Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher with 500-600 lbs trading steady to firm and 600-700 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold steady with 3 pot loads of 650-700 lb heifers selling 5.00 lower than the pot loads from two weeks ago. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a light test. Demand was good on a moderate offering with and active market on the 450-650 lb steers. Several pot load sales included three pot loads (240 head) of 673-689 lb heifers at 257.25 and a pot load heifers weighing 714 lbs at 255.10. Feeder Cattle futures took a tumble on Tuesday closing with sharp losses with May thru November down 3.45 to 4.32 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.01/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −167.51 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.

Average price

$265.01

114 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$4.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.13

vs MO average

−3.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	265.78	1,531	93
Medium and Large 1-2	566	261.61	1,482	21

One grade step is worth $4.17/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale114 hd

265.01

—

MO average17 barns · 2,455 hd

273.15

−8.13

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−3.37

This barn, trailing median19 sales

432.52

−167.51

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	1,829	156.43	2,861	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	132.55	1,960	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,239	126.99	1,574	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	114.69	1,205	8thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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%	—	1,225	132.60/cwt	127.50–139.00	1,624	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	115.96/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,447	2
Bulls	—	—	1,826	150.47/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,748	4
Bulls	—	—	1,885	164.49/cwt	161.00–168.00	3,101	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	92.95/cwt	91.00–95.00	909	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	257.33/cwt	257.25–257.75	1,740	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	306.84/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,915	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	355.79/cwt	341.00–365.00	1,722	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	333.83/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,769	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	483	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	284.56/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	310.02/cwt	306.00–314.00	1,367	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	327.85/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,220	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	303.96/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,459	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	262.77/cwt	260.50–268.00	1,535	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	257.15/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,502	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	285.90/cwt	278.50–300.00	1,501	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	260.16/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,584	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,740	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	271.11/cwt	266.50–273.50	1,949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	270.53/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,437	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	236.02/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	293.49/cwt	292.50–296.00	1,400	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	319.52/cwt	316.00–323.00	1,559	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	345.90/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,294	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	317.53/cwt	313.00–329.00	1,829	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	255.10/cwt	255.10–255.10	1,821	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,066	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,401	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,705	5
Bulls	—	—	1,560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,184	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	132.55/cwt	129.50–135.00	1,960	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	123.93/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,336	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	123.38/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,545	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	597	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,531	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	277.57/cwt	269.25–288.00	1,865	58

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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