Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-05-17

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, May 17
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 171▼ 5 vs year ago 334 · −1.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 13▼ 14 vs year ago 91 · −15.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 5▼ 15 vs year ago 28 · −53.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; 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 $131.06/cwt on 141 head.
Average price
$131.06
141 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.64
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510132.48675123
Medium and Large 1-2536121.3565118thin
One grade step is worth $11.13/cwt here — about $24 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 sale141 hd
131.06
—
MO average17 barns · 7,992 hd
136.71
−5.64
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—Average1,56489.691,4035thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31363.9383913
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10661.5568140
CowsLean 85-90%Average91553.374883thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280158.53/cwt158.00–159.004442
Steers—Medium and Large 1320155.75/cwt148.00–165.004984
Steers—Large 1345132.00/cwt132.00–132.004553
Steers—Medium and Large 1458151.00/cwt151.00–151.006923
Steers—Large 1459138.00/cwt138.00–138.006336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518136.31/cwt131.00–142.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 1525155.00/cwt155.00–155.008143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577129.34/cwt128.00–136.007466
Steers—Medium and Large 1594139.79/cwt138.00–142.008309
Steers—Medium and Large 1620138.11/cwt134.00–145.0085615
Steers—Medium and Large 1685138.31/cwt129.00–139.2594721
Steers—Medium and Large 1713129.45/cwt125.00–131.009234
Steers—Medium and Large 1768125.00/cwt125.00–125.009603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288150.00/cwt150.00–150.004323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290139.00/cwt139.00–139.004033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327139.56/cwt130.00–144.004568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376144.38/cwt140.00–154.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427139.14/cwt129.00–145.0059423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445131.00/cwt128.00–134.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476138.31/cwt135.00–149.0065825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525133.46/cwt128.00–142.0070113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565127.49/cwt122.00–133.0072019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy590121.50/cwt121.50–121.507174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624121.27/cwt120.00–125.0075712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680116.00/cwt116.00–116.007893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2687108.10/cwt100.00–114.007433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715109.00/cwt109.00–109.007793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724116.33/cwt113.00–118.008429
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318145.00/cwt145.00–145.004613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366147.09/cwt131.00–154.0053810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413145.60/cwt136.00–150.0060113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482145.22/cwt133.00–156.0070019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520138.19/cwt125.00–145.0071912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530123.97/cwt121.00–125.006574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570119.97/cwt119.00–126.006847
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571131.42/cwt120.00–146.5075026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631123.42/cwt123.00–126.007797
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673119.30/cwt114.00–122.008039
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728119.38/cwt115.00–124.008698
Bulls—Medium and Large 1763109.02/cwt107.00–115.008324
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283085.00/cwt85.00–85.007063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54887.61/cwt85.00–92.501,3564
Bulls——1,63098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,5971
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88851.55/cwt48.00–55.004582
Cows—Lean 85-90%97057.00/cwt57.00–57.005531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05058.67/cwt54.00–62.5061620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16264.44/cwt62.00–68.0074920
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22960.60/cwt58.00–62.507454
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35065.41/cwt62.50–68.508839
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,000840.00/cwt840.00–840.008,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1001,340.00/cwt1,340.00–1,340.0014,7401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2790694.47/cwt680.00–700.005,4863
Bred Cows—Medium 2810900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,2901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,140874.98/cwt800.00–930.009,9752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,162830.00/cwt830.00–830.009,6453
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,395820.00/cwt820.00–820.0011,4391
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,540960.00/cwt960.00–960.0014,7841

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.