Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2026-03-31

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, Mar 31
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
779 head
▼ 882 vs last sale 1,661▲ 779 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 60▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, overall a light test on calves with feeder steers and heifer calves under 600 lbs all trading steady to firm, two pot loads of heifers weighing 717-722 lbs osld steady to 4.00 lower than last week's pot loads of near same weight and quality, a pot load of 809 lb heifers were not tested. Demand was good on a light to moderate offering. The stick out sales were the two pot loads of heifers weighing 717 lbs at 374.75 and pot load weighing 722 lbs at 371.25. Slaughter cows on a light offering tared mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $443.69/cwt on 61 head, up $20.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 18 comparable sales and sits +21.08 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$443.69
▲ 20.67 vs prior sale
61 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,327
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.90
vs MO average
+20.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517458.342,37041
Medium and Large 1-2540413.672,23420
One grade step is worth $44.67/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale61 hd
443.69
—
MO average17 barns · 1,927 hd
425.79
+17.90
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
+20.50
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
+21.08
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—Low2,078190.003,9472thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,581173.252,7394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256161.052,02312
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,073130.411,39910

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,276$4,3508

Every lot

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,4326
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432540.18/cwt537.50–547.502,3348
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482560.65/cwt550.00–580.002,70229
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522473.59/cwt465.00–480.502,47218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523506.06/cwt494.00–524.002,64713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,6004
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571469.76/cwt461.00–481.002,68217
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578433.27/cwt432.50–434.002,5046
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616420.50/cwt420.50–420.502,59010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622439.23/cwt430.00–444.502,73228
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1691419.70/cwt419.00–420.002,90010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716411.58/cwt397.00–419.002,94725
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1753390.50/cwt390.50–390.502,9408
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332579.54/cwt575.00–582.501,9245
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435510.41/cwt499.00–530.002,22016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473494.87/cwt482.50–502.502,34119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517458.34/cwt432.50–472.502,37041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540413.67/cwt401.00–427.502,23420
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619390.22/cwt387.00–392.002,41517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719373.04/cwt371.25–374.752,682152
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,70674
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,045196.00/cwt196.00–196.004,0081
Bulls——2,110184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,8821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028162.27/cwt162.00–162.501,6682
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060114.88/cwt105.00–125.001,2185
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125135.06/cwt130.00–137.501,5193
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247156.51/cwt155.00–160.001,9523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250170.45/cwt167.50–174.002,1317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293134.97/cwt130.00–140.001,7452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,581173.25/cwt172.50–175.002,7394
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2764,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3508

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.