Name: Tina Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with supply being light and offerings of smaller packages and drafts with overall quality not as impressive as typical, the undertone was steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $285.90/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$285.90

191 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$72.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.60

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	294.55	1,681	99
Medium and Large 1-2	470	288.57	1,356	72
Medium and Large 2	858	245.00	2,103	10thin
Large 2	772	222.10	1,714	10thin

One grade step is worth $72.45/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale191 hd

285.90

—

MO average16 barns · 9,876 hd

273.30

+12.60

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	1,748	126.78	2,216	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	116.67	1,693	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	103.74	1,309	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	96.00	996	21

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	548	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,332	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,288	8
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	640	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,222	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	726	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,369	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	448	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,053	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	990	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,777	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	831	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,036	3
Steers	Large 2	—	737	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	310.52/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,388	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,151	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	313.27/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,212	25
Steers	Large 2	—	852	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	277.46/cwt	277.00–277.75	1,817	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	281.32/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,474	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	282.65/cwt	281.75–285.00	1,767	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,132	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	274.34/cwt	270.50–286.00	1,569	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,663	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,253	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	280.64/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,271	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	287.80/cwt	283.00–292.50	1,269	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	266.57/cwt	266.00–267.50	1,346	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	314.62/cwt	307.50–324.00	1,472	22
Heifers	Medium 2	—	659	223.66/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,474	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	588	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,065	4
Bulls	—	—	1,748	126.78/cwt	118.00–135.50	2,216	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	99.97/cwt	92.00–109.00	1,045	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	86.06/cwt	81.00–90.00	877	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	103.74/cwt	94.00–115.00	1,309	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	113.36/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,593	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	120.54/cwt	115.50–126.50	1,814	6

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 Sep 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 602Last week 1,170Year ago 1,505

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 180Year ago 155

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	243.00	243.00
3	—	640	191.00	191.00
12	—	726	188.50	188.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	448	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	235.00	235.00
9	—	659	223.00–225.00	223.66
3	—	588	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	990	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	625	266.00	266.00
8	—	453	277.50–282.50	280.64
8	—	441	283.00–292.50	287.80
8	—	505	266.00–267.50	266.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	274.00	274.00
4	—	432	271.00	271.00
4	—	386	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	831	245.00	245.00
7	—	870	245.00	245.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	737	223.00	223.00
3	—	852	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	447	306.00–315.00	310.52
26	—	655	277.00–277.75	277.46
28	—	625	281.75–285.00	282.65
7	—	525	310.00	310.00
8	—	552	307.00	307.00
22	—	468	307.50–324.00	314.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	411	280.00	280.00
25	—	387	312.50–317.50	313.27
9	—	524	280.00–282.00	281.32
5	—	636	260.00	260.00
15	—	572	270.50–286.00	274.34
6	—	459	273.00	273.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,748	118.00–135.50	126.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,045	92.00–109.00	99.97
6	—	1,019	81.00–90.00	86.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,262	94.00–115.00	103.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,405	111.00–115.00	113.36
6	—	1,505	115.50–126.50	120.54

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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