Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special three weeks ago, steer calves under 550 were lightly tested with 550-700 lbs selling steady and yearling steers 800-850 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone, feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady with 5 weights lightly tested and 6 pot loads of 650-700 lb heifers trading 10.00-12.00 higher than the pot loads from three weeks ago. Demand was very good on the pot loads of heifers and steers weighing 835-838 lbs with supply moderate. The six pot loads of heifers were all top quality with pot weighing 668 lbs at 284.50 , pot load weighing 662 lbs at 282.00 and two pot loads of yearling steers weighing 836-838 lb steers at 268.25. Slaughter cows on a lght test sold firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.79/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −143.73 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.

Average price

$288.79

61 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$15.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.29

vs MO average

+30.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	296.72	1,580	29
Medium and Large 1-2	569	281.61	1,602	32

One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about −$23 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

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 sale61 hd

288.79

—

MO average15 barns · 2,203 hd

278.50

+10.29

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

+30.99

This barn, trailing median19 sales

432.52

−143.73

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	1,678	170.54	2,862	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,770	154.56	2,736	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	146.67	2,090	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	142.86	1,668	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	120.96	1,165	17

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	—	—	1,835	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,652	1
Bulls	—	—	1,533	160.86/cwt	157.00–164.00	2,466	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	139.78/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,613	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,478	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	124.87/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,201	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	141.65/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,272	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,649	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	523	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,752	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	290.56/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,961	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	267.46/cwt	259.50–268.25	2,231	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	288.39/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	347.90/cwt	346.00–356.00	1,712	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	1,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	299.30/cwt	298.50–300.50	1,535	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	310.77/cwt	308.75–312.25	1,501	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	335.57/cwt	334.00–337.50	1,795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	274.48/cwt	270.00–276.00	2,092	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	362.33/cwt	361.00–366.00	1,757	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	330.91/cwt	329.50–333.00	1,919	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	274.35/cwt	274.00–274.50	1,750	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	323.54/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,323	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	295.75/cwt	294.50–297.00	1,881	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	279.10/cwt	275.00–284.50	1,870	453
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,650	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	155.01/cwt	146.00–162.00	1,865	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	146.95/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,098	6
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	830	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,934	7
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	866	233.25/cwt	233.25–233.25	2,020	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,789	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	279.71/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,625	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	112.36/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,102	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,770	154.56/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,736	2
Bulls	—	—	1,675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,015	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,759	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	157.26/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,246	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	119.36/cwt	111.00–128.00	1,681	2

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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