Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-08-03

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Aug 3
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
56 vs last sale 243 10 vs year ago 289 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
27 vs last sale 66 13 vs year ago 26 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
6 vs last sale 7 7 vs year ago 8 · 87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 5.00 lower to 3.00 higher on a light test, the quality in the offering was also lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher and bulls sold 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.03/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$127.03
125 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.84
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545130.0970991
Medium and Large 1-2573118.8268134
One grade step is worth $11.27/cwt here — about $28 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 sale125 hd
127.03
MO average18 barns · 1,104 hd
127.87
−0.84
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
BullsAverage1,43295.761,37114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13866.8576113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41765.799323thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95455.645314thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1482131.40/cwt130.00–134.006338
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429123.58/cwt123.00–126.005305
HeifersMedium and Large 1566127.43/cwt124.00–139.0072113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574118.29/cwt111.00–121.006799
HeifersMedium and Large 1430135.96/cwt126.00–139.0058520
HeifersMedium and Large 1323140.50/cwt140.50–140.504544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462125.92/cwt121.00–128.0058211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318124.32/cwt123.00–125.003953
HeifersMedium and Large 1396134.51/cwt133.00–135.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540121.33/cwt120.00–122.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 1532128.16/cwt125.00–130.006826
Bulls1,28389.18/cwt80.00–97.001,1447
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579122.85/cwt116.00–125.007117
BullsMedium and Large 1733112.15/cwt109.00–115.0082214
BullsMedium and Large 1422141.20/cwt131.00–146.0059611
Bulls1,581102.34/cwt99.00–106.001,6187
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480123.62/cwt120.00–132.0059310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418132.36/cwt125.00–136.005533
BullsMedium and Large 1475139.03/cwt131.00–143.0066011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2673107.25/cwt105.00–112.007223
BullsMedium and Large 1568129.37/cwt125.00–135.0073511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2790102.00/cwt102.00–102.008063
BullsMedium and Large 1511131.53/cwt125.00–136.0067212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520124.75/cwt123.00–126.006494
BullsMedium and Large 1375142.98/cwt135.00–149.0053613
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2001,285.00/cwt1,285.00–1,285.0015,4201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007674
BullsMedium and Large 1634122.63/cwt115.00–125.0077713
BullsMedium and Large 1667121.94/cwt115.00–128.008136
SteersMedium and Large 1613137.67/cwt129.00–143.0084415
SteersMedium and Large 1595136.00/cwt136.00–136.008093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2417135.13/cwt131.00–140.005633
SteersMedium and Large 1775125.00/cwt125.00–125.009693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660123.03/cwt122.00–125.008123
SteersMedium and Large 1800104.00/cwt104.00–104.008323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2329144.84/cwt143.00–150.004774
SteersMedium and Large 1430144.21/cwt140.00–147.006204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2489130.74/cwt130.00–133.006394
SteersMedium and Large 1662132.98/cwt125.00–135.008805
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567127.63/cwt127.00–128.007248
SteersMedium and Large 1516140.49/cwt133.00–149.007258
SteersMedium and Large 1258166.00/cwt166.00–166.004283
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46369.69/cwt69.00–70.501,0202
CowsLean 85-90%85558.00/cwt58.00–58.004961
CowsLean 85-90%98754.86/cwt54.50–55.005413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15861.08/cwt58.00–63.507075
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12670.46/cwt65.50–74.507938
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32558.00/cwt58.00–58.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376125.49/cwt125.00–127.004724
HeifersMedium and Large 1624121.65/cwt121.00–125.007596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614108.51/cwt108.00–110.006664

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.