Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2024-12-17

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Dec 17
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,368 head
598 vs last sale 1,770 867 vs year ago 1,501 · +57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
30 vs last sale 45 50 vs year ago 125 · 40.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 28, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, a light test of 400-450 lb steers sold with a sharply higher undertone, with 450-600 lb steers selling fully steady to firm, spots 3.00-5.00 higher on the 550-600 lb steers, 600-700 lbs sold firm to 6.00 higher with over 700 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady, with 500-550 lbs trading 3.00-7.00 higher, 550-700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 6 pot loads of 700-735 lb heifers all trading with a higher undertone, a pot load of 759 lb heifers off the same consignment and weighing the same as two weeks ago sold 5.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate to heavy offering of feeders with thirteen pot loads of yearlings steers and heifers weighing 650-765 lbs all sold on a very active market with a top quality offering along with the steers and heifer calves. Stick out sales included 81 head of fancy blk 659 lb steers at 316.00, pot load 697 lb steers at 292.00, pot load 763 lb steers at 275.25, 230 head of heifers averaging 725 lbs sold for 266.75 and a pot load heifers weighing 695 lbs sold for 277.00. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.89/cwt on 164 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 136.63 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.
Average price
$295.89
164 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.59
vs MO average
+10.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533299.521,595146
Medium and Large 1-2588266.501,56618thin
One grade step is worth $33.02/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale164 hd
295.89
MO average15 barns · 2,654 hd
276.30
+19.59
National average180 barns · 17,940 hd
284.95
+10.94
This barn, trailing median19 sales
432.52
−136.63
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
BullsHigh1,930159.753,0832thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,735130.692,2684thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,509122.241,84420
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,259116.571,46715
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093103.781,13410

Every lot, as filed

59 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700687240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6494
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550547272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4883
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6484
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600561275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5434
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600590248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4633
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724265.02/cwt260.50–266.751,919378
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500452400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650636284.92/cwt281.00–290.001,81223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586288.81/cwt279.00–297.001,69228
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477376.17/cwt366.00–390.001,79440
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550536346.39/cwt336.00–366.001,85746
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680268.58/cwt256.00–274.001,82629
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374350.20/cwt339.00–362.501,3106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521300.46/cwt289.00–317.501,5659
SteersMedium 1-2500–550539274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4775
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700682293.69/cwt292.00–304.002,003177
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573329.74/cwt327.50–333.001,88956
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700659316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,08281
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425424.80/cwt410.00–430.001,80515
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721287.66/cwt276.00–290.002,074146
SteersLarge 1Fleshy750–800763236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8014
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500488285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3919
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450412320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3183
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524302.59/cwt298.00–307.501,586124
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625301.53/cwt294.50–317.501,88587
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800764273.92/cwt268.50–275.252,09387
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750706255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8005
CowsLean 85-90%1,072111.42/cwt109.00–115.001,1943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,272108.52/cwt105.00–114.001,3805
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,5361
CowsLean 85-90%1,10088.00/cwt88.00–88.009681
CowsLean 85-90%1,102102.59/cwt97.00–105.001,1316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,496128.65/cwt125.00–133.001,9259
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,480108.64/cwt103.00–112.001,6084
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,541121.78/cwt117.00–124.001,8777
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258119.77/cwt117.00–123.001,5079
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,670124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,0711
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,757132.92/cwt130.00–135.002,3353
Bulls1,885167.50/cwt167.50–167.503,1571
Bulls1,975152.00/cwt152.00–152.003,0021
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450439321.57/cwt321.00–323.001,41210
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368355.54/cwt355.00–356.001,3089
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800759260.75/cwt260.75–260.751,97976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478301.57/cwt300.50–303.001,4429
HeifersLarge 2450–500471270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2728
HeifersLarge 2400–450435281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700653258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,68511
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700683275.17/cwt270.75–277.001,879182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy650–700655225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2293
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621274.25/cwt274.25–274.251,70327
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469318.38/cwt313.00–324.001,49336
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600581304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,7663
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700658285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8755
HeifersLarge 1600–650623260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587270.20/cwt270.00–271.001,58615
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600581282.19/cwt279.00–288.001,64022

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.