Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2025-08-12

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Aug 12
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,020 head
▲ 345 vs last sale 675▼ 320 vs year ago 1,340 · −23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 0▼ 7 vs year ago 47 · −14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifer calves under 600 lbs all sold with a sharply higher undertone on limited comparisons from the last sale, with the best test on a pot load 86 hd of heifers weighing 637 lbs trading 18.00 higher and two pot loads of heifers weighing 684 and 695 lbs selling 7.00-11.00 higher weighing near the same than two weeks ago. Demand was good on a moderate offering. Stick out sales included the pot load of 86 heifers weighing 637 lbs at 383.50, pot load 80 hd 684 lbs at 359.10, pot load 695 lbs at 363.50. There were two pot loads of steers with a pot load weighing 892 lbs at 340.00 and pot load weighing 922 lbs at 338.00. Slaughter cows were lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.87/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 5 of 18 comparable sales and sits −41.75 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$380.87
89 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs MO average
+30.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548388.472,12955
Medium and Large 1-2542368.581,99934
One grade step is worth $19.89/cwt here — about $129 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 sale89 hd
380.87
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MO average15 barns · 1,870 hd
376.13
+4.74
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
+30.06
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
−41.75
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—Average1,867207.673,87810
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,745166.032,8972thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,432163.832,3465thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,255160.292,0116thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,068147.231,5726thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433475.76/cwt469.00–483.002,0606
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2546
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522477.49/cwt475.00–482.502,49228
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned550418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,2997
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed564460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5947
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564448.49/cwt447.50–449.002,52912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615431.25/cwt427.50–432.002,65218
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,5439
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628402.06/cwt399.00–405.002,5256
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,6015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5203
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned675335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2614
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700395.25/cwt395.25–395.252,76711
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8054
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1892340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,03361
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1922338.00/cwt338.00–338.003,11661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed418475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9866
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,7263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428457.43/cwt440.00–460.501,95814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486414.42/cwt406.50–420.002,01413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506410.32/cwt410.00–410.502,07611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535374.30/cwt364.50–385.502,00328
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536379.15/cwt375.00–385.502,03215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,19529
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577341.89/cwt338.00–346.001,9736
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628337.85/cwt330.00–342.502,12218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634381.48/cwt374.75–383.252,419118
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1689361.92/cwt359.10–366.252,494178
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2722292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1123
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375460.77/cwt457.00–463.501,7289
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416460.50/cwt460.50–460.501,91613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2506369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,8673
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,22411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9504
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9783
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,608179.71/cwt173.00–186.002,8902
Bulls——1,795207.97/cwt207.00–209.003,7332
Bulls——1,978216.89/cwt209.00–225.004,2906
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042135.89/cwt129.00–141.001,4163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090155.85/cwt152.00–159.001,6992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192170.24/cwt167.00–173.002,0293
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288155.51/cwt155.00–156.002,0032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,423157.57/cwt155.00–160.002,2422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438168.01/cwt166.00–169.002,4163
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,745166.03/cwt163.00–169.002,8972

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.