Name: Tina Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with the 550-650 lb. steers trading 8.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.85/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −42.09 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.

Average price

$440.85

104 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$17.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.37

vs MO average

−5.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	453.18	2,579	32
Medium and Large 1-2	545	435.37	2,372	72

One grade step is worth $17.81/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

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 sale104 hd

440.85

—

MO average19 barns · 1,615 hd

417.47

+23.37

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−5.00

This barn, trailing median27 sales

482.94

−42.09

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,534	192.89	2,959	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	159.87	2,391	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,259	150.61	1,896	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,067	136.79	1,459	7thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,534	192.89/cwt	175.00–199.00	2,959	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,094	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	161.04/cwt	155.00–166.00	2,414	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	147.00/cwt	146.00–148.00	2,129	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,667	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	157.65/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,982	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,538	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	343.13/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,158	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,814	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	508	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,862	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	439.15/cwt	430.00–456.50	2,292	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	393.14/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,040	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	429.70/cwt	415.00–437.00	2,488	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	408.05/cwt	405.50–410.00	2,669	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	453.18/cwt	447.00–461.00	2,579	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	367.25/cwt	367.25–367.25	2,670	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	275.86/cwt	272.50–284.00	2,017	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,619	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	379.99/cwt	351.00–400.00	1,987	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	395.89/cwt	382.50–410.00	2,118	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,161	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,195	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	511	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,254	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	440.90/cwt	437.00–447.50	1,896	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	334.20/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,226	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	402.44/cwt	385.00–414.00	1,875	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,230	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,426	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	135.89/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,464	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	146.20/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,844	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	141.61/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,586	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	137.91/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	553	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,884	9

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tina Livestock Market Cattle Auction - Tina, MO

Mon Oct 6, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 686Last week 1,231Year ago 913

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 110Year ago 88

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with the 550-650 lb. steers trading 8.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,534	175.00–199.00	192.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	125.00	125.00
3	—	1,077	129.00–139.00	135.89
3	—	1,120	140.00–145.00	141.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,499	155.00–166.00	161.04
2	—	1,448	146.00–148.00	147.00
1	—	1,555	171.50	171.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,257	153.00–164.00	157.65
15	—	1,261	140.00–153.00	146.20
2	—	1,253	137.00–139.00	137.91

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	437.00–447.50	440.90
36	500–550	522	430.00–456.50	439.15
30	550–600	579	415.00–437.00	429.70
3	600–650	623	376.00	376.00
5	650–700	668	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	569	447.00–461.00	453.18
6	600–650	631	415.00	415.00
30	650–700	654	405.50–410.00	408.05
61	900–950	937	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	511	441.00	441.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	490	455.00	455.00
5	600–650	608	399.00	399.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	523	351.00–400.00	379.99
15	600–650	629	331.00–345.00	343.13
14	700–750	731	272.50–284.00	275.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	553	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	415.00	415.00
15	450–500	466	385.00–414.00	402.44
5	500–550	546	341.00	341.00
8	650–700	666	330.00–341.00	334.20
9	950–1000	958	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	420.00	420.00
13	500–550	519	385.00–402.50	393.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	535	382.50–410.00	395.89
13	550–600	581	372.00	372.00
78	700–750	727	367.25	367.25

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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