Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2020-12-14

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Dec 14
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
211 vs last sale 631 4 vs year ago 424 · 0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
63 vs last sale 107 30 vs year ago 74 · 40.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
5 vs last sale 17 26 vs year ago 48 · 54.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

(No sale due to Chistmas Dec 21 and Dec 28)* Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 4.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.03/cwt on 184 head.
Average price
$124.03
184 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$8.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.86
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559125.74702140
Medium and Large 1-2476118.7156541
Large 1515117.006033thin
One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about $100 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 sale184 hd
124.03
MO average17 barns · 10,428 hd
131.89
−7.86
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
BullsHigh1,73470.701,2268thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43046.266625thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21043.5652718
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09136.093946thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,000650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,5001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19651.66/cwt49.00–54.506184
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54532.00/cwt32.00–32.004941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18841.96/cwt37.00–46.0049813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49543.91/cwt43.00–45.006562
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38747.82/cwt47.50–48.006633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,160550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,3801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,150678.63/cwt635.00–725.007,8042
SteersMedium and Large 1329165.46/cwt160.00–179.0054414
HeifersMedium and Large 1515127.84/cwt125.00–133.006587
SteersMedium and Large 1473156.60/cwt154.50–160.007418
SteersMedium and Large 1417168.03/cwt158.00–177.0070131
BullsMedium and Large 1713109.31/cwt108.00–112.007793
SteersMedium and Large 1754124.69/cwt120.00–125.509407
BullsMedium and Large 1617124.91/cwt115.00–129.0077123
HeifersMedium and Large 1383132.23/cwt124.00–135.005064
CowsLean 85-90%1,09136.09/cwt33.00–38.003946
HeifersMedium and Large 1422131.26/cwt124.00–136.0055421
HeifersMedium and Large 1678117.65/cwt115.00–122.0079831
SteersMedium and Large 1627129.70/cwt128.00–131.008133
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy315184.00/cwt184.00–184.005803
BullsMedium and Large 1374162.66/cwt149.00–168.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 1805112.00/cwt112.00–112.009023
SteersMedium and Large 1255160.00/cwt160.00–160.004083
HeifersMedium and Large 1477130.87/cwt125.00–139.0062443
BullsMedium and Large 1488146.57/cwt134.00–151.0071511
SteersMedium and Large 1521145.11/cwt132.00–152.0075611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2693109.00/cwt109.00–109.007553
HeifersMedium and Large 1627123.38/cwt115.00–126.5077420
BullsMedium and Large 1674120.22/cwt115.00–126.5081020
SteersMedium and Large 1710123.50/cwt123.00–125.008774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516116.35/cwt112.00–121.0060011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,280751.10/cwt720.00–785.009,6142
Bred CowsMedium 2870646.38/cwt620.00–680.005,6242
SteersLarge 1557110.00/cwt110.00–110.006133
BullsLarge 1750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007883
HeifersLarge 1515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006033
Bulls1,78472.23/cwt68.00–76.001,2897
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608123.66/cwt121.00–125.007523
Bulls1,38060.00/cwt60.00–60.008281
BullsMedium and Large 1435146.45/cwt141.00–151.006374
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy512154.00/cwt154.00–154.007883
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,301817.03/cwt645.00–900.0010,63010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,305850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,0931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770104.00/cwt104.00–104.008013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,040461.35/cwt420.00–500.004,7982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628111.00/cwt111.00–111.006973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2348159.00/cwt159.00–159.005533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560116.98/cwt115.00–118.006553
SteersMedium and Large 1865115.00/cwt115.00–115.009953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290125.00/cwt125.00–125.003633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475118.36/cwt110.00–125.0056213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424122.83/cwt114.00–129.005214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006963
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505121.00/cwt121.00–121.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1558128.00/cwt128.00–128.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384124.54/cwt121.00–131.004784
SteersMedium and Large 1381172.05/cwt171.00–173.006568
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567127.71/cwt125.00–130.007243
BullsMedium and Large 1581127.57/cwt125.00–135.007417
BullsMedium and Large 1516142.02/cwt131.00–146.0073322
HeifersMedium and Large 1755120.10/cwt116.00–122.009078
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433150.31/cwt147.00–154.006513
SteersMedium and Large 1573134.60/cwt132.00–146.007716

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.