Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-08-24

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Aug 24
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
371 head
178 vs last sale 193 72 vs year ago 443 · 16.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
6 vs last sale 45 1 vs year ago 38 · +2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported market from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower on a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.23/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$125.23
98 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.80
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569131.2074662
Medium and Large 1-2656114.9475436
One grade step is worth $16.26/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale98 hd
125.23
MO average21 barns · 1,255 hd
126.03
−0.80
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
BullsAverage1,35079.131,0683thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38559.078185thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15757.916703thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99745.6245512

Every lot, as filed

48 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
SteersMedium and Large 1457164.00/cwt164.00–164.007495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429140.95/cwt135.00–146.006055
CowsLean 85-90%98544.39/cwt41.50–46.5043710
CowsLean 85-90%1,05551.74/cwt51.50–52.005462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38559.07/cwt55.50–63.008185
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15757.91/cwt55.00–61.006703
SteersMedium and Large 1332162.00/cwt162.00–162.005383
SteersMedium and Large 1522147.70/cwt144.00–152.007719
SteersMedium and Large 2623125.67/cwt125.00–129.007836
SteersMedium and Large 1703135.00/cwt135.00–135.009492
SteersMedium and Large 1832128.39/cwt128.00–130.001,0685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593137.74/cwt134.00–140.008178
SteersMedium and Large 1580157.00/cwt157.00–157.009112
SteersMedium and Large 1670142.00/cwt142.00–142.009514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725129.51/cwt129.00–130.009392
SteersMedium and Large 1769132.98/cwt132.00–135.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668134.51/cwt134.00–135.008992
SteersMedium and Large 1430152.00/cwt152.00–152.006543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305153.51/cwt153.00–154.004682
HeifersMedium and Large 1677122.75/cwt118.00–130.008315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360128.99/cwt128.00–130.004644
HeifersMedium and Large 1340139.59/cwt135.00–147.004755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415123.33/cwt120.00–125.005123
HeifersMedium and Large 1428141.16/cwt139.00–144.006044
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480135.69/cwt131.00–140.0065110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582116.34/cwt110.00–120.006773
BullsMedium and Large 1670121.53/cwt118.00–125.008142
BullsMedium and Large 1-293090.67/cwt88.00–96.008433
BullsMedium and Large 1513133.95/cwt128.00–141.006877
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,00582.67/cwt82.00–83.008313
BullsMedium and Large 1485149.56/cwt142.00–154.0072511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2422132.80/cwt125.00–145.005605
BullsMedium and Large 1627122.63/cwt120.00–126.0076917
BullsMedium and Large 1-2636117.42/cwt115.00–118.007475
BullsMedium and Large 1574128.96/cwt125.00–134.0074025
BullsMedium and Large 1-286791.40/cwt91.00–92.007925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2818101.96/cwt100.00–104.008342
Bulls1,29089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1481
Bulls1,38074.20/cwt73.50–75.001,0242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465127.00/cwt126.00–128.005914
HeifersMedium and Large 1525129.42/cwt125.00–133.0067912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2279144.25/cwt138.00–147.004026
HeifersMedium and Large 1574129.19/cwt126.00–134.0074217
HeifersMedium and Large 1365139.00/cwt139.00–139.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665107.83/cwt104.00–109.007176
HeifersMedium and Large 1480138.24/cwt131.00–142.0066420
HeifersMedium and Large 1633123.00/cwt122.00–124.007792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322128.96/cwt128.00–130.004153

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.