Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-06-21

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Jun 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 218▼ 122 vs year ago 264 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 63▲ 3 vs year ago 30 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 20▼ 4 vs year ago 6 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeders in the offering to make a trend comparison due everyone making hay. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-5.00 higher; Demand not established 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 $137.59/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$137.59
57 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.96
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469140.2665747
Small 1486134.006514thin
Medium and Large 1-2543119.006466thin
One grade step is worth $21.26/cwt here — about $12 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 sale57 hd
137.59
—
MO average15 barns · 6,873 hd
141.54
−3.96
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—Average1,56592.931,4546thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54273.021,1265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20568.1782122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08059.006371thin

Every lot

33 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 1-2275145.00/cwt145.00–145.003993
Steers—Medium and Large 1289162.00/cwt162.00–162.004685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005063
Steers—Medium and Large 1382152.19/cwt150.00–155.005819
Steers—Medium and Large 1500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525131.00/cwt131.00–131.006883
Steers—Medium and Large 1634136.18/cwt135.00–140.008634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008503
Steers—Medium and Large 1702135.00/cwt135.00–135.009486
Steers—Medium and Large 1870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2902109.00/cwt108.00–112.009834
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1250145.00/cwt145.00–145.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353147.00/cwt147.00–147.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417146.86/cwt140.00–153.006127
Heifers—Small 1486134.00/cwt134.00–134.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487140.26/cwt129.00–145.0068325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538134.48/cwt133.00–136.007246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580123.00/cwt123.00–123.007133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630125.00/cwt125.00–125.007883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1509136.72/cwt132.00–140.0069612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585131.84/cwt129.00–134.007717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1646125.00/cwt125.00–125.008085
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292098.00/cwt98.00–98.009023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45689.78/cwt80.00–94.001,3074
Bulls——1,78399.23/cwt97.00–101.001,7692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08059.00/cwt59.00–59.006371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12163.85/cwt60.50–68.0071611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28872.49/cwt70.00–79.0093411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54273.02/cwt70.50–75.501,1265
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,055900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,255975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,2361

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.