Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-09-29

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Sep 29
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,231 head
134 vs last sale 1,365 815 vs year ago 416 · +195.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
9 vs last sale 101 56 vs year ago 166 · 33.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 pounds traded steady to firm with the 600-700 lbs selling 10.00 lower while the 700-750 lb steers sold 10.00 higher topping out at 428.00. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bull trade mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $438.39/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits 44.43 against this barn's trailing median of $482.82.
Average price
$438.39
137 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.55
vs MO average
+15.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555448.262,48677
Medium and Large 1-2565425.722,40460
One grade step is worth $22.54/cwt here — about $82 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 sale137 hd
438.39
MO average13 barns · 2,151 hd
414.84
+23.55
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
+15.74
This barn, trailing median28 sales
482.82
−44.43
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
BullsLow1,660170.542,8316thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,540165.902,55511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,281162.272,07932
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,068140.931,5059thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1800–850846300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,53811
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600588395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3233
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550522450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,34922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,08519
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576378.95/cwt375.00–381.002,18327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600588433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,54618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned250–300258520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,3423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600560369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550526327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700687360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4736
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full600–650610355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643415.43/cwt415.00–417.502,67117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,5067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450448437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,9603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950901334.00/cwt334.00–334.003,0097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned250–300280450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2604
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581409.95/cwt407.50–417.502,38212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550548434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,37811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350316515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,6273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900880307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,7025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500493439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,16413
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450413365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900881343.75/cwt343.75–343.753,02861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000960280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,6888
Bulls1,695167.65/cwt150.00–176.002,8425
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,548170.18/cwt167.50–174.002,6345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,533162.33/cwt158.00–167.502,4896
CowsBoner 80-85%1,284167.79/cwt160.00–176.002,15419
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226156.00/cwt152.00–160.001,91310
Bulls1,485185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,7471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500491379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,8618
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550531340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8059
CowsBoner 80-85%1,445148.17/cwt143.00–151.502,1413
CowsLean 85-90%1,068143.36/cwt134.00–148.501,5316
CowsLean 85-90%965105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0131
CowsLean 85-90%1,118151.61/cwt150.00–153.001,6952
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400382510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9489
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473486.53/cwt477.50–495.002,30131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800766365.25/cwt365.25–365.252,79871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487405.62/cwt394.00–410.001,97511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400355427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,5183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed650–700655353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,31212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650601354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1283
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650643372.54/cwt370.00–379.002,3957
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8824
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550521445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3183
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,3585
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650602400.59/cwt400.00–404.002,41234
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450413472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,9515
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,029287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,95817
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572443.73/cwt435.00–445.002,53848
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550507423.14/cwt412.50–427.502,14529
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670369.26/cwt364.00–375.502,47445
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450412464.00/cwt464.00–464.001,9127
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705414.21/cwt413.25–428.002,920159
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700664400.64/cwt387.50–404.002,66029
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550537473.85/cwt471.00–477.502,5457
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650607440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,67119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550542424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,29819
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450439457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,00811
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6096

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.