Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-05-03

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, May 3
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
103 vs last sale 343 3 vs year ago 243 · 1.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
33 vs last sale 38 30 vs year ago 41 · +73.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
17 vs last sale 20 7 vs year ago 10 · 70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher on a light run. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.46/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$122.46
83 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.13
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448128.8857849
Medium and Large 1-2505113.1957134
One grade step is worth $15.69/cwt here — about $7 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 sale83 hd
122.46
MO average17 barns · 7,007 hd
136.58
−14.13
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
BullsHigh1,87090.031,68412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18158.8869534
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45558.838563thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89249.094387thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2677107.63/cwt105.00–112.007293
BullsMedium and Large 1577129.29/cwt125.00–133.007463
SteersMedium and Large 1650128.00/cwt127.00–130.008323
SteersMedium and Large 1579133.47/cwt132.00–135.007737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563107.96/cwt104.00–116.0060810
HeifersMedium and Large 1473130.61/cwt125.00–136.006184
BullsMedium and Large 1440140.91/cwt137.00–149.006203
BullsMedium and Large 1389154.00/cwt154.00–154.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 1323138.99/cwt134.00–143.004493
SteersMedium and Large 1607134.66/cwt134.00–135.008173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2781103.63/cwt98.00–105.008095
HeifersMedium and Large 1379132.06/cwt129.00–136.0050111
HeifersMedium and Large 1260138.00/cwt138.00–138.003593
SteersMedium and Large 1479153.58/cwt150.00–161.0073613
SteersMedium and Large 1429161.36/cwt152.00–170.0069210
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59556.50/cwt56.50–56.509012
SteersMedium and Large 1336153.41/cwt148.00–156.005155
HeifersMedium and Large 1563119.86/cwt115.00–122.006759
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24363.82/cwt60.00–67.5079316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12554.49/cwt49.00–60.0061318
CowsLean 85-90%78535.00/cwt35.00–35.002751
CowsLean 85-90%95848.66/cwt46.00–53.004664
Bulls1,87890.90/cwt83.50–95.001,70711
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,1251
Dairy SteersLarge 329091.50/cwt91.50–91.5026516
CowsLean 85-90%81357.00/cwt57.00–57.004632
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,17563.50/cwt63.50–63.507461
Bulls1,78580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,4371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629104.98/cwt100.00–110.006604
BullsMedium and Large 1638128.96/cwt128.00–132.008234
SteersMedium and Large 1290159.00/cwt159.00–159.004613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,315835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1519129.98/cwt125.00–137.0067515
BullsMedium and Large 1471143.38/cwt128.00–153.006756
BullsMedium and Large 1-2586111.74/cwt102.00–119.0065511
Bred CowsMedium 2915500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528107.56/cwt103.00–109.005684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343125.00/cwt125.00–125.004293
BullsMedium and Large 1-2543126.00/cwt126.00–126.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 1428129.60/cwt125.00–134.005559
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450144.00/cwt144.00–144.006483
SteersMedium and Large 1383150.94/cwt143.00–160.0057810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425120.39/cwt120.00–122.005125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432135.68/cwt135.00–137.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 1524126.41/cwt115.00–134.0066210
SteersMedium and Large 1532148.49/cwt135.00–154.007906
BullsMedium and Large 1-282090.00/cwt90.00–90.007383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468117.73/cwt115.00–122.005518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740107.00/cwt107.00–107.007923

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.