Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-02-03

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Feb 3
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
370 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 409▲ 370 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 43▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 25▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers over 500 lbs sold 1.00-4.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 1.00-4.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows and a few bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.32/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$127.32
169 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.68
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488130.49637112
Medium and Large 1-2491121.0959557
One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $42 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 sale169 hd
127.32
—
MO average18 barns · 8,117 hd
136.00
−8.68
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—High1,70871.851,2274thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37853.667397thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13949.9556922
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02635.1236022

Every lot, as filed

56 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—375125.74/cwt125.00–126.004724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007143
SteersMedium and Large 1—477150.57/cwt146.00–158.007185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—472140.93/cwt136.00–146.006654
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423134.13/cwt128.00–139.0056730
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464131.44/cwt128.00–139.0061021
SteersMedium and Large 1—800121.00/cwt121.00–121.009683
SteersMedium and Large 1—521146.42/cwt142.00–154.0076317
SteersMedium and Large 1—621141.68/cwt135.00–145.0088016
SteersMedium and Large 1—732129.29/cwt124.00–133.0094611
SteersMedium and Large 1—367162.13/cwt154.00–164.005958
SteersMedium and Large 1—411153.54/cwt151.00–158.006316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,150567.83/cwt485.00–635.006,5302
Bred CowsMedium 2—990425.00/cwt425.00–425.004,2081
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—800875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,1551,005.00/cwt910.00–1,100.0011,6082
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,185860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,1912
SteersMedium and Large 1—675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008784
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,166786.25/cwt575.00–1,150.009,1689
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,070479.39/cwt450.00–540.005,1294
BullsMedium and Large 1—379154.89/cwt148.00–159.0058715
BullsMedium and Large 1—571129.77/cwt125.00–135.0074113
BullsMedium and Large 1—468148.11/cwt138.00–152.0069313
BullsMedium and Large 1—515136.11/cwt125.00–142.0070112
BullsMedium and Large 1—702121.00/cwt121.00–121.008496
BullsMedium and Large 1—656121.26/cwt121.00–122.007954
BullsMedium and Large 1—436147.64/cwt132.00–155.0064420
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—437128.98/cwt126.00–132.005646
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006694
Bulls——1,87081.94/cwt78.50–85.001,5322
Bulls——1,57571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1181
Bulls——1,51552.50/cwt52.50–52.507951
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02126.93/cwt20.00–32.002757
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16546.50/cwt46.50–46.505421
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42657.48/cwt50.00–65.508204
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008463
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007043
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—385129.03/cwt128.00–131.004973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527129.97/cwt123.00–139.0068517
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622122.03/cwt118.00–124.0075913
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31348.56/cwt45.00–52.006383
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20952.86/cwt50.00–58.0063912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05646.45/cwt39.00–50.0049110
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01938.40/cwt32.50–45.0039114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—517119.69/cwt119.00–121.0061912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573120.02/cwt115.00–123.0068810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567125.28/cwt125.00–126.007107
HeifersMedium and Large 1—342133.84/cwt132.00–136.004586
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—314128.36/cwt125.00–132.004036
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—684111.52/cwt110.00–116.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382137.49/cwt132.00–140.0052510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668122.56/cwt118.00–125.008198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477120.46/cwt115.00–126.0057510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—420123.87/cwt115.00–126.005208

How this sale compares

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.