Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-06-21

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Jun 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
76 vs last sale 218 122 vs year ago 264 · 46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
30 vs last sale 63 3 vs year ago 30 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
18 vs last sale 20 4 vs year ago 6 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeders in the offering to make a trend comparison due everyone making hay. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-5.00 higher; Demand not established and supply very light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.59/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$137.59
57 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.96
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469140.2665747
Small 1486134.006514thin
Medium and Large 1-2543119.006466thin
One grade step is worth $21.26/cwt here — about $12 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 sale57 hd
137.59
MO average15 barns · 6,873 hd
141.54
−3.96
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
BullsAverage1,56592.931,4546thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54273.021,1265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20568.1782122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08059.006371thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54273.02/cwt70.50–75.501,1265
CowsLean 85-90%1,08059.00/cwt59.00–59.006371
Bulls1,45689.78/cwt80.00–94.001,3074
Bulls1,78399.23/cwt97.00–101.001,7692
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12163.85/cwt60.50–68.0071611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28872.49/cwt70.00–79.0093411
HeifersMedium and Large 1353147.00/cwt147.00–147.005193
SteersMedium and Large 1382152.19/cwt150.00–155.005819
BullsMedium and Large 1585131.84/cwt129.00–134.007717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2275145.00/cwt145.00–145.003993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005063
HeifersMedium and Large 1630125.00/cwt125.00–125.007883
HeifersMedium and Large 1487140.26/cwt129.00–145.0068325
SteersMedium and Large 1702135.00/cwt135.00–135.009486
HeifersSmall 1486134.00/cwt134.00–134.006514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2902109.00/cwt108.00–112.009834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008503
HeifersMedium and Large 1538134.48/cwt133.00–136.007246
BullsMedium and Large 1509136.72/cwt132.00–140.0069612
HeifersMedium and Large 1250145.00/cwt145.00–145.003633
BullsMedium and Large 1-292098.00/cwt98.00–98.009023
SteersMedium and Large 1870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0443
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,255975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,2361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,055900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4951
SteersMedium and Large 1289162.00/cwt162.00–162.004685
SteersMedium and Large 1500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005813
SteersMedium and Large 1634136.18/cwt135.00–140.008634
BullsMedium and Large 1675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008444
BullsMedium and Large 1646125.00/cwt125.00–125.008085
HeifersMedium and Large 1417146.86/cwt140.00–153.006127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580123.00/cwt123.00–123.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525131.00/cwt131.00–131.006883

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.