Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2026-03-31

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Mar 31
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
779 head
882 vs last sale 1,661 779 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
10 vs last sale 60 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 28, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, overall a light test on calves with feeder steers and heifer calves under 600 lbs all trading steady to firm, two pot loads of heifers weighing 717-722 lbs osld steady to 4.00 lower than last week's pot loads of near same weight and quality, a pot load of 809 lb heifers were not tested. Demand was good on a light to moderate offering. The stick out sales were the two pot loads of heifers weighing 717 lbs at 374.75 and pot load weighing 722 lbs at 371.25. Slaughter cows on a light offering tared mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $443.69/cwt on 61 head, up $20.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 19 comparable sales and sits +11.17 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.
Average price
$443.69
20.67 vs prior sale
61 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,327
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.90
vs MO average
+20.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517458.342,37041
Medium and Large 1-2540413.672,23420
One grade step is worth $44.67/cwt here — about $136 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
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 sale61 hd
443.69
MO average17 barns · 1,927 hd
425.79
+17.90
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
+20.50
This barn, trailing median19 sales
432.52
+11.17
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
BullsLow2,078190.003,9472thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,581173.252,7394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256161.052,02312
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,073130.411,39910

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,276$4,3508

Every lot, as filed

31 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473494.87/cwt482.50–502.502,34119
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571469.76/cwt461.00–481.002,68217
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719373.04/cwt371.25–374.752,682152
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435510.41/cwt499.00–530.002,22016
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622439.23/cwt430.00–444.502,73228
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517458.34/cwt432.50–472.502,37041
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523506.06/cwt494.00–524.002,64713
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,4326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578433.27/cwt432.50–434.002,5046
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700691419.70/cwt419.00–420.002,90010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616420.50/cwt420.50–420.502,59010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522473.59/cwt465.00–480.502,47218
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716411.58/cwt397.00–419.002,94725
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550536485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,6004
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500482560.65/cwt550.00–580.002,70229
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850809334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,70674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540413.67/cwt401.00–427.502,23420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350332579.54/cwt575.00–582.501,9245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619390.22/cwt387.00–392.002,41517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432540.18/cwt537.50–547.502,3348
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800753390.50/cwt390.50–390.502,9408
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,2764,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3508
Bulls2,110184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,8821
Bulls2,045196.00/cwt196.00–196.004,0081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250170.45/cwt167.50–174.002,1317
CowsBoner 80-85%1,247156.51/cwt155.00–160.001,9523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,293134.97/cwt130.00–140.001,7452
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,581173.25/cwt172.50–175.002,7394
CowsLean 85-90%1,125135.06/cwt130.00–137.501,5193
CowsLean 85-90%1,060114.88/cwt105.00–125.001,2185
CowsLean 85-90%1,028162.27/cwt162.00–162.501,6682

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.