148.0076810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571133.91/cwt125.00–137.007655
Bulls—Medium and Large 1619127.64/cwt127.00–128.507907
Bulls—Medium and Large 1845109.00/cwt109.00–109.009213
Bulls—Medium and Large 190386.00/cwt86.00–86.007773
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70089.50/cwt89.50–89.501,5221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92250.85/cwt47.00–55.004693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10039.00/cwt39.00–39.004291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12560.28/cwt58.00–63.0067810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26255.27/cwt52.00–58.0069812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54356.49/cwt56.00–57.008722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2760600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,5601
Bred Cows—Medium 2835810.00/cwt810.00–810.006,7641
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,305800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,4401

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.