Name: Tina Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With lower temps, there was a good offering of feeder cattle with buyers in demand. Most drafts of feeders traded steady to 5.00 higher in most classes of cattle.

Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $290.96/cwt on 343 head.

Average price

$290.96

343 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.05

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	297.64	1,594	198
Medium and Large 1-2	569	282.90	1,610	136
Medium and Large 2	588	266.00	1,564	9thin

One grade step is worth $31.64/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale343 hd

290.96

—

MO average9 barns · 4,355 hd

269.92

+21.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,863	134.95	2,514	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,251	118.79	1,485	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	112.54	1,364	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	101.74	1,200	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Tina Livestock Market Cattle Auction - Tina, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	276.78/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,165	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	252.54/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,313	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	452	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,234	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	377	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	984	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	254.37/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,241	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	279.54/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,652	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,779	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	336.67/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,279	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	313.86/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,359	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	284.82/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,689	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,348	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	1,435	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	300.25/cwt	300.25–300.25	1,507	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	525	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,523	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	304.55/cwt	301.00–307.50	1,425	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,957	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	290.68/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,416	18
Bulls	—	—	1,863	134.95/cwt	127.50–143.50	2,514	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	117.26/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,465	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	111.60/cwt	103.00–117.00	1,345	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	117.28/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,437	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	123.01/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,626	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	101.74/cwt	92.00–107.00	1,200	4

How this sale compares

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tina Livestock Market Cattle Auction - Tina, MO

Mon Aug 28, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 836Last week 570Year ago 1,117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 123Year ago 150

With lower temps, there was a good offering of feeder cattle with buyers in demand. Most drafts of feeders traded steady to 5.00 higher in most classes of cattle.

Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	421	270.00–279.00	276.78
2	—	572	272.00	272.00
5	—	530	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	248.00–260.00	252.54
6	—	593	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	452	273.00	273.00
106	—	541	265.25	265.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	377	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	488	253.00–256.00	254.37
4	—	557	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	591	276.00–280.00	279.54
17	—	525	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	605	294.00	294.00
10	—	380	330.00–340.00	336.67
16	—	433	302.50–327.50	313.86
18	—	468	301.00–307.50	304.55
39	—	722	271.00	271.00
5	—	541	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	588	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	593	280.00–286.00	284.82
18	—	487	290.00–296.00	290.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	502	300.25	300.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,863	127.50–143.50	134.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,249	116.00–118.00	117.26
20	—	1,205	103.00–117.00	111.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,225	113.00–122.00	117.28
5	—	1,322	120.50–126.00	123.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	92.00–107.00	101.74

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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