Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-05-03

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, May 3
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 343▼ 3 vs year ago 243 · −1.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 38▲ 30 vs year ago 41 · +73.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 20▼ 7 vs year ago 10 · −70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher on a light run. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher; Demand good 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 $122.46/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$122.46
83 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.13
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448128.8857849
Medium and Large 1-2505113.1957134
One grade step is worth $15.69/cwt here — about $7 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 sale83 hd
122.46
—
MO average17 barns · 7,007 hd
136.58
−14.13
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—High1,87090.031,68412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18158.8869534
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45558.838563thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89249.094387thin

Every lot

49 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 1290159.00/cwt159.00–159.004613
Steers—Medium and Large 1336153.41/cwt148.00–156.005155
Steers—Medium and Large 1383150.94/cwt143.00–160.0057810
Steers—Medium and Large 1429161.36/cwt152.00–170.0069210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432135.68/cwt135.00–137.005863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450144.00/cwt144.00–144.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 1479153.58/cwt150.00–161.0073613
Steers—Medium and Large 1532148.49/cwt135.00–154.007906
Steers—Medium and Large 1579133.47/cwt132.00–135.007737
Steers—Medium and Large 1607134.66/cwt134.00–135.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 1650128.00/cwt127.00–130.008323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260138.00/cwt138.00–138.003593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323138.99/cwt134.00–143.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343125.00/cwt125.00–125.004293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379132.06/cwt129.00–136.0050111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425120.39/cwt120.00–122.005125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428129.60/cwt125.00–134.005559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468117.73/cwt115.00–122.005518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473130.61/cwt125.00–136.006184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524126.41/cwt115.00–134.0066210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528107.56/cwt103.00–109.005684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563119.86/cwt115.00–122.006759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563107.96/cwt104.00–116.0060810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629104.98/cwt100.00–110.006604
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1389154.00/cwt154.00–154.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440140.91/cwt137.00–149.006203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471143.38/cwt128.00–153.006756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519129.98/cwt125.00–137.0067515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2543126.00/cwt126.00–126.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577129.29/cwt125.00–133.007463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586111.74/cwt102.00–119.0065511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638128.96/cwt128.00–132.008234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677107.63/cwt105.00–112.007293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740107.00/cwt107.00–107.007923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2781103.63/cwt98.00–105.008095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282090.00/cwt90.00–90.007383
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 329091.50/cwt91.50–91.5026516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,78580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,4371
Bulls——1,87890.90/cwt83.50–95.001,70711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78535.00/cwt35.00–35.002751
Cows—Lean 85-90%81357.00/cwt57.00–57.004632
Cows—Lean 85-90%95848.66/cwt46.00–53.004664
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12554.49/cwt49.00–60.0061318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17563.50/cwt63.50–63.507461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24363.82/cwt60.00–67.5079316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59556.50/cwt56.50–56.509012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 29001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,1251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2915500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,315835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,9801

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.