Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-09-08

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Sep 8
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
964 head
142 vs last sale 822 791 vs year ago 1,755 · 45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
12 vs last sale 142 10 vs year ago 164 · 6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers trading with sharply higher undertones. A nice run of feeders this week following no sale last week due to the Labor Day holiday. slaughter cows and bulls trading with a higher undertones.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.68/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits 30.50 against this barn's trailing median of $433.18.
Average price
$402.68
74 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.26
vs MO average
+34.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539404.162,17752
Medium and Large 1552399.192,20522
One grade step is worth $4.96/cwt here — about −$29 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

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 sale74 hd
402.68
MO average11 barns · 1,743 hd
387.42
+15.26
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
+34.34
This barn, trailing median27 sales
433.18
−30.50
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
BullsLow1,670201.393,36410
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,772177.183,1406thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,494168.072,51113
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,269163.072,06937
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,023141.161,44310

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 1500–550527432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,2776
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450447457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,0454
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571457.98/cwt455.00–462.502,61523
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480496.13/cwt492.50–500.002,38110
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619435.79/cwt434.00–437.502,69818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750721345.50/cwt345.50–345.502,49119
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481429.54/cwt428.00–432.502,06611
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650622395.50/cwt395.50–395.502,46027
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562386.89/cwt383.00–390.002,17416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539440.69/cwt432.50–458.002,37511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600580367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,1322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470455.34/cwt450.00–462.502,1409
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600567421.06/cwt412.50–430.002,38714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600–650622399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,4826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500496427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,1206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420475.44/cwt450.00–487.501,99711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650617365.35/cwt340.00–382.502,2545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472411.00/cwt402.50–420.001,9404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675382.10/cwt361.00–400.002,5799
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,46716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,5075
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238148.22/cwt143.50–152.001,8355
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281171.70/cwt166.00–178.502,19917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265158.24/cwt153.00–166.002,00215
Bulls1,454186.60/cwt170.00–194.502,7134
Bulls1,945225.52/cwt220.50–230.004,3862
Bulls1,749204.12/cwt190.00–212.003,5704
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676417.68/cwt414.50–418.252,82439
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550507490.15/cwt477.50–495.002,48511
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,75278
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500459432.53/cwt430.00–435.001,9858
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550501430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1543
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850819370.50/cwt370.50–370.503,03412
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7662
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750702397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,7905
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700657393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,58272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900862349.00/cwt349.00–349.003,00817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595414.40/cwt402.00–429.002,46618
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650601367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2063
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500467442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,0667
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600552408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,2528
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650630360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2685
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470166.77/cwt161.50–170.502,4525
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,424177.32/cwt175.00–178.502,5255
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550509409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,0827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570385.55/cwt375.00–398.002,19818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800751370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,7798
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521419.13/cwt417.00–423.002,18425
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,650154.84/cwt152.50–159.002,5553
CowsLean 85-90%1,003141.80/cwt140.00–143.501,4224
CowsLean 85-90%1,108153.98/cwt149.00–164.501,7063
CowsLean 85-90%963127.48/cwt120.00–132.501,2283
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,787173.23/cwt167.00–176.503,0963
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,757181.14/cwt179.50–183.003,1833

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.