Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-06-16

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Jun 16
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,343 head
706 vs last sale 637 650 vs year ago 693 · +93.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
46 vs last sale 117 39 vs year ago 124 · +31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers traded with a higher undertone with 400-500 lbs steers trading as much as 15.00-20.00 higher, as well as 3 straight loads of 976 pound steers selling with a higher undertone at $285.25. Slaughter cows trading mostly steady to firm. Slaughter bulls 5.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $410.97/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 71.85 against this barn's trailing median of $482.82.
Average price
$410.97
136 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,245
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.60
vs MO average
+39.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544428.982,33461
Medium and Large 1-2548396.312,17175
One grade step is worth $32.67/cwt here — about $163 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

28 sales
525489453417median 482.8212/1502/1604/1306/0808/10
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 sale136 hd
410.97
MO average17 barns · 3,280 hd
387.37
+23.60
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
+39.05
This barn, trailing median28 sales
482.82
−71.85
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
BullsLow1,773204.733,62913
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,489161.882,41112
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240152.551,89243
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,041131.271,3679thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,030129.92/cwt125.00–134.001,3383
CowsLean 85-90%1,078139.91/cwt138.50–142.001,5083
Bulls1,315165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,1701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,164142.63/cwt134.00–145.501,6608
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470169.60/cwt167.50–170.252,4934
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,499158.02/cwt153.50–164.002,3698
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650603330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9904
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,9809
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415460.52/cwt452.50–470.001,91119
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469443.16/cwt435.00–457.502,07848
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437414.37/cwt410.00–415.001,81143
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600553356.52/cwt353.00–360.501,97249
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800752306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,3012
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,360131
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705336.27/cwt335.00–339.002,37116
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650620331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0523
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550510446.62/cwt435.00–467.502,27829
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350337460.87/cwt457.50–462.501,5539
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,39514
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673334.34/cwt320.00–335.502,25078
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577386.95/cwt380.00–397.502,23316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637360.44/cwt340.00–368.502,29626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450437430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534348.62/cwt335.00–355.001,86226
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000976285.25/cwt285.25–285.252,784179
HeifersMedium 1550–600589310.51/cwt304.00–328.001,82920
Bulls1,728197.45/cwt190.00–205.503,4125
CowsBoner 80-85%1,306160.54/cwt155.00–170.002,09714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225151.01/cwt147.00–155.001,85021
CowsLean 85-90%1,015123.99/cwt120.00–128.501,2583
Bulls1,870215.61/cwt206.00–225.504,0327
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478404.47/cwt390.00–412.501,93326
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9442
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650609323.62/cwt320.00–328.001,9719
SteersMedium 1-2600–650615325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9996
HeifersMedium 1500–550535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7122
HeifersMedium 1450–500482358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,7264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600564333.41/cwt332.50–334.001,88010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300281450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540398.85/cwt384.00–411.002,15459
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616382.96/cwt371.00–390.502,35927
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750720290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0889
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400361448.61/cwt445.00–450.001,6197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474372.25/cwt369.00–378.001,76427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750711279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,9844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400363433.94/cwt427.50–437.501,57517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377445.68/cwt433.00–470.001,68015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7846
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300275492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,3542
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575413.00/cwt403.00–422.502,37532

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.