Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-08-25

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Aug 25
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
822 head
288 vs last sale 534 482 vs year ago 340 · +141.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
74 vs last sale 68 87 vs year ago 55 · +158.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

all weights of feeder cattle sold with a sharply higher undertone with the last reported sale being 3 weeks ago slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $444.47/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits 38.47 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.
Average price
$444.47
65 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,379
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$72.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.85
vs MO average
+35.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547474.802,59831
Medium and Large 1-2509419.982,13828
Large 1595402.002,3926thin
One grade step is worth $72.80/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale65 hd
444.47
MO average13 barns · 1,583 hd
426.62
+17.85
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
+35.17
This barn, trailing median27 sales
482.94
−38.47
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
BullsHigh1,768196.663,4779thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,547172.892,67411
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,214162.681,97634
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,016140.571,42818

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1-2Unweaned500–550523370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9357
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550527406.32/cwt405.00–407.002,1416
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600588365.47/cwt361.00–370.002,14916
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500479402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,9288
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550535391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,0926
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426484.86/cwt480.00–495.002,06612
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600570401.05/cwt395.00–407.502,2866
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500461467.75/cwt432.50–492.502,1565
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550512483.41/cwt467.50–490.002,47510
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475473.87/cwt472.50–475.002,2519
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385500.49/cwt494.00–510.001,9275
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350322475.51/cwt460.00–495.001,5317
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,4403
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700667371.25/cwt371.25–371.252,47675
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7725
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568403.50/cwt403.50–403.502,29216
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350335544.84/cwt510.00–585.001,8255
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550503420.18/cwt415.00–427.002,11414
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471439.21/cwt432.50–446.002,06912
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650636384.60/cwt384.00–385.502,44610
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,7677
CowsLean 85-90%965110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0621
CowsLean 85-90%1,073129.92/cwt123.00–137.501,3946
CowsLean 85-90%985156.03/cwt151.00–160.001,5374
CowsLean 85-90%992145.22/cwt139.00–147.501,4417
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,521167.82/cwt163.50–172.502,5534
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,700179.00/cwt177.50–181.003,0432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,294175.29/cwt171.50–184.502,2686
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208161.97/cwt155.00–170.001,95724
Bulls1,663214.88/cwt212.50–217.503,5732
Bulls1,971203.79/cwt196.00–210.504,0174
Bulls1,568175.00/cwt158.50–183.502,7443
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506174.50/cwt173.00–177.002,6285
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673402.12/cwt399.00–406.002,70620
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717383.50/cwt383.50–383.502,75016
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,0552
SteersLarge 1Unweaned650–700663367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4334
SteersLarge 1Unweaned550–600595402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,3926
CowsBoner 80-85%1,134148.04/cwt143.00–155.501,6794
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600553350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9364
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800796328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,6115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429429.84/cwt427.50–430.501,8449
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950916339.50/cwt339.50–339.503,11066
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650631427.67/cwt416.00–436.002,69921
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564470.70/cwt463.00–472.002,65521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550500418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,09022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650636364.63/cwt364.00–365.002,3198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572389.07/cwt375.00–401.002,22543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700661350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,64525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,5863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550500412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,0633
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500462410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450425467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,9872

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.