Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2024-10-07

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Oct 7
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
913 head
497 vs last sale 416 209 vs year ago 704 · +29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
78 vs last sale 166 77 vs year ago 165 · 46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
5 vs last sale 6 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, light weight 300 to 500lb feeder steers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 650 weight and heavier yearling steers sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate, demand was good!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.40/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 180.55 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.
Average price
$302.40
61 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.44
vs MO average
+8.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535304.361,62856
Medium and Large 1-2523280.391,4665thin
One grade step is worth $23.97/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
525489453417median 482.9412/2202/1604/1306/0808/10
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 sale61 hd
302.40
MO average15 barns · 1,410 hd
280.95
+21.44
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
+8.09
This barn, trailing median27 sales
482.94
−180.55
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
BullsHigh1,534159.122,4414thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,406132.441,86315
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,078111.791,20619
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242107.931,3405thin

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
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,6251thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550517233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600590224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700696215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4964
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800764242.10/cwt242.10–242.101,85067
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750716257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,84472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540257.10/cwt251.00–259.001,3888
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535304.36/cwt294.00–310.501,62856
SteersLarge 2750–800778207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670257.39/cwt250.00–265.001,7256
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432315.74/cwt315.00–317.501,36421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800751244.45/cwt243.00–245.001,83611
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350343345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1837
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810247.81/cwt247.00–253.002,00792
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650607288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7485
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,0812
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750732271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,98478
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630274.87/cwt271.00–285.001,73239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700657261.75/cwt261.75–261.751,72078
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460298.50/cwt298.50–298.501,37318
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600598244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523280.39/cwt280.00–281.001,4665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650603259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715260.27/cwt256.00–262.001,86121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575256.47/cwt248.00–260.501,4759
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500489280.16/cwt280.00–281.001,37025
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,3443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650639243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500450307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3824
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650628225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4133
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550545225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2263
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750720234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6853
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700666224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4924
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372317.52/cwt313.00–322.501,18117
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800797214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7063
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0502,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Bulls1,425173.50/cwt173.50–173.502,4721
Bulls1,570154.33/cwt150.00–161.002,4233
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425138.35/cwt136.50–143.001,9715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,397129.49/cwt124.50–135.001,80910
CowsLean 85-90%1,063118.32/cwt108.00–124.501,25812
CowsLean 85-90%1,080128.51/cwt127.50–129.501,3882
CowsLean 85-90%1,11589.44/cwt81.00–105.509975
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213120.47/cwt107.00–128.001,4613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28589.12/cwt85.00–93.001,1452

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.