Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-12-07

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Dec 7
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
631 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 608▼ 327 vs year ago 958 · −34.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 126▼ 60 vs year ago 167 · −35.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 124▼ 38 vs year ago 55 · −69.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

(Due to Christmas, Patton will be closed Dec 21 and 28) Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.54/cwt on 232 head.
Average price
$126.54
232 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.07
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494128.19633185
Medium and Large 1-2450120.0554047
One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about $93 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 sale232 hd
126.54
—
MO average20 barns · 18,827 hd
132.61
−6.07
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—High1,68972.381,2229thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46051.0374511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22044.8854865
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02335.7136510

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1—930115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0703
SteersMedium and Large 1—419164.96/cwt150.00–170.0069131
SteersMedium and Large 1—328169.70/cwt160.00–177.0055725
SteersMedium and Large 1—691136.14/cwt126.00–136.5094129
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575124.06/cwt120.50–128.0071316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—612117.93/cwt112.00–125.0072213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465115.80/cwt115.00–121.005388
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371137.35/cwt128.00–145.0051025
SteersMedium and Large 1—471158.54/cwt153.00–163.007479
HeifersMedium and Large 1—691113.57/cwt112.00–117.007857
BullsMedium and Large 1—784100.96/cwt100.00–105.007925
BullsMedium and Large 1—727116.19/cwt112.00–118.008455
BullsMedium and Large 1—675115.99/cwt114.00–120.007833
SteersMedium and Large 1—377170.84/cwt161.00–179.0064415
SteersMedium and Large 1—740125.00/cwt125.00–125.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 1—741112.67/cwt108.00–116.008358
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523128.84/cwt121.00–135.0067451
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18949.48/cwt45.00–55.5058821
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23542.69/cwt37.00–45.5052744
BullsMedium and Large 1—521135.13/cwt121.00–145.0070430
BullsMedium and Large 1—573125.05/cwt120.00–130.0071715
SteersMedium and Large 1—619137.13/cwt126.00–140.0084919
SteersMedium and Large 1—591135.02/cwt132.00–137.0079811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,055570.00/cwt570.00–570.006,0141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466128.84/cwt125.00–134.0060024
Bulls——1,77675.89/cwt72.00–80.501,3487
CowsLean 85-90%—91030.00/cwt30.00–30.002731
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03636.34/cwt34.00–41.003769
Bulls——1,38360.08/cwt55.00–65.008312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,000600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—800750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—423123.91/cwt120.00–127.005246
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—563117.44/cwt115.00–120.006612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—675114.28/cwt112.00–115.007714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,210809.01/cwt650.00–970.009,7895
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,183627.10/cwt530.00–750.007,4194
Bred CowsMedium 2—960760.52/cwt710.00–810.007,3012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418136.94/cwt135.00–141.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—626109.09/cwt104.00–115.006836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—825107.45/cwt105.00–115.008864
SteersLarge 1—573125.00/cwt125.00–125.007166
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63545.29/cwt45.00–45.507402
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42152.30/cwt47.50–62.507439
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—578123.73/cwt120.00–125.007154
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—461125.00/cwt125.00–125.005764
BullsMedium and Large 1—617124.82/cwt119.00–131.0077015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,155520.00/cwt520.00–520.006,0061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,050580.00/cwt580.00–580.006,0901
BullsMedium and Large 1—428165.49/cwt159.00–167.0070810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—333125.00/cwt125.00–125.004165
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268139.46/cwt130.00–142.0037410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435128.36/cwt125.00–131.0055818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—388119.78/cwt115.00–125.0046511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—337125.40/cwt121.00–128.004238
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—508127.08/cwt121.00–130.006466
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006943
BullsMedium and Large 1—474139.40/cwt135.00–157.0066111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—308138.24/cwt135.00–142.004269
SteersMedium and Large 1—754125.00/cwt125.00–125.009434
BullsMedium and Large 1—389165.75/cwt165.00–166.006454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533136.93/cwt131.00–140.0073012
SteersMedium and Large 1—527146.47/cwt137.00–152.0077218
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765113.50/cwt112.00–114.008684

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.