Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-01-11

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Jan 11
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
54 vs last sale 434 39 vs year ago 419 · 9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
35 vs last sale 49 37 vs year ago 47 · +78.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
8 vs last sale 4 3 vs year ago 9 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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 $124.51/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$124.51
146 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.00
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503126.81638102
Medium and Large 1-2446119.1953244
One grade step is worth $7.61/cwt here — about $106 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 sale146 hd
124.51
MO average19 barns · 16,275 hd
131.52
−7.00
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
BullsHigh1,67078.031,3036thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47251.197545thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17346.2554247
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02436.783779thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2470144.30/cwt141.00–146.006783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005443
BullsMedium and Large 1482150.71/cwt141.00–157.0072621
BullsMedium and Large 1518128.78/cwt125.00–136.0066719
HeifersMedium and Large 1705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008113
SteersMedium and Large 1719125.85/cwt121.00–128.009057
BullsMedium and Large 1-2408128.06/cwt115.00–135.005223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533117.46/cwt115.00–125.006264
HeifersMedium and Large 1473131.87/cwt121.00–136.0062422
HeifersMedium and Large 1380130.68/cwt125.00–135.0049715
SteersMedium and Large 1319163.89/cwt159.00–169.005234
HeifersMedium and Large 1563124.18/cwt121.00–125.0069920
BullsMedium and Large 1563129.24/cwt125.00–133.5072819
SteersMedium and Large 1288162.20/cwt151.00–168.004673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,265580.00/cwt580.00–580.007,3371
BullsMedium and Large 1622124.38/cwt115.00–127.0077410
SteersMedium and Large 1423160.19/cwt150.00–170.0067818
SteersMedium and Large 1461160.59/cwt151.00–167.0074015
SteersMedium and Large 1378160.78/cwt154.00–172.0060811
SteersMedium and Large 1512136.68/cwt135.00–140.007003
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57348.23/cwt48.00–48.507592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16537.50/cwt37.50–37.504371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30352.63/cwt50.00–58.006869
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14144.94/cwt39.00–50.0051337
Bulls1,71482.41/cwt80.00–85.001,4134
Bulls1,58369.27/cwt65.00–75.001,0972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620106.98/cwt106.00–109.006633
BullsMedium and Large 1659125.63/cwt118.00–127.008288
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,165680.85/cwt540.00–875.007,9326
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,225825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,1061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,325591.74/cwt570.00–610.007,8412
SteersMedium and Large 1630128.73/cwt125.00–129.0081115
Bred CowsMedium 2703676.87/cwt600.00–750.004,7582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430122.32/cwt118.00–128.005268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578130.33/cwt130.00–131.007533
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40553.17/cwt52.00–54.507473
CowsLean 85-90%1,02436.78/cwt35.00–40.003779
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273126.51/cwt119.00–130.003453
HeifersMedium and Large 1438126.79/cwt121.00–130.0055516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332120.77/cwt120.00–121.004014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488118.11/cwt115.00–125.005769
BullsMedium and Large 1436143.08/cwt140.00–145.006248
BullsMedium and Large 1718116.17/cwt104.00–123.008346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381125.00/cwt125.00–125.004767
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468128.38/cwt125.00–135.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558112.08/cwt110.00–118.006254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512117.05/cwt115.00–121.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy453115.00/cwt115.00–115.005213
SteersMedium and Large 1561132.21/cwt130.00–133.507428
HeifersMedium and Large 1515125.66/cwt121.00–131.0064715
HeifersMedium and Large 1646121.00/cwt121.00–121.0078211

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.