Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2026-05-19

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, May 19
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,453 head
▲ 1,453 vs last sale 0▲ 1,453 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 75▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 500-550 lbs sold with a lower undertone as overall quality and condition was not as attractive, with 550-700 lb steers and a pot load of 913 lb steers all sold steady to firm. Heifer calves weighing 400-450 lbs sold steady to firm with 450-500 lb heifer calves selling 10.00-15.00 higher, 5 weight heifers sold steady to spots 10.00 higher with two pot loads of 722 lb heifers sold near steady on similar weights. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Several stick out sales included 67 steers weighing 913 lbs at 352.00 and 156 hd of heifers averaging 722 lbs at 378.85. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $492.57/cwt on 300 head, down $7.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 18 comparable sales and sits +14.28 against this barn's trailing median of $478.29.
Average price
$492.57
▼ 7.31 vs prior sale
300 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.88
vs MO average
+18.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555495.852,752234
Medium and Large 1-2544480.952,61766
One grade step is worth $14.89/cwt here — about $135 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 sale300 hd
492.57
—
MO average19 barns · 5,430 hd
480.69
+11.88
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
+18.09
This barn, trailing median18 sales
478.29
+14.28
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
514467421374median 478.2903/1004/2806/2309/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.88, low $388.01, median $478.29 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—High1,955224.054,3814thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,555180.002,7991thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,512177.562,68512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,260176.192,22016
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060148.141,5705thin

Every lot

44 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326687.50/cwt687.50–687.502,2413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423552.18/cwt523.00–566.002,33623
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463530.74/cwt518.00–548.002,45739
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521507.05/cwt499.50–528.002,64292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534485.10/cwt455.00–497.002,59053
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577488.59/cwt478.00–509.502,819142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585464.05/cwt460.00–469.002,71513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,6148
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618458.47/cwt444.50–481.002,83326
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670439.56/cwt430.00–453.502,945117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,8455
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707413.48/cwt410.50–418.002,92310
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913352.00/cwt352.00–352.003,21467
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5954
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374557.80/cwt551.00–562.502,08614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9506
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427526.04/cwt508.00–551.002,24646
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471505.77/cwt480.00–520.502,38260
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2174
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy505505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,55014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522474.75/cwt453.00–490.502,47882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2623
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy556462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,57218
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570433.42/cwt420.00–450.502,47050
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,4143
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635372.72/cwt355.00–378.002,36713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657378.50/cwt378.50–378.502,4879
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659394.46/cwt390.00–397.002,59931
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722376.85/cwt376.85–376.852,721156
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742348.49/cwt341.00–353.002,5868
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2601391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,3504
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,917228.73/cwt217.00–240.004,3853
Bulls——2,070210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,3471
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010129.09/cwt128.00–130.001,3042
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6481
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,9701
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225163.94/cwt157.50–167.002,0083
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263185.96/cwt185.00–187.002,3492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269177.76/cwt172.50–183.002,25611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433163.78/cwt162.50–165.002,3472
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,8032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,531179.14/cwt177.50–182.002,7438
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,555180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7991

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.