Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Mar 1
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▲ 281 vs last sale 139▲ 223 vs year ago 197 · +113.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 27▲ 26 vs year ago 43 · +60.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 5▲ 2 vs year ago 10 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks small offering, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.92/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$140.92
159 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.28
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600140.93845153
Medium and Large 1-2422140.735936thin
One grade step is worth $0.20/cwt here — about $252 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 sale159 hd
140.92
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MO average19 barns · 20,492 hd
150.20
−9.28
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—High1,87774.641,4013thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55058.999145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11654.2760645
CowsLean 85-90%Average92641.583859thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268165.98/cwt160.00–181.0044510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2288145.45/cwt130.00–157.004193
Steers—Medium and Large 1327165.00/cwt165.00–165.005408
Steers—Medium and Large 1381166.99/cwt156.00–170.006366
Steers—Medium and Large 1432168.15/cwt161.00–171.007267
Steers—Medium and Large 1481161.61/cwt155.00–168.0077714
Steers—Medium and Large 1527152.78/cwt142.00–160.008057
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555136.00/cwt136.00–136.007553
Steers—Medium and Large 1569145.05/cwt133.00–149.008255
Steers—Medium and Large 1645132.11/cwt125.00–133.0085237
Steers—Medium and Large 1674130.69/cwt126.00–136.0088124
Steers—Medium and Large 1723125.42/cwt121.00–129.0090716
Steers—Medium and Large 1765122.47/cwt115.00–125.009374
Steers—Medium and Large 1815123.38/cwt121.00–125.001,0069
Steers—Medium and Large 1920122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1223
Steers—Medium and Large 11,045116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283139.18/cwt138.00–141.003944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320136.42/cwt130.00–145.004378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345122.00/cwt122.00–122.004213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373133.79/cwt128.00–136.004998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432131.70/cwt125.00–136.0056928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466115.15/cwt110.00–125.005376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469126.57/cwt125.00–129.0059411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527125.24/cwt120.00–128.0066018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562125.51/cwt121.00–129.0070523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567114.64/cwt112.00–120.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625122.29/cwt115.00–125.0076416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693118.02/cwt115.00–120.008185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720118.27/cwt116.00–122.008527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809118.00/cwt118.00–118.009557
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,008100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0083
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377159.99/cwt145.00–168.0060323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380137.00/cwt137.00–137.005213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435151.14/cwt145.00–158.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459130.04/cwt125.00–135.005976
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490155.70/cwt140.00–159.007639
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524140.81/cwt125.00–156.007384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1579134.46/cwt125.00–142.0077919
Bulls—Medium and Large 1639125.00/cwt125.00–125.007994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675119.47/cwt115.00–121.008064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1704118.81/cwt118.00–120.008365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1764115.00/cwt115.00–115.008794
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57071.96/cwt70.00–75.001,1302
Bulls——2,49080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,9921
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92641.58/cwt31.00–48.003859
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09452.51/cwt48.00–57.0057435
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19360.43/cwt59.50–65.5072110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40057.47/cwt57.00–58.008052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65060.00/cwt60.00–60.009903
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2975500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,155605.32/cwt550.00–690.006,9913
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,220797.30/cwt710.00–860.009,7272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,260670.00/cwt670.00–670.008,4421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,268631.81/cwt490.00–750.008,0113
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,285837.57/cwt835.00–840.0010,7632

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.