Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, May 10
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 240▼ 57 vs year ago 228 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 71▼ 9 vs year ago 22 · −40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher and bulls not tested; Demand good 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 $124.41/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$124.41
88 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.70
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529127.8067766
Medium and Large 1-2520114.2459422
One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about $83 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 sale88 hd
124.41
—
MO average16 barns · 5,643 hd
134.10
−9.70
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—High2,09592.501,9381thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46066.009641thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04960.056309thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380152.00/cwt152.00–152.005783
Steers—Medium and Large 1425146.00/cwt146.00–146.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448145.00/cwt145.00–145.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 1468149.73/cwt145.00–152.007013
Steers—Medium and Large 1511150.85/cwt139.00–155.007714
Steers—Medium and Large 1633135.21/cwt133.00–136.5085614
Steers—Medium and Large 1715121.00/cwt121.00–121.008653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008253
Steers—Medium and Large 1858118.52/cwt109.00–121.001,0175
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260138.88/cwt136.00–140.003614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326144.10/cwt137.00–146.004706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360125.50/cwt122.00–129.004526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428133.54/cwt128.00–140.0057217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436120.61/cwt119.00–127.005265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478132.49/cwt125.00–137.006335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530128.27/cwt125.00–130.0068012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy586121.00/cwt121.00–121.007094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588125.00/cwt125.00–125.007354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621105.64/cwt104.00–108.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708104.00/cwt104.00–104.007363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774117.50/cwt117.50–117.509097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829105.15/cwt104.50–106.008727
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477134.51/cwt134.00–135.006428
Bulls—Large 2560119.00/cwt119.00–119.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580129.00/cwt129.00–129.007483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728113.45/cwt109.00–118.008262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1808107.00/cwt107.00–107.008657
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 336278.00/cwt78.00–78.002823
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,09592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,9381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%86256.45/cwt52.00–61.504875
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28364.56/cwt64.00–66.008284
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46066.00/cwt66.00–66.009641
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,000730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,100960.00/cwt960.00–960.0010,5601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2865801.24/cwt750.00–840.006,9312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,280875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,2001

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.