Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2025-08-12

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Aug 12
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,020 head
345 vs last sale 675 320 vs year ago 1,340 · 23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
40 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 47 · 14.9%
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, feeder steers and heifer calves under 600 lbs all sold with a sharply higher undertone on limited comparisons from the last sale, with the best test on a pot load 86 hd of heifers weighing 637 lbs trading 18.00 higher and two pot loads of heifers weighing 684 and 695 lbs selling 7.00-11.00 higher weighing near the same than two weeks ago. Demand was good on a moderate offering. Stick out sales included the pot load of 86 heifers weighing 637 lbs at 383.50, pot load 80 hd 684 lbs at 359.10, pot load 695 lbs at 363.50. There were two pot loads of steers with a pot load weighing 892 lbs at 340.00 and pot load weighing 922 lbs at 338.00. Slaughter cows were lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.87/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 51.65 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.
Average price
$380.87
89 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs MO average
+30.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548388.472,12955
Medium and Large 1-2542368.581,99934
One grade step is worth $19.89/cwt here — about $129 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 sale89 hd
380.87
MO average15 barns · 1,870 hd
376.13
+4.74
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
+30.06
This barn, trailing median19 sales
432.52
−51.65
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
BullsAverage1,867207.673,87810
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,745166.032,8972thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,432163.832,3465thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,255160.292,0116thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,068147.231,5726thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,423157.57/cwt155.00–160.002,2422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,192170.24/cwt167.00–173.002,0293
CowsLean 85-90%1,090155.85/cwt152.00–159.001,6992
CowsBoner 80-85%1,288155.51/cwt155.00–156.002,0032
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,745166.03/cwt163.00–169.002,8972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9251
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,19529
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,6015
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900892340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,03361
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550536379.15/cwt375.00–385.502,03215
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2546
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634381.48/cwt374.75–383.252,419118
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486414.42/cwt406.50–420.002,01413
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650628405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,5439
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700689361.92/cwt359.10–366.252,494178
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550506369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,8673
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428457.43/cwt440.00–460.501,95814
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564448.49/cwt447.50–449.002,52912
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522477.49/cwt475.00–482.502,49228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700675335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2614
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550506410.32/cwt410.00–410.502,07611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535374.30/cwt364.50–385.502,00328
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615431.25/cwt427.50–432.002,65218
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700–750700395.25/cwt395.25–395.252,76711
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750748375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628337.85/cwt330.00–342.502,12218
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433475.76/cwt469.00–483.002,0606
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450422409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,7263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600582335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9504
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650640309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600564460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5947
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577341.89/cwt338.00–346.001,9736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5203
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750722292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628402.06/cwt399.00–405.002,5256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900886305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6923
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950922338.00/cwt338.00–338.003,11661
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600550418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,2997
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375460.77/cwt457.00–463.501,7289
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450416460.50/cwt460.50–460.501,91613
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550522426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,22411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450418475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9866
CowsLean 85-90%1,100164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438168.01/cwt166.00–169.002,4163
CowsLean 85-90%1,042135.89/cwt129.00–141.001,4163
Bulls1,795207.97/cwt207.00–209.003,7332
Bulls1,978216.89/cwt209.00–225.004,2906
Bulls1,608179.71/cwt173.00–186.002,8902

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.