Name: Tina Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with lighter weight classes selling as much as 15.00 higher and up for the better quality weaned and vaccinated calves. The offering was high with good demand from buyers throughout the sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.25/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −159.69 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.

Average price

$323.25

180 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$74.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.34

vs MO average

+10.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	327.05	1,793	166
Medium and Large 1-2	586	292.36	1,713	9thin
Medium and Large 2	573	252.50	1,447	5thin

One grade step is worth $74.55/cwt here — about $346 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $431.11, median $482.94 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale180 hd

323.25

—

MO average3 barns · 1,351 hd

314.91

+8.34

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+10.25

This barn, trailing median27 sales

482.94

−159.69

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	—	High	1,548	124.91	1,934	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	115.87	1,673	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	112.74	1,352	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	101.61	1,011	37

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2	550–600	562	268.17/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,507	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	297.93/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,466	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	371	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,289	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	373.06/cwt	337.50–400.00	1,142	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	299.80/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,118	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	246.33/cwt	240.00–248.00	2,035	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	264.25/cwt	264.25–264.25	1,987	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	261.19/cwt	255.50–270.00	1,643	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	332.72/cwt	315.00–341.25	1,773	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	356.88/cwt	337.50–375.00	1,345	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	325.06/cwt	312.00–345.00	1,362	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	247.22/cwt	235.00–254.75	1,778	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	316.78/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,825	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,713	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	625	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,584	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	279.54/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,577	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	349.27/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,132	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	375.46/cwt	345.00–399.50	1,254	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	339.19/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,472	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,445	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	310.64/cwt	291.50–317.00	1,904	102
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	103.17/cwt	87.00–111.50	1,031	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	81.46/cwt	72.50–90.00	748	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	113.37/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,189	5
Bulls	—	—	1,773	140.56/cwt	138.00–143.50	2,492	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	106.48/cwt	102.00–115.50	1,578	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	110.02/cwt	93.00–119.00	1,328	39
Steers	Large 1	800–850	840	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,050	4
Steers	Large 1	700–750	748	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	1,943	7
Steers	Large 1	750–800	769	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,996	8
Bulls	—	—	1,473	119.69/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,763	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	122.40/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,436	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,396	127.61/cwt	119.50–132.00	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	820	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,841	5
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	578	231.08/cwt	228.00–236.50	1,336	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	751	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,724	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	736	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,667	4
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	741	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,778	3
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	882	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	221.01/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,697	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	306.47/cwt	304.00–311.00	1,462	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	263.15/cwt	259.50–269.50	1,916	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	362.82/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	295.39/cwt	281.00–309.00	1,512	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	338.56/cwt	332.50–343.00	1,635	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	292.36/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,713	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,346	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	253.03/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,991	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,795	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	268.00/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,388	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	252.08/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,588	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	325.57/cwt	323.00–327.50	1,615	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	271.93/cwt	251.00–275.50	1,822	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,843	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	274.51/cwt	270.50–280.00	1,710	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	307.80/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,631	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	308.71/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,028	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,077Last week 805Year ago 2,162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 215Year ago 102

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	302.50–315.00	308.71
7	350–400	373	295.00–306.00	299.80
22	450–500	492	290.00–300.00	297.93
25	500–550	518	250.00–272.50	268.00
23	550–600	562	257.00–270.00	268.17
53	600–650	630	246.00–254.00	252.08
3	650–700	672	248.00	248.00
4	700–750	740	224.00	224.00
16	750–800	768	220.00–224.00	221.01
8	800–850	816	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	324	345.00–357.50	349.27
7	350–400	370	357.50–370.00	362.82
52	400–450	419	312.00–345.00	325.06
23	450–500	477	304.00–311.00	306.47
91	500–550	512	281.00–309.00	295.39
35	550–600	564	274.00–286.00	279.54
147	600–650	629	255.50–270.00	261.19
23	650–700	681	251.50	251.50
137	700–750	719	235.00–254.75	247.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	625	253.50	253.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	820	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	228.00–236.50	231.08
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	736	226.50	226.50
5	750–800	751	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	693	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	306	337.50–400.00	373.06
14	450–500	496	323.00–327.50	325.57
17	500–550	530	305.00–309.00	307.80
2	550–600	577	276.00	276.00
8	650–700	671	249.00	249.00
6	700–750	703	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	325.00	325.00
9	550–600	586	282.50–295.00	292.36
24	600–650	623	270.50–280.00	274.51
61	650–700	670	251.00–275.50	271.93
30	700–750	720	256.00	256.00
98	750–800	787	250.00–255.00	253.03
14	800–850	826	240.00–248.00	246.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	334	345.00–399.50	375.46
34	350–400	377	337.50–375.00	356.88
50	400–450	434	330.00–349.00	339.19
20	450–500	483	332.50–343.00	338.56
107	500–550	533	315.00–341.25	332.72
59	550–600	576	312.00–330.00	316.78
102	600–650	613	291.50–317.00	310.64
76	700–750	728	259.50–269.50	263.15
20	750–800	752	264.25	264.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	410	352.50	352.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	748	259.75	259.75
8	750–800	769	259.50	259.50
4	800–850	840	244.00	244.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	741	240.00	240.00
5	850–900	882	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	573	252.50	252.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	999	87.00–111.50	103.17
5	—	918	72.50–90.00	81.46
5	—	1,049	111.00–116.00	113.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,482	102.00–115.50	106.48
4	—	1,396	119.50–132.00	127.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,207	93.00–119.00	110.02
11	—	1,173	119.00–128.00	122.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,773	138.00–143.50	140.56
6	—	1,473	110.00–128.00	119.69

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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