Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2024-10-28

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Oct 28
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,235 head
428 vs last sale 807 970 vs year ago 265 · +366.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
98 vs last sale 187 68 vs year ago 157 · 43.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
5 vs last sale 9 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher with some spots higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.43/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 163.74 against this barn's trailing median of $433.18.
Average price
$269.43
84 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.65
vs MO average
+8.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513287.361,47412thin
Medium and Large 1-2552271.221,49663
Medium and Large 2578233.001,3489thin
One grade step is worth $54.36/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale84 hd
269.43
MO average17 barns · 2,167 hd
252.78
+16.65
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
+8.97
This barn, trailing median27 sales
433.18
−163.74
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
BullsLow1,668160.102,6708thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,525134.302,04916
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,258121.931,53426
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,029111.221,14412

Every lot, as filed

69 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677272.26/cwt265.00–276.001,84368
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550546259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4143
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500493234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1543
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500457297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,35713
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650616269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned300–350345277.50/cwt277.50–277.509573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581268.09/cwt256.00–274.251,55835
SteersLarge 1-2850–900873217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8943
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568301.50/cwt300.00–306.001,71370
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned550–600591245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4483
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned500–550548214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622251.81/cwt240.00–259.001,56622
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400350345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2083
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500465322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4978
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474324.46/cwt318.00–333.501,53838
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950911251.25/cwt251.25–251.252,28963
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650601290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,74310
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400380337.47/cwt337.00–339.001,2824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450406303.43/cwt303.00–305.001,23215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500474286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3566
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750748230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583286.62/cwt275.00–297.001,67111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622275.19/cwt266.00–279.001,71217
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350319336.18/cwt335.00–337.501,0726
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550516312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6104
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500487262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2763
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450441325.60/cwt322.50–330.001,43621
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900893190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6976
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650610232.53/cwt230.00–235.001,4186
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550538255.99/cwt255.00–257.001,3776
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600595245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4583
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350342335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1463
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,569138.21/cwt137.00–139.502,1697
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185132.28/cwt131.50–133.001,5682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,496132.79/cwt130.50–134.501,9878
CowsLean 85-90%1,025103.51/cwt94.00–107.001,0615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,7311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255125.00/cwt121.00–132.001,56919
CowsBoner 80-85%1,298106.10/cwt89.00–119.001,3775
CowsLean 85-90%1,031116.73/cwt108.00–121.501,2037
Bulls1,715149.65/cwt146.00–153.502,5664
Bulls1,710178.50/cwt178.50–178.503,0521
Bulls1,590167.90/cwt161.50–175.502,6703
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,063154.42/cwt150.00–163.001,6414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400367298.88/cwt292.50–301.001,0974
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513287.36/cwt284.00–288.501,47412
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600596240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4303
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950916225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,06115
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350339324.30/cwt312.50–336.001,0996
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800772241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,86171
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,6253
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500493262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2923
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375328.98/cwt313.00–347.001,2346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400372288.69/cwt287.50–290.001,0746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550508267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3564
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750744256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,90574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500454290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3177
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned350–400396255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0107
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624279.29/cwt263.00–280.501,74371
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450434310.47/cwt304.00–315.001,34718
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700656270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,77142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800759230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7468
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423316.54/cwt311.00–322.001,3396
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531314.27/cwt306.00–317.001,66939
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,066199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,1216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516276.49/cwt269.00–282.001,42724
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500491299.87/cwt298.00–303.001,47229

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.