Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2026-02-17

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Feb 17
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,441 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 1,535▲ 1,441 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 50▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Copmpared to the last sale two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs and steers weighing 600-650 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone on limited comparisons, 500-550 lbs were not well tested, with 550-600 lbs trading steady on a light offering, 650-700 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher and 700-750 lbs trading 15.00-20.00 higher. Heifer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold with a firm undertone, 500-550 lbs sold with a lower undertone on a light test, with 550-600 lbs trading 10.00-15.00 higher, 600-650 lbs were not well tested but trading with a sharply higher undertone and three pot loads of 738 lb heifers sold steady with two weeks ago. Demand was good on a moderate offering with several pot loads of heifers in the offering all selling with good demand. Market had wide price ranges with bulk of the offering weighing over 600 lbs. Several stick out sales included 77 hd of heifers weighing 614 lbs at 430.50 and 234 hd of 738 lb heifers selling at 366.60. Slaughter cows sp;d steady to firm on a light offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.75/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 16 of 18 comparable sales and sits +17.13 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$439.75
99 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,427
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.79
vs MO average
+10.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551443.302,44376
Medium and Large 1-2554428.012,37223
One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about $71 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 sale99 hd
439.75
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MO average18 barns · 3,151 hd
425.96
+13.79
National average184 barns · 15,729 hd
429.17
+10.58
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
+17.13
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—High1,991202.904,0395thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,583171.362,71210
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,225163.532,00317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,083149.121,61510

Every lot

56 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,8004
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1348610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,1239
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2351513.00/cwt513.00–513.001,8018
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375607.50/cwt607.50–607.502,2783
Steers400–450Medium 1-2403480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9343
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427564.35/cwt551.00–567.502,41016
Steers450–500Medium 1-2465449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,0884
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467619.71/cwt615.00–625.002,89439
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474517.64/cwt515.00–521.002,4549
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy524577.00/cwt577.00–577.003,0233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,66312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544488.93/cwt475.00–490.502,66028
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571448.12/cwt447.50–450.002,55912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574470.64/cwt465.00–474.502,70144
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610425.67/cwt425.00–426.002,5976
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617472.28/cwt430.00–483.002,91440
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653412.93/cwt391.00–417.002,69626
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668443.15/cwt433.00–456.502,96052
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717419.91/cwt406.50–430.003,01142
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734379.00/cwt367.00–387.502,78219
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy777323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,5106
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,8395
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7785
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375520.41/cwt517.50–535.001,95217
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393551.00/cwt551.00–551.002,16512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411525.66/cwt525.00–527.002,1609
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466487.89/cwt463.25–505.502,27481
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536434.63/cwt434.00–435.002,33013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539449.02/cwt444.50–452.502,42039
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564437.27/cwt425.50–447.502,46637
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578419.41/cwt413.00–421.002,42410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616421.99/cwt394.00–430.502,599127
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641373.49/cwt365.00–378.002,39412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672388.70/cwt388.00–390.002,61229
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement675406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,74111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738366.60/cwt366.60–366.602,706234
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5173
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,6937
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,8157
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2323530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7124
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,1973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9626
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5485
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,750216.00/cwt216.00–216.003,7801
Bulls——2,051199.63/cwt191.00–203.004,0944
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,7151
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084151.06/cwt145.00–159.001,6377
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113132.40/cwt127.50–137.501,4742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195165.20/cwt164.00–168.001,9745
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219152.09/cwt149.00–156.001,8544
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225177.43/cwt175.00–180.002,1746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310140.51/cwt140.00–141.001,8412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540169.60/cwt167.00–172.002,6123
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600159.50/cwt159.00–160.002,5522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,601177.17/cwt174.00–185.002,8365

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.