Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2024-10-14

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Oct 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
458 head
455 vs last sale 913 367 vs year ago 825 · 44.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
4 vs last sale 88 126 vs year ago 210 · 60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
6 vs last sale 1 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher on the lighter weight calves up to 500 lbs. Supply was light with a moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.73/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 169.45 against this barn's trailing median of $433.18.
Average price
$263.73
49 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.02
vs MO average
+5.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507283.501,43712thin
Medium 1-2519271.501,4095thin
Medium and Large 1-2559255.101,42632
One grade step is worth $28.40/cwt here — about $12 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

27 sales
476441406371median 433.1812/1502/0904/0606/0107/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.89, low $384.72, median $433.18 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 sale49 hd
263.73
MO average17 barns · 1,905 hd
258.71
+5.02
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
+5.92
This barn, trailing median27 sales
433.18
−169.45
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
BullsAverage1,710163.242,7914thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,433133.371,91117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,264125.281,58416
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,059108.611,15010

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,018$2,0604thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)955$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$1,6782thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450407330.75/cwt317.50–337.501,34612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500475275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450437299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,3073
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3833
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472314.82/cwt313.00–317.501,4865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672272.15/cwt271.00–273.001,8297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619249.37/cwt247.00–253.501,54411
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650647260.25/cwt259.00–264.001,6844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800791235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850826234.06/cwt231.00–240.001,9337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600552257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4196
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572294.46/cwt292.00–296.001,68413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550530279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4797
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450434306.10/cwt305.50–310.001,3287
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500487290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650622268.91/cwt266.50–269.751,67323
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410332.53/cwt330.00–335.001,3632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4998
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750726258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8733
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550506292.88/cwt285.00–300.001,48217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586278.29/cwt276.50–280.001,63110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484275.08/cwt268.00–280.001,3315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650642230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850803216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,7383
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900890190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,6956
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450430282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2153
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500465285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3256
CowsBoner 80-85%1,421116.99/cwt114.00–118.001,6624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,222134.00/cwt132.00–135.501,6373
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,610126.81/cwt125.50–128.002,0422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,433132.77/cwt130.00–135.001,90310
CowsLean 85-90%97595.05/cwt92.50–97.009272
CowsLean 85-90%1,080112.00/cwt104.00–120.001,2108
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,362137.21/cwt136.50–139.501,8695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,209126.06/cwt122.50–129.501,5249
Bulls1,710163.24/cwt154.50–169.002,7914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,678.00/head1,400.00–1,900.001,6782
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0182,060.00/head2,060.00–2,060.002,0604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29551,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400362269.09/cwt265.00–277.509743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350327278.97/cwt257.50–302.509124
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550519271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,4095
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500478291.50/cwt276.00–307.501,3934
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750721226.26/cwt225.00–227.001,6318
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500476249.18/cwt231.00–262.501,1867
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400375293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,0993
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400390312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586246.54/cwt230.00–255.501,44517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550512269.99/cwt267.50–275.001,3829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750707240.00/cwt234.00–241.001,6977
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850831214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,6806
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700675247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450447282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2618
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550507283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,43712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450436285.04/cwt275.00–290.001,24311

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.