Name: Tina Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers traded steady on a light test due to another warm summer day. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Supply was light with moderate demand from buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.35/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −191.46 against this barn's trailing median of $482.82.

Average price

$291.35

35 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$49.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.91

vs MO average

+22.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	306.86	1,677	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	583	286.17	1,668	19thin
Large 2	552	257.00	1,419	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.86/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

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 sale35 hd

291.35

—

MO average15 barns · 1,593 hd

280.45

+10.91

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+22.80

This barn, trailing median28 sales

482.82

−191.46

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	1,934	173.80	3,361	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	144.42	2,171	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	140.28	1,772	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	113.40	1,318	4thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	500–550	516	275.27/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	292.44/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,500	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,697	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,404	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	235.27/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,496	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	294.98/cwt	289.00–297.00	1,416	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,000	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,445	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	285.88/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,795	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	313.15/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,644	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	286.17/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,668	19
Steers	Large 2	550–600	552	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,419	3
Steers	Large 2	700–750	712	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	256.97/cwt	255.50–258.00	1,845	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	296.79/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	298.81/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,850	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	587	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	362.35/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,882	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	331.78/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,420	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	248.37/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,659	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	301.23/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	233.66/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,666	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	982	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1350–1400	1,371	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,427	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,413	4
Bulls	—	—	1,934	173.80/cwt	165.00–179.00	3,361	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	144.42/cwt	143.50–146.00	2,171	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	123.70/cwt	115.00–133.00	1,470	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	895	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	140.28/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,772	8

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 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 340Last week 341Year ago 836

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 75Year ago 115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	307	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	385	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	415	300.00–302.50	301.23
2	450–500	485	283.00	283.00
4	500–550	516	270.00–277.00	275.27
12	650–700	668	243.00–255.00	248.37
7	700–750	713	230.00–238.00	233.66
3	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	241.00	241.00
2	550–600	587	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	450	314.00	314.00
11	500–550	513	286.00–300.00	292.44
8	600–650	609	260.00	260.00
11	650–700	663	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	587	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	590	234.50	234.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
4	550–600	556	252.50	252.50
7	600–650	636	233.00–241.00	235.27
14	1350–1400	1,371	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	480	289.00–297.00	294.98
19	550–600	583	279.00–289.00	286.17
7	600–650	628	285.00–287.00	285.88
2	650–700	695	247.00	247.00
3	700–750	725	251.50	251.50
4	750–800	756	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	368	355.00–370.00	362.35
10	400–450	428	330.00–335.00	331.78
8	500–550	525	300.00–327.50	313.15
5	550–600	581	296.00–300.00	296.79
12	600–650	619	289.00–306.00	298.81
19	700–750	718	255.50–258.00	256.97
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	257.00	257.00
6	700–750	712	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	278.00	278.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,000	144.50	144.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,934	165.00–179.00	173.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,503	143.50–146.00	144.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	115.00–133.00	123.70
1	—	1,085	82.50	82.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,263	136.00–142.00	140.28

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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