Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 550-600 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher, with 500-550 bs selling 3.00-5.00 higher, 600-650 lb steers were lightly tested, with 650-700 lbs selling steady to firm, 700-750 lb sold 2.00-3.00 higher over 750 lbs were lightly tested. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 higher, with 500-600 lbs selling 5.00-7.00 higher and 600-650 lbs trading firm to 2.00 higher and 650-700 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons. Some exceptionally strong prices for steers calves weighing 400-600 lbs as quality was very good with overall a very active market on yearlings offered with five pot loads of 6 weight heifers and heifer calves weighing 450-600 lbs all sold with good demand with supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.92/cwt on 753 head.

Average price

$161.92

753 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$14.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.77

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	164.75	1,005	608
Medium and Large 1-2	560	150.09	841	145

One grade step is worth $14.66/cwt here — about $164 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 sale753 hd

161.92

—

MO average14 barns · 11,250 hd

151.16

+10.77

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	—	Low	1,727	80.46	1,389	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,845	71.16	1,313	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,519	61.21	930	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,272	53.44	680	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,047	46.40	486	31

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	143.94/cwt	143.00–147.00	691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	159.13/cwt	155.50–162.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	164.14/cwt	163.60–165.25	1,092	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	161.72/cwt	158.50–165.00	834	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	157.86/cwt	150.00–162.00	990	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	204.55/cwt	202.00–211.00	867	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	194.10/cwt	191.00–195.00	823	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	468	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,069	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,305	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	168.03/cwt	164.00–176.00	1,027	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	190.46/cwt	187.00–194.00	924	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	414	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	184.47/cwt	177.00–189.00	1,068	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	172.80/cwt	168.50–174.00	1,168	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	202.14/cwt	199.50–205.00	1,033	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	168.14/cwt	166.50–170.50	1,190	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	933	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,391	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	211.49/cwt	208.00–215.00	979	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	159.09/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,048	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	203.50/cwt	202.00–205.00	704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	192.77/cwt	185.00–197.00	997	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	688	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	159.95/cwt	157.00–165.00	737	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	164.38/cwt	160.00–165.50	962	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	149.27/cwt	142.50–155.00	830	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	194.75/cwt	194.75–194.75	1,096	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,090	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	146.52/cwt	144.00–155.00	788	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	159.63/cwt	158.00–160.50	1,026	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	167.33/cwt	162.50–168.85	1,042	200
Bulls	—	—	1,728	79.19/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,368	8
Bulls	—	—	1,723	83.85/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,445	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	44.51/cwt	44.00–45.00	578	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	63.89/cwt	61.00–68.50	861	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	50.26/cwt	46.00–53.00	632	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	62.37/cwt	59.00–66.00	964	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	56.11/cwt	54.00–60.00	712	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	34.60/cwt	30.00–40.00	332	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,845	71.16/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,313	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	70.20/cwt	68.50–72.00	1,081	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	53.66/cwt	51.00–57.00	788	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	53.31/cwt	50.00–57.00	574	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	45.73/cwt	43.00–48.50	488	11

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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