Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-700 lbs were lightly tested on a light offering with a pot load of 840 lb steers selling steady. Feeder heifers weighing 450-550 lbs sold with a higher undertone on light test with a pot load of 637 lb heifers trading 7.00 higher than a pot load of similar weight from last auction with 2 pot loads weighing 690 and 716 lbs traded steady with two weeks ago auction. Slaughter cows on a light offering sold with a lower undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.03/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −149.49 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.

Average price

$283.03

33 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$36.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.20

vs MO average

+46.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	291.83	1,550	25
Medium and Large 1-2	594	255.50	1,518	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.33/cwt here — about $32 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 sale33 hd

283.03

—

MO average15 barns · 1,949 hd

245.83

+37.20

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

+46.02

This barn, trailing median19 sales

432.52

−149.49

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	—	Low	1,793	143.95	2,581	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	128.52	1,900	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	124.19	1,578	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,875	124.00	2,325	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	114.36	1,247	8thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 2	650–700	681	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,518	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,808	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,720	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	258.06/cwt	255.00–258.50	1,574	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,590	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	263.87/cwt	262.75–265.00	1,647	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	266.25/cwt	266.25–266.25	1,832	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	1,393	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	233.50/cwt	232.25–235.25	1,882	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,235	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	2,085	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	276.28/cwt	276.00–276.50	1,713	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	647	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	275.89/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,611	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	222.10/cwt	222.10–222.10	1,863	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	305.69/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,599	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	253.10/cwt	253.10–253.10	1,746	79
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	1,535	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	291.72/cwt	290.25–293.00	1,639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	240.34/cwt	232.50–244.00	1,596	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,467	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	291.49/cwt	283.50–297.00	1,522	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,609	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	268.71/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,510	7
Bulls	—	—	1,793	143.95/cwt	137.00–152.00	2,581	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,875	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,325	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	131.61/cwt	128.00–135.00	2,031	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	126.97/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,836	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	123.46/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,377	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	105.26/cwt	95.00–113.00	1,122	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	122.36/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,559	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,706	1

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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