Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-03-15

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Mar 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 519 vs last sale 727▲ 69 vs year ago 139 · +49.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 98▲ 7 vs year ago 26 · +26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 62▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 7.00 lower to 4.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter cows sold steady bulls not tested; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.18/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$148.18
87 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.72
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527149.9579075
Medium and Large 1-2502137.1168812thin
One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $103 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 sale87 hd
148.18
—
MO average17 barns · 13,486 hd
149.90
−1.72
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—High1,77580.971,4383thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35756.067616thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12252.9459422
CowsLean 85-90%Low92538.513569thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2—431134.57/cwt130.00–136.005804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—534126.45/cwt125.00–131.006754
SteersMedium and Large 1—263171.02/cwt162.50–179.004506
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007593
SteersMedium and Large 1—415164.57/cwt160.00–173.0068310
SteersMedium and Large 1—336161.29/cwt160.00–167.005427
SteersMedium and Large 1—452156.00/cwt156.00–156.007053
SteersMedium and Large 1—588149.00/cwt149.00–149.008763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424135.41/cwt126.00–142.005749
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375141.75/cwt141.00–142.005324
SteersMedium and Large 1—903112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0113
SteersMedium and Large 1—840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 1—557124.20/cwt124.00–125.006925
BullsMedium and Large 1—863100.00/cwt100.00–100.008633
SteersMedium and Large 1—790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009323
SteersMedium and Large 1—684155.05/cwt133.00–162.001,0614
BullsMedium and Large 1—680121.00/cwt118.00–122.008234
SteersMedium and Large 1—513158.30/cwt157.00–162.0081216
SteersMedium and Large 1—619132.56/cwt127.00–140.0082114
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11359.13/cwt58.00–61.006584
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10852.25/cwt46.50–57.0057917
CowsLean 85-90%—77022.00/cwt22.00–22.001691
CowsLean 85-90%—95738.34/cwt29.00–47.503676
CowsLean 85-90%—90847.29/cwt46.50–48.004292
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31354.37/cwt52.00–56.007144
Bulls——1,91386.71/cwt86.00–87.501,6592
Bulls——1,50069.50/cwt69.50–69.501,0431
BullsMedium and Large 1—359160.00/cwt160.00–160.005746
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,225750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,1881
Bred CowsMedium 2—795826.84/cwt775.00–880.006,5732
HeifersLarge 1—540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006754
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—746119.00/cwt119.00–119.008889
Bred CowsMedium 2—878785.46/cwt600.00–1,060.006,8963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—329137.46/cwt135.00–140.004527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—588136.73/cwt135.00–138.508046
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44559.44/cwt57.50–61.508592
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39040.00/cwt40.00–40.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695122.00/cwt122.00–122.008483
BullsMedium and Large 1—566134.65/cwt133.00–135.007626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006793
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—723105.34/cwt105.00–106.007623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,165875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,1941
BullsMedium and Large 1—505144.67/cwt142.00–150.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480138.00/cwt138.00–138.006623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005853
SteersMedium and Large 1—375162.24/cwt160.00–167.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335143.30/cwt140.00–145.0048010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005503
HeifersMedium and Large 1—706118.31/cwt110.00–120.008356
BullsMedium and Large 1—485150.79/cwt150.00–151.0073114

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.