Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-05-05

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, May 5
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,677 head
104 vs last sale 1,781 242 vs year ago 1,435 · +16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
70 vs last sale 215 70 vs year ago 215 · 32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 2.00-10.00 higher, with spots as much as 20.00 higher. The feeder offering included 5 pot loads with 2 loads of heifers weighing 665-709 lbs that sold for 310.00 -312.50 and 3 loads of steers weighing 897-904 lbs that sold for 289.25-290.25. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.86/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 89.08 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.
Average price
$393.86
178 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.31
vs MO average
+15.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545399.772,179123
Medium and Large 1-2534380.662,03555
One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about $144 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
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 sale178 hd
393.86
MO average18 barns · 3,969 hd
384.55
+9.31
National average168 barns · 13,508 hd
378.79
+15.07
This barn, trailing median27 sales
482.94
−89.08
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
BullsAverage1,814189.713,4415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,476156.292,30712
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,800156.002,8081thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,241150.931,87434
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,018131.181,33518

Every lot, as filed

71 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 1400–450433437.92/cwt430.00–450.001,89645
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550535393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,1037
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950904289.25/cwt289.25–289.252,61562
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500483398.28/cwt395.00–399.001,92416
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500477400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9089
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800750293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,1984
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376465.73/cwt457.50–472.501,75111
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650635312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9812
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474387.02/cwt376.00–401.001,83439
CowsLean 85-90%1,046137.86/cwt133.00–144.001,4425
CowsLean 85-90%1,025141.08/cwt133.00–148.001,4468
CowsLean 85-90%977108.67/cwt88.00–125.501,0625
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,800156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,8081
Bulls1,801186.51/cwt180.00–191.503,3594
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230152.74/cwt148.00–157.501,87919
HeifersMedium 1Unweaned400–450435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7407
HeifersMedium 1Unweaned500–550512350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7929
SteersMedium 1-2400–450438355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5554
SteersMedium 1-2450–500481386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,85711
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9573
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248143.44/cwt135.00–147.501,79010
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510148.92/cwt145.50–152.502,2492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,469157.76/cwt155.00–165.502,31710
Bulls1,865202.50/cwt202.50–202.503,7771
CowsBoner 80-85%1,272159.05/cwt158.00–161.002,0235
HeifersMedium 1550–600556275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5293
HeifersMedium 1500–550538337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,8138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600584319.40/cwt310.00–322.501,86524
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650647300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450418397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,6594
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550529343.98/cwt342.75–348.001,82017
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600592344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,0397
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5695
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566319.18/cwt318.00–320.001,8075
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600577315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500460370.93/cwt356.00–386.001,70622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750739302.97/cwt302.00–308.002,23918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470410.61/cwt391.00–422.501,93022
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500477365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621359.71/cwt337.00–368.002,23438
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700662311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,0622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533322.42/cwt314.00–328.501,71813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,9286
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8702
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned200–250242477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450422371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,5662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350347430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800776282.75/cwt279.00–286.502,1944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650601304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,8273
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575383.10/cwt378.00–394.002,20347
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650612350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,22811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450406420.44/cwt416.00–425.001,7076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550531381.85/cwt365.00–401.002,02852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750733289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,1183
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678337.41/cwt331.00–343.502,28816
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500456444.15/cwt442.50–449.002,02534
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600585302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7702
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500473372.78/cwt367.50–380.001,7637
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373452.47/cwt450.00–457.501,68814
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900897290.25/cwt290.25–290.252,604122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400390420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6384
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419420.62/cwt412.00–435.001,76231
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,07876
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350311453.38/cwt450.00–457.001,4104
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518419.41/cwt409.00–427.502,17362
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650606386.34/cwt380.00–391.002,34119
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650633291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8425
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750709310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,19875
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520355.80/cwt343.50–365.001,85047

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.