Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2024-04-02

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Apr 2
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,340 head
▼ 335 vs last sale 1,675▼ 155 vs year ago 1,495 · −10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 64▼ 9 vs year ago 76 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 5 weight steers trading with a lower undertone on a light test with more new crop calves and quality and condition not as good as last week, 600-650 lb sold steady and over 650 lbs not tested on a light offering. Feeder heifers weighing 500-600 lbs sold steady, with 600-650 lbs not tested with last week and 5 pot loads of 675-703 lb heifers selling steady to firm with last week's pot load lots. Slaughter cows on a light offering sold steady. Demand was moderate to good best on the 4 weight calves and pot loads of yearling heifers with one pot load of 676 lb heifers selling at 259.00 and a pot load weighing 703 lbs at 257.75.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.37/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −149.25 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$273.37
54 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.68
vs MO average
+2.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554274.801,52251
Medium and Large 1-2545249.001,3573thin
One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $165 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale54 hd
273.37
—
MO average16 barns · 1,594 hd
269.69
+3.68
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
+2.78
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
−149.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
476432388343median 422.6203/1004/2806/2309/1511/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.89, low $357.49, median $422.62 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Low1,732149.122,5835thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,517128.711,95222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235122.961,51821
CowsLean 85-90%Average980116.811,1448thin

Every lot

46 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375318.74/cwt312.50–327.501,1955
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3543
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425352.16/cwt334.00–373.001,49717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462344.43/cwt333.50–350.001,59125
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530297.97/cwt290.50–305.501,57920
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536319.59/cwt317.50–320.251,71343
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590313.50/cwt313.50–313.501,85015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,7558
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623296.72/cwt293.50–304.501,84948
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,8387
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7283
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683275.72/cwt274.50–276.501,88313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,9417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,90211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1394331.50/cwt331.50–331.501,30615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed421331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439315.33/cwt310.00–318.001,3849
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2459279.46/cwt274.00–285.001,2836
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490301.45/cwt290.00–310.001,47747
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537281.60/cwt276.75–300.001,51225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3573
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570268.27/cwt266.75–271.001,52926
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618253.25/cwt253.25–253.251,5659
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636253.73/cwt253.25–255.751,61492
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy657229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,5085
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672238.33/cwt231.00–241.001,60221
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686255.04/cwt251.85–259.001,750315
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703257.75/cwt257.75–257.751,81271
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,80810
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788232.65/cwt230.00–234.751,83318
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4103
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned525291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,5284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,68016
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,555155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,4101
Bulls——1,613133.27/cwt129.00–137.002,1502
Bulls——1,940162.04/cwt161.00–163.003,1442
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970109.93/cwt106.00–114.001,0664
Cows—Lean 85-90%989123.68/cwt117.00–131.001,2234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189119.18/cwt115.00–125.001,4177
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220112.27/cwt107.00–114.001,3705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,279131.83/cwt127.00–137.001,6869
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487121.80/cwt115.00–128.001,81111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,546135.63/cwt129.00–142.002,09711

This sale against other markets

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.