Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2024-04-02

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Apr 2
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,340 head
335 vs last sale 1,675 155 vs year ago 1,495 · 10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
3 vs last sale 64 9 vs year ago 76 · 11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 5 weight steers trading with a lower undertone on a light test with more new crop calves and quality and condition not as good as last week, 600-650 lb sold steady and over 650 lbs not tested on a light offering. Feeder heifers weighing 500-600 lbs sold steady, with 600-650 lbs not tested with last week and 5 pot loads of 675-703 lb heifers selling steady to firm with last week's pot load lots. Slaughter cows on a light offering sold steady. Demand was moderate to good best on the 4 weight calves and pot loads of yearling heifers with one pot load of 676 lb heifers selling at 259.00 and a pot load weighing 703 lbs at 257.75.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.37/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 159.15 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.
Average price
$273.37
54 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.68
vs MO average
+2.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554274.801,52251
Medium and Large 1-2545249.001,3573thin
One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
476445415384median 432.5212/1602/0303/3106/0208/11
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 sale54 hd
273.37
MO average16 barns · 1,594 hd
269.69
+3.68
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
+2.78
This barn, trailing median19 sales
432.52
−159.15
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
BullsLow1,732149.122,5835thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,517128.711,95222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235122.961,51821
CowsLean 85-90%Average980116.811,1448thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,279131.83/cwt127.00–137.001,6869
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220112.27/cwt107.00–114.001,3705
Bulls1,613133.27/cwt129.00–137.002,1502
Bulls1,555155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,4101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,546135.63/cwt129.00–142.002,09711
CowsLean 85-90%970109.93/cwt106.00–114.001,0664
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550536319.59/cwt317.50–320.251,71343
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600590313.50/cwt313.50–313.501,85015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450421331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3943
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500478295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4103
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650636253.73/cwt253.25–255.751,61492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy650–700657229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,5085
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462344.43/cwt333.50–350.001,59125
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400394331.50/cwt331.50–331.501,30615
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800788232.65/cwt230.00–234.751,83318
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550537281.60/cwt276.75–300.001,51225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618253.25/cwt253.25–253.251,5659
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600593296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,7558
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700686255.04/cwt251.85–259.001,750315
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623296.72/cwt293.50–304.501,84948
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570268.27/cwt266.75–271.001,52926
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750703257.75/cwt257.75–257.751,81271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672238.33/cwt231.00–241.001,60221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,8387
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530297.97/cwt290.50–305.501,57920
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550525291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,5284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375318.74/cwt312.50–327.501,1955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5096
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500459279.46/cwt274.00–285.001,2836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,90211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750738245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,80810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700652265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2623
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425352.16/cwt334.00–373.001,49717
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750707274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,9417
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500490301.45/cwt290.00–310.001,47747
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450439315.33/cwt310.00–318.001,3849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1753
Bulls1,940162.04/cwt161.00–163.003,1442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,487121.80/cwt115.00–128.001,81111
CowsLean 85-90%989123.68/cwt117.00–131.001,2234
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189119.18/cwt115.00–125.001,4177
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650634265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,68016
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700683275.72/cwt274.50–276.501,88313

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.