Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-04-05

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Apr 5
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 451▲ 257 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 113▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 38▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week, steers and heifers sold 2.00-6.00 higher on very light test. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher, bulls not tested; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.48/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$138.48
96 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.51
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485139.9767885
Medium and Large 1-2509126.9664611thin
One grade step is worth $13.02/cwt here — about $33 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 sale96 hd
138.48
—
MO average15 barns · 9,494 hd
143.00
−4.51
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—Average1,67182.131,3725thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15061.3470624
CowsLean 85-90%Average89039.103483thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 2—1,1001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,7501
Bulls——1,53570.06/cwt69.00–71.001,0752
Bulls——1,76290.17/cwt87.50–94.001,5893
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10257.37/cwt51.00–62.5063214
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21866.89/cwt63.50–72.5081510
CowsLean 85-90%—91547.15/cwt44.50–49.504312
SteersMedium and Large 1—462165.04/cwt160.00–175.007623
SteersMedium and Large 1—555156.42/cwt154.00–165.008685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—260151.77/cwt140.00–156.003954
SteersMedium and Large 1—417172.18/cwt159.00–183.007189
CowsLean 85-90%—84023.00/cwt23.00–23.001931
BullsMedium and Large 1—815111.00/cwt111.00–111.009053
SteersMedium and Large 1—518170.52/cwt157.00–175.508836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605127.83/cwt125.00–129.007736
BullsMedium and Large 1—683133.22/cwt118.00–149.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528138.15/cwt132.00–148.0072914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475140.71/cwt135.00–146.0066822
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—425191.00/cwt191.00–191.008123
SteersMedium and Large 1—322177.02/cwt174.00–186.005709
BullsMedium and Large 1—325177.00/cwt177.00–177.005753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—510126.00/cwt126.00–126.006433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—375173.12/cwt164.00–176.006494
SteersMedium and Large 1—295176.00/cwt176.00–176.005193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317151.04/cwt150.00–153.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007913
BullsMedium and Large 1—763125.00/cwt125.00–125.009543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—576130.57/cwt128.00–134.507525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465126.22/cwt121.00–129.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375149.26/cwt144.00–152.505607
SteersMedium and Large 1—715142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0196
BullsMedium and Large 1—513151.15/cwt131.00–158.5077513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—440121.67/cwt120.00–125.005353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,015918.13/cwt875.00–960.009,3192
BullsMedium and Large 1—713121.23/cwt119.00–122.008644
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—659129.00/cwt129.00–129.008503
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427146.07/cwt145.00–149.0062412
BullsMedium and Large 1—432150.41/cwt134.00–170.0065012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—265151.00/cwt151.00–151.004003
BullsMedium and Large 1—615135.64/cwt124.00–139.008347
BullsMedium and Large 1—464157.61/cwt150.00–165.007318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475143.71/cwt140.00–150.006836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571134.73/cwt130.00–140.0076914
Bred CowsMedium 2—9301,003.36/cwt875.00–1,125.009,3312
Bred CowsMedium 2—851767.18/cwt680.00–900.006,5296

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.