Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2024-04-30

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Apr 30
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,489 head
▲ 1,489 vs last sale 0▲ 296 vs year ago 1,193 · +24.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 150▼ 57 vs year ago 117 · −48.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher with 500-600 lbs trading steady to firm and 600-700 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold steady with 3 pot loads of 650-700 lb heifers selling 5.00 lower than the pot loads from two weeks ago. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a light test. Demand was good on a moderate offering with and active market on the 450-650 lb steers. Several pot load sales included three pot loads (240 head) of 673-689 lb heifers at 257.25 and a pot load heifers weighing 714 lbs at 255.10. Feeder Cattle futures took a tumble on Tuesday closing with sharp losses with May thru November down 3.45 to 4.32 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.01/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −157.60 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$265.01
114 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,522
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.13
vs MO average
−3.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576265.781,53193
Medium and Large 1-2566261.611,48221
One grade step is worth $4.17/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale114 hd
265.01
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MO average17 barns · 2,455 hd
273.15
−8.13
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−3.37
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
−157.60
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—Average1,829156.432,86110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,479132.551,9604thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,239126.991,57424
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,051114.691,2058thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374345.90/cwt330.00–357.001,29418
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,4016
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy483295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4259
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484355.79/cwt341.00–365.001,72274
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488319.52/cwt316.00–323.001,55912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530333.83/cwt328.00–340.001,76928
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576317.53/cwt313.00–329.001,82938
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619284.56/cwt284.00–285.001,7619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624306.84/cwt296.00–316.001,915129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672277.57/cwt269.25–288.001,86558
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719271.11/cwt266.50–273.501,9499
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,9073
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,06610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372327.85/cwt324.00–330.001,22014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441310.02/cwt306.00–314.001,3678
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477293.49/cwt292.50–296.001,40015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480303.96/cwt300.00–310.001,45964
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525285.90/cwt278.50–300.001,50114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531270.53/cwt266.00–274.001,4377
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584262.77/cwt260.50–268.001,53572
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584257.15/cwt256.00–258.001,50214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy597256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,5317
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609260.16/cwt258.00–267.001,58451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618236.02/cwt235.00–237.001,4596
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676257.33/cwt257.25–257.751,740288
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714255.10/cwt255.10–255.101,82174
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,6654
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,7407
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7055
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,560140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1841
Bulls——1,826150.47/cwt145.00–155.002,7484
Bulls——1,885164.49/cwt161.00–168.003,1015
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97892.95/cwt91.00–95.009092
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1871
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078123.93/cwt120.00–129.001,3365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225132.60/cwt127.50–139.001,62411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248115.96/cwt115.00–117.001,4472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252123.38/cwt119.00–126.001,54511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,479132.55/cwt129.50–135.001,9604

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.