Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-02-24

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Feb 24
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
671 head
▲ 347 vs last sale 324▲ 671 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 33▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 28▲ 103 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 sold uneven, from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, bulls sold steady; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.09/cwt on 245 head.
Average price
$129.09
245 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.97
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486134.91656148
Medium and Large 1-2514120.2061897
One grade step is worth $14.70/cwt here — about $38 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 sale245 hd
129.09
—
MO average18 barns · 12,179 hd
142.06
−12.97
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—High1,68378.641,32411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33061.658204thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15154.3962633
CowsLean 85-90%Low96541.2939814

Every lot, as filed

68 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—525129.35/cwt123.00–142.5067924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—563133.82/cwt130.00–139.007536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418146.61/cwt135.00–154.006138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—366146.60/cwt141.00–152.0053710
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14042.96/cwt42.50–43.504902
Bulls——1,73784.92/cwt80.00–90.501,4757
Bulls——1,58967.65/cwt63.00–72.501,0754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,103510.00/cwt510.00–510.005,6253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,2311,054.11/cwt800.00–1,185.0012,97621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,0911,121.53/cwt780.00–1,300.0012,23624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,219705.01/cwt610.00–800.008,59415
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,211750.34/cwt550.00–810.009,08712
Bred CowsMedium 3—863478.15/cwt460.00–485.004,1264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—899100.00/cwt100.00–100.008994
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—667110.11/cwt105.00–114.007349
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—624114.40/cwt112.00–115.0071410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380129.74/cwt125.00–136.0049317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573115.71/cwt115.00–121.0066321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—431124.30/cwt116.00–129.0053627
SteersMedium and Large 1—253160.46/cwt155.00–167.004066
SteersMedium and Large 1—309165.17/cwt161.00–170.005108
SteersMedium and Large 1—678130.31/cwt128.00–133.008849
SteersMedium and Large 1—770121.67/cwt121.00–122.009379
SteersMedium and Large 1—380165.62/cwt155.00–170.0062914
SteersMedium and Large 1—609135.18/cwt127.00–138.0082314
SteersMedium and Large 1—528153.50/cwt148.00–162.0081021
SteersMedium and Large 1—572145.16/cwt136.00–150.0083021
SteersMedium and Large 1—418164.97/cwt157.00–174.5069022
SteersMedium and Large 1—473153.26/cwt150.00–157.0072522
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—743140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,04420
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—634145.00/cwt145.00–145.0091934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—467140.46/cwt133.00–146.006563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—328140.63/cwt131.00–145.004615
BullsMedium and Large 1—427150.94/cwt141.00–158.006453
BullsMedium and Large 1—611127.84/cwt125.00–130.007816
BullsMedium and Large 1—978116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1346
BullsMedium and Large 1—679121.67/cwt118.00–127.008267
BullsMedium and Large 1—378154.80/cwt139.00–162.0058514
BullsMedium and Large 1—466145.56/cwt138.00–156.0067820
BullsMedium and Large 1—569130.22/cwt125.00–138.0074123
BullsMedium and Large 1—522139.74/cwt125.00–152.0072935
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—460125.00/cwt125.00–125.005753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—364133.78/cwt125.00–137.004874
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—566115.00/cwt115.00–115.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633118.56/cwt116.00–121.007506
HeifersMedium and Large 1—282144.77/cwt143.00–146.004089
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581132.82/cwt123.00–138.0077211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415139.05/cwt132.00–145.0057714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322143.39/cwt135.00–150.0046217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375142.27/cwt137.00–148.0053419
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475139.42/cwt130.00–143.0066221
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 3—680500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,4007
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,010935.00/cwt935.00–935.009,4442
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,1911,131.43/cwt985.00–1,300.0013,4757
Bred CowsMedium 2—974915.92/cwt775.00–1,085.008,92110
Bred CowsMedium 2—800720.00/cwt720.00–720.005,7602
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20461.66/cwt58.00–64.507429
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13052.45/cwt46.50–57.0059322
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33061.65/cwt57.50–64.008204
CowsLean 85-90%—84030.93/cwt27.50–35.002603
CowsLean 85-90%—99849.00/cwt45.00–52.004894
CowsLean 85-90%—99941.32/cwt38.50–45.004137
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675124.86/cwt124.00–125.0084327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—323129.13/cwt125.00–135.004173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—472131.38/cwt127.00–134.006203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—508117.21/cwt110.00–121.005953

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.