Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2025-05-06

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, May 6
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,775 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 1,614▲ 1,775 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 83▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold mostly 10.00-20.00 higher, with 500-700 lb steers trading 10.00-15.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone on limited comparisons. Heifer calves weighing 400-450 lb sold with a higher undertone, with 500-600 lb selling 5.00-10.00 higher, 6 weights sold with a firm undertone on a light test and pot loads of 700-715 lb heifers sold mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, over 750 lbs were not tested. Demand was very good on a good quality offering of calves and several pot loads of of top quality yearlings all selling on a very active market.as the market continues to see record prices with fed cattle market continuing to reach new highs. Stick out sales included pot load of steers weighing 879 lbs at 293.50, pot load of heifers weighing 712 lbs at 315.25, 155 hd heifers weighing 713 lbs at 314.25, 34 hd of heifers weighing 795 lbs at 295.50. Slaughter cows sold steady with several high yielding slaughter bulls trading from 215.00-225.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.81/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −74.80 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$347.81
197 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.26
vs MO average
+14.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547349.961,913186
Medium and Large 1-2558311.551,73911thin
One grade step is worth $38.41/cwt here — about $174 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 sale197 hd
347.81
—
MO average16 barns · 2,692 hd
337.55
+10.26
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
+14.99
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
−74.80
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—High1,919217.554,1756thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,480150.652,22913
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,202147.941,77828
CowsLean 85-90%High1,041141.551,47415

Every lot

50 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374467.31/cwt460.00–470.001,74820
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2397327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,2983
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418467.18/cwt465.00–470.001,9539
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425425.20/cwt415.00–432.501,80713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477439.56/cwt417.50–457.502,09771
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy506436.60/cwt434.00–438.002,20923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528416.55/cwt405.00–430.002,19999
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533354.85/cwt342.50–365.001,89124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9033
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578386.41/cwt375.00–399.002,233136
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630366.19/cwt354.50–375.502,30796
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,22512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662360.23/cwt345.00–370.752,38598
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723331.37/cwt317.00–338.002,39638
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy743307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2814
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752316.50/cwt308.50–320.502,38015
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2263
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879293.50/cwt293.50–293.502,58060
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,2403
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,6313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed412429.56/cwt429.00–430.001,7709
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433344.50/cwt344.50–344.501,4923
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434403.36/cwt388.50–417.501,75133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471370.88/cwt363.00–377.001,74719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477346.48/cwt340.00–355.001,65322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513352.89/cwt344.50–365.001,81080
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,7345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,04029
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570333.15/cwt315.00–350.001,89964
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,7256
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement597390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,32813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned617270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6664
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625316.19/cwt305.50–325.001,97681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625289.18/cwt289.00–290.001,80717
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,02813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679287.25/cwt287.25–287.251,9508
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy711261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,8599
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712314.57/cwt314.25–315.252,240229
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724289.97/cwt289.50–291.002,09913
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780293.80/cwt293.00–295.502,292108
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470368.50/cwt368.50–368.501,7327
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,919217.55/cwt209.00–225.004,1756
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%998118.67/cwt111.00–126.001,1842
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047148.37/cwt143.00–157.001,55310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050134.09/cwt130.00–141.001,4083
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193147.37/cwt141.00–151.001,75816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204154.89/cwt152.00–157.001,8658
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233136.30/cwt131.00–139.001,6814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459155.54/cwt154.00–157.002,2695
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493147.59/cwt141.00–152.002,2048

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.