Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Mar 1
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
281 vs last sale 139 223 vs year ago 197 · +113.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
42 vs last sale 27 26 vs year ago 43 · +60.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
7 vs last sale 5 2 vs year ago 10 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks small offering, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.92/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$140.92
159 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.28
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600140.93845153
Medium and Large 1-2422140.735936thin
One grade step is worth $0.20/cwt here — about $252 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 sale159 hd
140.92
MO average19 barns · 20,492 hd
150.20
−9.28
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
BullsHigh1,87774.641,4013thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55058.999145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11654.2760645
CowsLean 85-90%Average92641.583859thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1373133.79/cwt128.00–136.004998
HeifersMedium and Large 1809118.00/cwt118.00–118.009557
HeifersMedium and Large 1283139.18/cwt138.00–141.003944
HeifersMedium and Large 1469126.57/cwt125.00–129.0059411
HeifersMedium and Large 1527125.24/cwt120.00–128.0066018
BullsMedium and Large 1704118.81/cwt118.00–120.008365
SteersMedium and Large 1481161.61/cwt155.00–168.0077714
HeifersMedium and Large 1432131.70/cwt125.00–136.0056928
SteersMedium and Large 11,045116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2123
SteersMedium and Large 1268165.98/cwt160.00–181.0044510
BullsMedium and Large 1435151.14/cwt145.00–158.006573
SteersMedium and Large 1920122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1223
SteersMedium and Large 1432168.15/cwt161.00–171.007267
SteersMedium and Large 1381166.99/cwt156.00–170.006366
SteersMedium and Large 1765122.47/cwt115.00–125.009374
SteersMedium and Large 1815123.38/cwt121.00–125.001,0069
BullsMedium and Large 1639125.00/cwt125.00–125.007994
BullsMedium and Large 1524140.81/cwt125.00–156.007384
HeifersMedium and Large 1320136.42/cwt130.00–145.004378
SteersMedium and Large 1569145.05/cwt133.00–149.008255
SteersMedium and Large 1527152.78/cwt142.00–160.008057
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,260670.00/cwt670.00–670.008,4421
Bulls2,49080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,9921
Bulls1,57071.96/cwt70.00–75.001,1302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19360.43/cwt59.50–65.5072110
CowsLean 85-90%92641.58/cwt31.00–48.003859
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65060.00/cwt60.00–60.009903
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40057.47/cwt57.00–58.008052
Bred CowsMedium 2975500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,8751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09452.51/cwt48.00–57.0057435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466115.15/cwt110.00–125.005376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005203
BullsMedium and Large 1764115.00/cwt115.00–115.008794
BullsMedium and Large 1675119.47/cwt115.00–121.008064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,155605.32/cwt550.00–690.006,9913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,268631.81/cwt490.00–750.008,0113
BullsMedium and Large 1377159.99/cwt145.00–168.0060323
BullsMedium and Large 1579134.46/cwt125.00–142.0077919
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,220797.30/cwt710.00–860.009,7272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,285837.57/cwt835.00–840.0010,7632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2459130.04/cwt125.00–135.005976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345122.00/cwt122.00–122.004213
SteersMedium and Large 1674130.69/cwt126.00–136.0088124
HeifersMedium and Large 1625122.29/cwt115.00–125.0076416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567114.64/cwt112.00–120.006503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288145.45/cwt130.00–157.004193
HeifersMedium and Large 1720118.27/cwt116.00–122.008527
HeifersMedium and Large 1693118.02/cwt115.00–120.008185
HeifersMedium and Large 11,008100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0083
SteersMedium and Large 1723125.42/cwt121.00–129.0090716
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380137.00/cwt137.00–137.005213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555136.00/cwt136.00–136.007553
BullsMedium and Large 1490155.70/cwt140.00–159.007639
SteersMedium and Large 1645132.11/cwt125.00–133.0085237
SteersMedium and Large 1327165.00/cwt165.00–165.005408
HeifersMedium and Large 1562125.51/cwt121.00–129.0070523

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.