Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm on a light test, 500-600 lbs sold 4.00-7.00 lower, with 600-650 lbs selling steady to 3.00 lower and 650-800 lbs trading with a steady to firm undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold unevenly steady, 550-650 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher and 650-700 lbs steady to firm. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate. Many new crop calves in the offering mostly steers weighing 450-650 lbs and heifers weighing 400-550 lbs. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.83/cwt on 505 head.

Average price

$171.83

505 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$44.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.11

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	499	176.07	879	75
Medium and Large 1	603	172.71	1,042	413
Medium and Large 2	729	131.87	962	17thin

One grade step is worth $44.20/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale505 hd

171.83

—

MO average20 barns · 10,774 hd

167.72

+4.11

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,825	83.45	1,523	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,785	74.00	1,321	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	60.42	765	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,488	60.31	897	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,034	52.89	547	25

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Lolli Brothers Livestock Market - Macon, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	160.53/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,137	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	162.63/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,085	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	168.09/cwt	165.50–170.00	1,051	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	169.95/cwt	169.00–172.75	962	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	136.66/cwt	134.00–138.50	972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	154.12/cwt	153.60–155.00	752	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	163.72/cwt	160.00–170.00	696	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	156.38/cwt	153.00–159.00	971	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	158.45/cwt	156.00–160.50	924	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	143.35/cwt	142.25–148.50	978	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	537	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	752	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	160.49/cwt	155.50–163.50	602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	148.89/cwt	144.00–155.00	712	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	144.68/cwt	143.00–145.00	906	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	144.59/cwt	139.50–148.00	818	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	150.40/cwt	146.00–151.10	775	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	157.13/cwt	154.00–160.00	674	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	415	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	880	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	163.50/cwt	161.00–164.50	956	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	200.39/cwt	196.00–204.00	840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	176.57/cwt	173.75–182.00	943	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	192.16/cwt	186.25–196.50	926	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	156.32/cwt	154.75–162.00	1,207	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	540	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	186.00/cwt	185.00–187.50	820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	743	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	188.86/cwt	186.00–195.00	642	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	163.86/cwt	160.00–166.00	921	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	181.98/cwt	180.00–184.50	884	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	174.88/cwt	171.00–177.50	918	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	854	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	957	8
Bulls	—	—	1,825	83.45/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,523	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	57.50/cwt	53.50–59.50	722	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	62.83/cwt	60.00–67.00	800	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	63.34/cwt	62.00–67.00	912	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	57.28/cwt	55.00–60.00	880	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	42.88/cwt	38.00–44.50	429	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	60.27/cwt	58.00–63.00	661	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	53.08/cwt	49.00–56.50	542	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,785	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,321	1

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.

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