Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2025-11-25

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Nov 25
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
▲ 640 vs last sale 0▼ 605 vs year ago 1,245 · −48.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 135▲ 15 vs year ago 70 · +21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last special two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves on a very light offering were not well tested but sold with a lower undertone, the best test was on two pot loads of 717 and 729 lb heifers off the same consignment as two weeks ago weighing near the same traded mostly 20.00 lower, with two pot loads of 667 and 685 lb heifers selling with a lower undertone on a very limited comparison. Demand was moderate to good on the pot loads of heifers with one pot load (86 hd) of fancy blk heifers weighing 609 lbs selling at 362.10. The two pot loads of 717 and 729 lbs sold at 329.50 and 333.00. Slaughter cows traded steady with last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.64/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −108.98 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$313.64
21 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.78
vs MO average
−35.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544316.101,72010thin
Medium and Large 1-2528311.401,64311thin
One grade step is worth $4.70/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale21 hd
313.64
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MO average17 barns · 1,714 hd
332.42
−18.78
National average34 barns · 3,821 hd
349.37
−35.73
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
−108.98
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—Average1,851183.303,3947thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,784159.372,8433thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,278154.731,97714
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,502152.622,29214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031120.431,24115

Every lot

36 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned383416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,5933
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7773
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7964
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9254
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy562302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6973
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633285.14/cwt281.00–294.001,8059
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy740255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8873
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned415360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4944
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6633
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5993
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506319.43/cwt310.00–325.001,6168
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6883
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7337
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6973
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy609362.10/cwt362.10–362.102,20586
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,8279
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned657285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8723
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676345.50/cwt345.00–346.002,336157
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723331.24/cwt329.50–333.002,395160
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9446
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7963
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2935211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,9733
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,575170.46/cwt161.00–181.002,6852
Bulls——1,962188.43/cwt185.00–195.003,6975
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%930151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4041
Cows—Lean 85-90%978111.15/cwt102.50–117.001,0878
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118127.71/cwt121.00–134.001,4286
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266154.77/cwt148.00–158.001,9595
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268162.53/cwt160.00–168.002,0616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317139.04/cwt137.00–140.001,8313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418163.61/cwt160.00–169.002,3203
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477154.26/cwt150.00–159.002,2785
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565145.75/cwt141.00–147.002,2816
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,715164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,8131
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,818157.05/cwt155.00–159.002,8552

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.