Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-04-26

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Apr 26
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▼ 332 vs last sale 675▼ 41 vs year ago 384 · −10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 67▲ 32 vs year ago 6 · +533.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 1 vs year ago 21 · −4.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-2.00 lower; Demand lower and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.53/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$123.53
131 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.70
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515125.81648100
Medium and Large 1-2566116.1665731
One grade step is worth $9.65/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale131 hd
123.53
—
MO average15 barns · 7,222 hd
138.23
−14.70
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—High1,41484.991,2026thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39565.839193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19455.7266528
CowsLean 85-90%Average93243.6740710

Every lot

67 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270145.00/cwt145.00–145.003923
Steers—Medium and Large 1273151.00/cwt151.00–151.004123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313143.58/cwt140.00–147.004492
Steers—Medium and Large 1370150.00/cwt149.00–151.005555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004943
Steers—Medium and Large 1438163.00/cwt163.00–163.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442133.00/cwt133.00–133.005883
Steers—Medium and Large 1453165.79/cwt150.00–172.007517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460134.00/cwt134.00–134.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1517141.05/cwt135.00–146.0072910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521129.29/cwt128.00–133.006744
Steers—Medium and Large 1577128.94/cwt127.00–131.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585129.51/cwt128.00–131.007582
Steers—Medium and Large 1635126.00/cwt126.00–126.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1682123.52/cwt120.00–125.0084216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1740122.00/cwt122.00–122.009033
Steers—Medium and Large 1776118.00/cwt118.00–118.009166
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324132.53/cwt125.00–138.004297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338133.40/cwt125.00–135.004516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360116.00/cwt116.00–116.004183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379137.88/cwt131.00–146.0052311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430133.70/cwt128.00–143.0057518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477129.21/cwt128.00–133.0061624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488121.32/cwt120.00–123.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532115.34/cwt115.00–116.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy547115.00/cwt115.00–115.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563119.00/cwt119.00–119.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575115.56/cwt110.00–121.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622118.46/cwt116.00–120.007378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626106.00/cwt106.00–106.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy642108.50/cwt108.50–108.506975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670117.79/cwt115.00–118.0078914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745111.00/cwt111.00–111.008273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780105.00/cwt105.00–105.008193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2853108.00/cwt108.00–108.009213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy98394.00/cwt94.00–94.009243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365122.57/cwt120.00–126.004477
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370142.16/cwt136.00–146.005268
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413146.38/cwt145.00–148.006059
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422124.11/cwt120.00–128.005246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2466127.48/cwt120.00–130.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477130.61/cwt120.00–142.0062321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529130.91/cwt125.00–135.006937
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1607121.72/cwt113.00–125.007395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654120.00/cwt120.00–120.007854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663112.00/cwt112.00–112.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1719110.20/cwt105.00–113.007929
Bulls—Medium and Large 1783109.57/cwt105.00–114.008586
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19878.43/cwt72.50–82.009403
Bulls——1,63091.55/cwt85.00–95.001,4923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93243.67/cwt33.00–49.0040710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14060.50/cwt60.50–60.506901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19054.65/cwt50.00–59.0065025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22564.67/cwt63.50–66.007923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52368.50/cwt65.00–71.501,0432
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 29001,140.00/cwt1,140.00–1,140.0010,2601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 29501,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0010,7353
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0010,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1001,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0013,8604
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,300960.00/cwt960.00–960.0012,4801
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,030640.00/cwt640.00–640.006,5921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,131684.67/cwt530.00–800.007,7447
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,225775.49/cwt760.00–790.009,5002

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.