Patton - Patton Junction Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle and Cow auction for 12/8/2014

Receipts:  1072    Last Week:  1064    Last Year:  No Sale

************Due to the Holidays there will be no sales Dec 22 and 
Dec 29 ****************

   Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs and heifers under 400 lbs 
sold steady to 4.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 4.00-8.00 
lower.  Slaughter cow sold steady and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand 
uneven and supply moderate.  Cows made up approximately 22 percent of 
the run, 78 percent feeders.  Steers made up approximately 39 percent 
of the offering, 46 percent heifers with 15 percent feeder bulls.  Offerings 
over 600 lbs totaled around 20 percent.

   Feeder Steers:  Medium and Large 1  few 250-300 lbs 330.00-365.00; 300-
400 lbs 312.50-345.00; 400-450 lbs 285.00-312.50; 450-500 lbs 265.00-
270.00; 500-525 lbs 266.00-292.00; 550-600 lbs 245.00-266.00; 600-675 lbs 
231.00-256.00; few 700-750 lbs 217.00-220.00; few 825-900 lbs 200.00-
205.00.  Medium and Large 1-2  few 250-300 lbs 280.50-317.50; 300-400 lbs 
275.00-315.00; 400-500 lbs 255.00-277.50; few 500-600 lbs 233.00-262.50; 
pkg 699 lbs 222.00; fleshy pkg 685 lbs 220.00; few 700-775 lbs 205.00-
215.00; pkg 859 lbs 205.00; pkg 940 lbs 183.00.  Large 1  pkg 534 lbs 
251.00.  Medium 2  pkg 318 lbs 255.00; pkg 498 lbs 182.00.

   Feeder Heifers:  Medium and Large 1  pkg 250-300 lbs 300.00-320.00; 300-
400 lbs 277.50-317.00; 300-400 lbs 277.50-317.00; 400-500 lbs 248.00-267.50; 
500-600 lbs 219.00-242.50; 600-650 lbs 217.50-233.00; pkg 777 lbs 210.00.  
Medium and Large 1-2  300-400 lbs 245.00-270.00; 400-500 lbs 225.00-259.00; 
500-575 lbs 210.00-232.00; few 650-675 lbs 200.00-212.50; fleshy pkg 688 lbs 
182.50; fleshy pkg 708 lbs 175.00; few 750-775 lbs 190.00-205.00; pkg 830 lbs 
190.00.  Large  1  few 550-600 lbs 211.00-230.00; few 725-800 lbs 175.00-
186.00; pkg 853 lbs 175.00.  Medium 2  few 350-400 lbs 220.00-235.00; pkg 
460 lbs 210.00; pkg 530 lbs 220.00.

   Feeder Bulls:  Medium and Large 1  400-475 lbs 273.00-320.00; 500-600 lbs 
242.50-270.00; 600-650 lbs 228.00-247.50; few 700-800 lbs 209.00-216.00.  
Medium and Large 1-2  few 450-500 lbs 245.00-270.00; pkg 585 lbs 215.00; 
few 625-700 lbs 210.00-215.00; pkg 708 lbs 200.00; few 800-875 lbs 187.50-
203.00.  Medium 2  pkg 590 lbs 223.00.

 Slaughter Cows:  Pct Lean   Avg Dressing     High Dressing    Low Dressing
Breaking                  75-80  few         98.00-106.00   109.00-120.00   
Boning                     80-85 few        100.00-107.50   109.00-114.00  
Lean                         85-90 few         85.00-95.00      103.00-109.00 

   Slaughter Bulls:  Yield Grade 1-2   few 1535-2300 lbs Bulk 117.00-122.00. 
High Dressing 123.00-132.00. 
 
   Stocker Cows:  Medium 2 few 3-4 yrs old, 895-993 lbs, 139.00-166.00.
  
   Replacement Cows:  3-7 yrs old, 920-1345 lbs, 2nd and 3rd stage, 1700.00-
2500.00 per head.   Short and solid, 945-1602 lbs, 2nd and 3rd stage, 1675.00-
1850.00 per head.
    
   Cow-calf pairs:  Medium and Large 1-2:  4-7 yr old, 940-1360 lbs with 120-
380 lbs calf, 2200.00-3000.00 per pair.

Source:  MO Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Patton, MO
         Dennis Nagel, Market Reporter, (573) 751-5618
         State Wide Market Hotline 1-573-522-9244
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS152.txt

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