Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2024-04-16

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Apr 16
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,478 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 1,340▲ 1,478 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 67▼ 36 vs year ago 150 · −24.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-550 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone compared to a much lighter offering from two weeks ago, 600-650 lbs sold steady to firm and over 650 lbs sold with a higher undertone on the pot loads of 7 weight steers. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with 500-550 lbs steady and a pot load of 661 lb heifers sold 3.00 higher than pot load similar weight and quality from two weeks ago. Several stick out sales with a pot load of top quality steers weighing 707 lbs at 279.75, a pot load of steers weighing 756 lbs at 264.10 and pot load of heifers weighing 661 lbs at 262.10. Slaughter cows sold on a very active market trading firm to 5.00 higher with a very good offering of high dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.25/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −160.04 against this barn's trailing median of $478.29.
Average price
$318.25
117 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$353
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$98.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.46
vs MO average
+13.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527332.651,75286
Medium and Large 1-2571284.881,62727
Medium and Large 2598234.001,3994thin
One grade step is worth $98.65/cwt here — about $353 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale117 hd
318.25
—
MO average16 barns · 2,807 hd
302.80
+15.46
National average171 barns · 11,979 hd
304.39
+13.86
This barn, trailing median18 sales
478.29
−160.04
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
514467421374median 478.2903/1004/2806/2309/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.88, low $388.01, median $478.29 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—High2,036166.083,3817thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,699141.112,3974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,484136.262,02326
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,237129.041,59639
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,021109.801,12116

Every lot

63 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333327.96/cwt325.00–331.001,09210
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2513
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3607
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2335
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429329.06/cwt322.50–332.501,41211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470349.62/cwt338.00–358.001,64346
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,5175
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,8316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513340.78/cwt324.00–350.001,74857
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6076
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,79210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,67313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581288.48/cwt279.00–294.001,67614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5397
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2598234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3994
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned608268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,6296
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621285.73/cwt279.00–289.501,77456
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629297.47/cwt291.50–308.001,87118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674284.63/cwt270.50–289.501,91824
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684267.60/cwt267.00–268.001,83010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707279.75/cwt279.75–279.751,97873
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713261.78/cwt259.00–264.501,8666
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy713255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8183
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756264.10/cwt264.10–264.101,99768
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887234.25/cwt234.25–234.252,07839
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,0555
Heifers350–400Medium 2358259.00/cwt259.00–259.009274
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365301.34/cwt301.00–302.001,1009
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned379263.00/cwt263.00–263.009976
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390321.23/cwt315.50–326.001,25320
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432294.55/cwt292.00–296.001,2728
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439300.75/cwt300.75–300.751,32017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3173
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468305.90/cwt299.50–314.501,43251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3073
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524283.25/cwt278.50–288.001,48436
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4503
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy572232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3308
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584253.03/cwt246.00–258.001,47835
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned601232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3945
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy605215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,3045
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624243.71/cwt242.00–250.001,52133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy638275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,75528
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661262.10/cwt262.10–262.101,73270
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2Fleshy677195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3205
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,66724
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733237.25/cwt237.25–237.251,7398
Heifers800–850Large 1-2821217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,78212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4694
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,916175.84/cwt172.00–181.003,3694
Bulls——2,195153.06/cwt150.00–159.003,3603
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94894.14/cwt91.00–99.008923
Cows—Lean 85-90%98579.52/cwt79.00–80.007832
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038125.03/cwt118.00–129.001,2987
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063110.02/cwt105.00–116.001,1704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203111.03/cwt110.00–112.001,3362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216122.40/cwt117.00–125.001,48814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252134.64/cwt126.00–143.001,68623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480127.29/cwt120.00–132.001,8847
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486139.56/cwt134.00–149.002,07419
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,699141.11/cwt135.00–148.002,3974

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.