Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-550 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone compared to a much lighter offering from two weeks ago, 600-650 lbs sold steady to firm and over 650 lbs sold with a higher undertone on the pot loads of 7 weight steers. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with 500-550 lbs steady and a pot load of 661 lb heifers sold 3.00 higher than pot load similar weight and quality from two weeks ago. Several stick out sales with a pot load of top quality steers weighing 707 lbs at 279.75, a pot load of steers weighing 756 lbs at 264.10 and pot load of heifers weighing 661 lbs at 262.10. Slaughter cows sold on a very active market trading firm to 5.00 higher with a very good offering of high dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.25/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −161.97 against this barn's trailing median of $480.22.

Average price

$318.25

117 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

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

$98.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.46

vs MO average

+13.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	332.65	1,752	86
Medium and Large 1-2	571	284.88	1,627	27
Medium and Large 2	598	234.00	1,399	4thin

One grade step is worth $98.65/cwt here — about $353 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.88, low $443.66, median $480.22 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 sale117 hd

318.25

—

MO average16 barns · 2,807 hd

302.80

+15.46

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+13.86

This barn, trailing median19 sales

480.22

−161.97

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	—	High	2,036	166.08	3,381	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,699	141.11	2,397	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	136.26	2,023	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	129.04	1,596	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	109.80	1,121	16

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1-2Fleshy	600–650	605	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	267.60/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,830	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	379	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	997	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	285.73/cwt	279.00–289.50	1,774	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	262.10/cwt	262.10–262.10	1,732	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	297.47/cwt	291.50–308.00	1,871	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	294.55/cwt	292.00–296.00	1,272	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	243.71/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,521	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,667	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,055	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	321.23/cwt	315.50–326.00	1,253	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	349.62/cwt	338.00–358.00	1,643	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	253.03/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,478	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,673	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	713	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	2,078	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	301.34/cwt	301.00–302.00	1,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,360	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	284.63/cwt	270.50–289.50	1,918	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,792	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	134.64/cwt	126.00–143.00	1,686	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	94.14/cwt	91.00–99.00	892	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	125.03/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,298	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	111.03/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,336	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,699	141.11/cwt	135.00–148.00	2,397	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	79.52/cwt	79.00–80.00	783	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	139.56/cwt	134.00–149.00	2,074	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	127.29/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,884	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	122.40/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,488	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	110.02/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,170	4
Bulls	—	—	1,916	175.84/cwt	172.00–181.00	3,369	4
Bulls	—	—	2,195	153.06/cwt	150.00–159.00	3,360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	300.75/cwt	300.75–300.75	1,320	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	264.10/cwt	264.10–264.10	1,997	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	279.75/cwt	279.75–279.75	1,978	73
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	358	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	927	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	650–700	677	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,320	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	821	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,782	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,307	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	327.96/cwt	325.00–331.00	1,092	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	261.78/cwt	259.00–264.50	1,866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	305.90/cwt	299.50–314.50	1,432	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	283.25/cwt	278.50–288.00	1,484	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	340.78/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,748	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,341	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	329.06/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,412	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	237.25/cwt	237.25–237.25	1,739	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,031	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	601	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,394	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	288.48/cwt	279.00–294.00	1,676	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,233	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	572	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,330	8

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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