Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing 400-650 lbs sold steady to firm, with 650-700 lbs selling 5.00-8.00 higher and a pot load of 805 lb steers sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold steady on a lighter offering with a couple of top quality large strings of 550-605 lb heifers trading with higher undertone, three pot loads of 670-687 lb heifers sold steady with last week's pot load, and a pot load of 711 lb heifers sold near 4.00 higher than last week's pot load of similar quality and weight. Demand was good on a moderate supply with several stick-out sales a pot load of 804 lb steers sold for 256.75, 60 head of blk heifers weighing 602 sold at 287.75 and a pot load of 711 lb heifers at 257.75. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.18/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −150.34 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.

Average price

$282.18

131 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$21.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.39

vs MO average

+6.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	287.87	1,579	96
Medium and Large 1-2	557	266.59	1,484	35

One grade step is worth $21.27/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.89, low $398.38, median $432.52 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale131 hd

282.18

—

MO average16 barns · 2,775 hd

272.79

+9.39

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

+6.01

This barn, trailing median19 sales

432.52

−150.34

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	2,116	144.85	3,065	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	2,010	123.00	2,472	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	118.36	1,748	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	116.49	1,445	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	113.34	1,222	3thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	110.69/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,308	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	118.56/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,495	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	112.83/cwt	110.50–114.00	1,654	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	122.05/cwt	115.50–129.00	1,811	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	113.34/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,222	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	2,010	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	319.33/cwt	307.50–325.25	1,807	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	288.21/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,542	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	711	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,009	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	338.97/cwt	330.25–348.75	1,641	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	274.75/cwt	274.75–274.75	1,731	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	284.73/cwt	281.50–291.50	1,925	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	257.75/cwt	257.75–257.75	1,833	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	260.19/cwt	258.75–261.60	1,772	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	304.78/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,490	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,228	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,315	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	301.13/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,879	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	336.39/cwt	327.00–348.00	1,759	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,023	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	257.57/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	284.60/cwt	281.00–285.50	1,392	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,953	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	349.17/cwt	336.00–353.00	1,456	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	329.15/cwt	326.50–337.50	1,287	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,040	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	249.80/cwt	243.00–255.50	1,921	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	260.48/cwt	252.50–263.00	1,521	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	2,064	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	254.43/cwt	248.50–256.50	1,745	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,664	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	261.21/cwt	258.00–264.50	1,761	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,531	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	262.10/cwt	260.50–265.00	2,013	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	331.48/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,107	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	321.69/cwt	321.00–323.00	1,255	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	320.60/cwt	306.00–325.00	1,468	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	273.85/cwt	270.00–276.50	1,435	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,387	5
Bulls	—	—	2,195	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	3,040	1
Bulls	—	—	2,090	146.96/cwt	146.00–148.50	3,071	3
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	755	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,899	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	602	287.75/cwt	287.75–287.75	1,732	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	287.75/cwt	287.75–287.75	1,591	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	608	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,751	4

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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