Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2026-05-05

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, May 5
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,542 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 1,713▼ 233 vs year ago 1,775 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 56▼ 5 vs year ago 75 · −6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 600-700 lbs sold steady, with 500-600 lbs trading steady to 10.00 higher with the most advance on the 500-550 lb steers. Heifer calves weighing 400-450 lbs on a light test sold with a higher undertone with 450-600 heifer calves trading steady to firm with two pot loads of 680-695 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone and two pot loads of 702 lb heifers traded 3.00 higher than pot loads of similar weight last week. Demand was good on a moderate supply with a nice overall quality offering of calves with several 20-30 head groups in the offering. Stick out sales included the pot loads of heifers with pot load 684 lbs at 392.50, pot load 694 lbs 387.25, 151 hd 702 lbs at 384.50. Slaughter cows traded with a higher undertone compared to last week's 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 $454.07/cwt on 168 head, up $15.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 18 comparable sales and sits +31.45 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.
Average price
$454.07
▲ 15.02 vs prior sale
168 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$57.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.90
vs MO average
+26.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533459.562,448152
Medium and Large 1-2586401.902,35516thin
One grade step is worth $57.66/cwt here — about $93 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 sale168 hd
454.07
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MO average19 barns · 2,430 hd
436.17
+17.90
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
+26.17
This barn, trailing median18 sales
422.62
+31.45
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—Low1,776215.023,8185thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,725183.023,1574thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,507181.182,73018
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,177172.622,0326thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,063164.851,75216

Every lot

47 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373632.94/cwt600.00–657.002,36118
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428571.16/cwt560.00–580.002,44516
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439583.81/cwt561.00–605.002,56338
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467553.04/cwt542.50–560.002,5838
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482530.47/cwt508.00–570.002,5578
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513531.17/cwt500.00–547.502,72578
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536488.21/cwt470.00–494.002,61733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568488.85/cwt457.50–510.002,777138
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy580411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,3846
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627452.01/cwt437.50–470.502,83496
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6853
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673442.11/cwt418.00–459.002,97566
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814357.00/cwt355.50–360.002,9069
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0223
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2344531.00/cwt531.00–531.001,8276
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2348492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,7143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384542.80/cwt521.00–585.002,08418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408537.99/cwt515.00–552.502,19517
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428468.42/cwt459.00–475.002,0057
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2452457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,0684
Heifers450–500Large 1473468.00/cwt468.00–468.002,21414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475490.96/cwt475.00–500.502,33291
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527464.22/cwt442.00–485.502,446129
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565433.43/cwt424.00–439.002,44923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586401.90/cwt385.00–413.002,35516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,57918
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,4484
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652378.43/cwt376.00–379.002,46721
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1689390.14/cwt387.75–392.502,688162
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702384.50/cwt384.50–384.502,699151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3594
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2938315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,9555
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6185
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,3673
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,740206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,5841
Bulls——1,753228.04/cwt223.00–234.003,9983
Bulls——1,880185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,4781
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%997145.58/cwt142.50–147.501,4513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067174.34/cwt168.00–185.001,8608
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095161.23/cwt157.00–167.001,7655
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,0841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191172.18/cwt168.00–178.002,0514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,506185.71/cwt181.00–190.002,79710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518177.74/cwt173.00–180.002,6987
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,725183.02/cwt182.00–185.003,1574

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.