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Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Dec 17
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,368 head
▲ 598 vs last sale 1,770▲ 867 vs year ago 1,501 · +57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 45▼ 50 vs year ago 125 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, a light test of 400-450 lb steers sold with a sharply higher undertone, with 450-600 lb steers selling fully steady to firm, spots 3.00-5.00 higher on the 550-600 lb steers, 600-700 lbs sold firm to 6.00 higher with over 700 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady, with 500-550 lbs trading 3.00-7.00 higher, 550-700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 6 pot loads of 700-735 lb heifers all trading with a higher undertone, a pot load of 759 lb heifers off the same consignment and weighing the same as two weeks ago sold 5.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate to heavy offering of feeders with thirteen pot loads of yearlings steers and heifers weighing 650-765 lbs all sold on a very active market with a top quality offering along with the steers and heifer calves. Stick out sales included 81 head of fancy blk 659 lb steers at 316.00, pot load 697 lb steers at 292.00, pot load 763 lb steers at 275.25, 230 head of heifers averaging 725 lbs sold for 266.75 and a pot load heifers weighing 695 lbs sold for 277.00. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.89/cwt on 164 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −126.72 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$295.89
164 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.59
vs MO average
+10.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533299.521,595146
Medium and Large 1-2588266.501,56618thin
One grade step is worth $33.02/cwt here — about $30 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale164 hd
295.89
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MO average15 barns · 2,654 hd
276.30
+19.59
National average180 barns · 17,940 hd
284.95
+10.94
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
−126.72
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—High1,930159.753,0832thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,735130.692,2684thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,509122.241,84420
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,259116.571,46715
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093103.781,13410

Every lot

59 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374350.20/cwt339.00–362.501,3106
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2412320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3183
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425424.80/cwt410.00–430.001,80515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4803
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed452400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8084
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477376.17/cwt366.00–390.001,79440
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521300.46/cwt289.00–317.501,5659
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536346.39/cwt336.00–366.001,85746
Steers500–550Medium 1-2539274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4775
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573329.74/cwt327.50–333.001,88956
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy581304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,7663
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586288.81/cwt279.00–297.001,69228
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625301.53/cwt294.50–317.501,88587
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636284.92/cwt281.00–290.001,81223
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy658285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8755
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy659316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,08281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680268.58/cwt256.00–274.001,82629
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682293.69/cwt292.00–304.002,003177
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721287.66/cwt276.00–290.002,074146
Steers750–800Large 1Fleshy763236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8014
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764273.92/cwt268.50–275.252,09387
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368355.54/cwt355.00–356.001,3089
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2293
Heifers400–450Large 2435281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2226
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439321.57/cwt321.00–323.001,41210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469318.38/cwt313.00–324.001,49336
Heifers450–500Large 2471270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2728
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478301.57/cwt300.50–303.001,4429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524302.59/cwt298.00–307.501,586124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581282.19/cwt279.00–288.001,64022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587270.20/cwt270.00–271.001,58615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4633
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621274.25/cwt274.25–274.251,70327
Heifers600–650Large 1623260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6205
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,68511
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy655225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4744
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683275.17/cwt270.75–277.001,879182
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2706255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8005
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724265.02/cwt260.50–266.751,919378
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759260.75/cwt260.75–260.751,97976
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6484
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2547272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4883
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5434
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2687240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6494
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,885167.50/cwt167.50–167.503,1571
Bulls——1,975152.00/cwt152.00–152.003,0021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072111.42/cwt109.00–115.001,1943
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10088.00/cwt88.00–88.009681
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,102102.59/cwt97.00–105.001,1316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,5361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258119.77/cwt117.00–123.001,5079
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272108.52/cwt105.00–114.001,3805
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480108.64/cwt103.00–112.001,6084
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,496128.65/cwt125.00–133.001,9259
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,541121.78/cwt117.00–124.001,8777
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,670124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,0711
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,757132.92/cwt130.00–135.002,3353

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.