Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2024-07-15

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Jul 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
747 head
931 vs last sale 1,678 1,153 vs year ago 1,900 · 60.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
20 vs last sale 132 148 vs year ago 260 · 56.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 6 22 vs year ago 25 · 88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower, the less attractive and unweaned calves sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. For a mid summer run with temps near 100, the supply was light to moderate with buyer demand being moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $325.39/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 157.43 against this barn's trailing median of $482.82.
Average price
$325.39
43 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.09
vs MO average
+34.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561338.631,90121
Medium and Large 1-2544312.751,70122
One grade step is worth $25.88/cwt here — about $199 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
525489453417median 482.8212/1502/1604/1306/0808/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $431.11, median $482.82 across 28 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 sale43 hd
325.39
MO average16 barns · 2,049 hd
315.30
+10.09
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
+34.30
This barn, trailing median28 sales
482.82
−157.43
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,704170.552,90511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,393154.832,15720
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,177142.391,67612
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,024123.401,26311

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$2,0003thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 2650–700672222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4953
HeifersLarge 2800–850825228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,9483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500496332.15/cwt330.00–340.001,64714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650630265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527283.89/cwt271.00–295.001,49613
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700657235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5449
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700665251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6693
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4313
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400351347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450409307.26/cwt305.00–309.001,2577
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600553295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535315.96/cwt313.00–321.001,69011
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8393
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533300.69/cwt297.00–305.501,60353
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400373387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4457
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550511293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650634260.94/cwt256.00–262.001,65417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450403360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567291.94/cwt287.00–294.251,65552
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650613313.34/cwt308.00–320.001,92135
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185139.75/cwt135.00–146.501,6568
CowsLean 85-90%985114.19/cwt110.00–117.501,1253
Bulls1,775184.50/cwt184.50–184.503,2751
CowsLean 85-90%1,038126.85/cwt120.50–133.501,3178
Bulls1,558154.24/cwt151.00–157.002,4032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,402149.18/cwt145.00–154.002,0928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750727246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7883
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750718255.22/cwt255.00–255.501,8327
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5948
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435348.66/cwt342.50–362.001,5176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600553315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7428
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600585268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5684
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650606300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8183
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750706240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500462312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400379370.90/cwt339.00–377.501,4066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642275.90/cwt275.00–278.001,77110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500477328.74/cwt324.00–335.001,5687
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564338.82/cwt330.00–346.001,91118
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724283.37/cwt282.00–283.502,05281
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,9053
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,7865
CowsBoner 80-85%1,161147.66/cwt146.00–150.001,7144
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,387158.59/cwt154.00–165.502,20012
Bulls1,731172.89/cwt164.00–179.002,9938
SteersLarge 1-2650–700678275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,86811
SteersLarge 1-2700–750735255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8748
HeifersLarge 2600–650600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4103

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.