Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-03-15

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Mar 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 519 vs last sale 727▲ 69 vs year ago 139 · +49.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 98▲ 7 vs year ago 26 · +26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 62▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 7.00 lower to 4.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter cows sold steady bulls not tested; Demand uneven 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 $148.18/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$148.18
87 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.72
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527149.9579075
Medium and Large 1-2502137.1168812thin
One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $103 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 sale87 hd
148.18
—
MO average17 barns · 13,486 hd
149.90
−1.72
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—High1,77580.971,4383thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35756.067616thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12252.9459422
CowsLean 85-90%Low92538.513569thin

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 1263171.02/cwt162.50–179.004506
Steers—Medium and Large 1336161.29/cwt160.00–167.005427
Steers—Medium and Large 1375162.24/cwt160.00–167.006083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005853
Steers—Medium and Large 1415164.57/cwt160.00–173.0068310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 1452156.00/cwt156.00–156.007053
Steers—Medium and Large 1513158.30/cwt157.00–162.0081216
Steers—Medium and Large 1588149.00/cwt149.00–149.008763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588136.73/cwt135.00–138.508046
Steers—Medium and Large 1619132.56/cwt127.00–140.0082114
Steers—Medium and Large 1684155.05/cwt133.00–162.001,0614
Steers—Medium and Large 1790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009323
Steers—Medium and Large 1840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009663
Steers—Medium and Large 1903112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329137.46/cwt135.00–140.004527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335143.30/cwt140.00–145.0048010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375141.75/cwt141.00–142.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424135.41/cwt126.00–142.005749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431134.57/cwt130.00–136.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480138.00/cwt138.00–138.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534126.45/cwt125.00–131.006754
Heifers—Large 1540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557124.20/cwt124.00–125.006925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695122.00/cwt122.00–122.008483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706118.31/cwt110.00–120.008356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy746119.00/cwt119.00–119.008889
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1359160.00/cwt160.00–160.005746
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485150.79/cwt150.00–151.0073114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505144.67/cwt142.00–150.007313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566134.65/cwt133.00–135.007626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680121.00/cwt118.00–122.008234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723105.34/cwt105.00–106.007623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1863100.00/cwt100.00–100.008633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50069.50/cwt69.50–69.501,0431
Bulls——1,91386.71/cwt86.00–87.501,6592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77022.00/cwt22.00–22.001691
Cows—Lean 85-90%90847.29/cwt46.50–48.004292
Cows—Lean 85-90%95738.34/cwt29.00–47.503676
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10852.25/cwt46.50–57.0057917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11359.13/cwt58.00–61.006584
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31354.37/cwt52.00–56.007144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39040.00/cwt40.00–40.005561
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44559.44/cwt57.50–61.508592
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2795826.84/cwt775.00–880.006,5732
Bred Cows—Medium 2878785.46/cwt600.00–1,060.006,8963
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,165875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,1941
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,225750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,1881

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.