Name: Lolli Brothers Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-600 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 higher, with 600-700 lb steers selling mostly steady on a much lighter offering than two weeks ago, 700-800 lbs traded steady to firm. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold 8.00-12.00 higher with 600-800 lbs trading steady to firm. Demand was good on a moderate offering with a nice quality offering of calves and yearlings that included three pot loads of 745-768 lb heifers and pot load of 716 lb steers. The pot loads of heifers included two pot loads weighing 745-748 lbs at 269.00, pot load 768 lbs at 263.00 and pot load of steers weighing 716 lbs at 304.25. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher than two weeks ago.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.62/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −126.90 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.

Average price

$305.62

121 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$30.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs MO average

+0.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	313.02	1,703	92
Medium and Large 1-2	562	282.15	1,586	29

One grade step is worth $30.88/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale121 hd

305.62

—

MO average17 barns · 4,741 hd

304.36

+1.26

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

+0.98

This barn, trailing median19 sales

432.52

−126.90

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	1,903	163.89	3,120	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,710	142.00	2,428	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	137.25	2,023	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	129.25	1,609	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	116.03	1,205	9thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	279.21/cwt	266.00–289.00	1,879	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	278.14/cwt	266.00–285.50	1,972	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	255.31/cwt	249.50–261.00	1,874	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	301.49/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,731	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	277.52/cwt	275.75–278.75	2,187	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	296.37/cwt	284.50–304.25	2,152	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	370.34/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,911	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	586	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,661	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	337	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	302.94/cwt	286.00–312.50	1,854	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,271	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	390.28/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,873	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	347.50/cwt	324.00–359.00	1,977	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,040	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	272.02/cwt	270.00–278.00	2,209	16
Steers	Large 1	650–700	650	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	302.31/cwt	292.50–310.50	2,053	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	420.50/cwt	420.50–420.50	1,463	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	324.32/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,982	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	422.07/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,798	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	315.96/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,700	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,775	3
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	655	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	776	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,021	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	244.37/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,774	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,731	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	141.24/cwt	134.00–147.00	2,100	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	113.16/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,151	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	139.71/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,742	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	129.08/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,878	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	117.52/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,490	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,710	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,428	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,634	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	104.69/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,089	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	123.85/cwt	122.00–126.50	1,304	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	126.99/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,561	7
Bulls	—	—	1,733	158.54/cwt	154.00–161.00	2,747	4
Bulls	—	—	1,935	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,922	1
Bulls	—	—	2,066	172.46/cwt	171.00–174.50	3,563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	270.29/cwt	269.00–273.50	1,989	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,942	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,020	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	355.21/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,510	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	275.46/cwt	263.00–282.50	1,719	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	279.29/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,581	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	265.06/cwt	257.50–272.00	1,784	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	322.71/cwt	311.00–335.00	1,675	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	334.23/cwt	328.00–347.50	1,611	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	288.25/cwt	286.00–292.50	1,807	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	663	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	742	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	672	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	282.74/cwt	275.00–291.50	1,906	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,138	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	314.19/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,775	32

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →