Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2024-03-04

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Mar 4
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,077 head
▲ 1,272 vs last sale 805▼ 85 vs year ago 2,162 · −3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 215▲ 75 vs year ago 102 · +73.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with lighter weight classes selling as much as 15.00 higher and up for the better quality weaned and vaccinated calves. The offering was high with good demand from buyers throughout the sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $323.25/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −155.90 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$323.25
180 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$74.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.34
vs MO average
+10.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548327.051,793166
Medium and Large 1-2586292.361,7139thin
Medium and Large 2573252.501,4475thin
One grade step is worth $74.55/cwt here — about $346 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale180 hd
323.25
—
MO average3 barns · 1,351 hd
314.91
+8.34
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
+10.25
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−155.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
525474423372median 479.1503/0204/2706/2209/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $386.45, median $479.15 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—High1,548124.911,9348thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,444115.871,6739thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,200112.741,35250
CowsLean 85-90%Average995101.611,01137

Every lot

64 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334375.46/cwt345.00–399.501,25416
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377356.88/cwt337.50–375.001,34534
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4457
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3466
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434339.19/cwt330.00–349.001,47250
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483338.56/cwt332.50–343.001,63520
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533332.72/cwt315.00–341.251,773107
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576316.78/cwt312.00–330.001,82559
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586292.36/cwt282.50–295.001,7139
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613310.64/cwt291.50–317.001,904102
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623274.51/cwt270.50–280.001,71024
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670271.93/cwt251.00–275.501,82261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,84330
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728263.15/cwt259.50–269.501,91676
Steers700–750Large 1-2741240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7783
Steers700–750Large 1748259.75/cwt259.75–259.751,9437
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752264.25/cwt264.25–264.251,98720
Steers750–800Large 1769259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,9968
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787253.03/cwt250.00–255.001,99198
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826246.33/cwt240.00–248.002,03514
Steers800–850Large 1840244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0504
Steers850–900Large 1-2882230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0295
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324349.27/cwt345.00–357.501,13214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333308.71/cwt302.50–315.001,0286
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370362.82/cwt357.50–370.001,3427
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373299.80/cwt295.00–306.001,1187
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419325.06/cwt312.00–345.001,36252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477306.47/cwt304.00–311.001,46223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492297.93/cwt290.00–300.001,46622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512295.39/cwt281.00–309.001,51291
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518268.00/cwt250.00–272.501,38825
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562268.17/cwt257.00–270.001,50723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564279.54/cwt274.00–286.001,57735
Heifers550–600Medium 2578231.08/cwt228.00–236.501,33611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy625253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,5849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629261.19/cwt255.50–270.001,643147
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630252.08/cwt246.00–254.001,58853
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,71323
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2693227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5738
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719247.22/cwt235.00–254.751,778137
Heifers700–750Large 1-2736226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,6674
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6584
Heifers750–800Large 1-2751229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,7245
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768221.01/cwt220.00–224.001,69716
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7958
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy820224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,8415
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2306373.06/cwt337.50–400.001,1427
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed371347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2893
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2496325.57/cwt323.00–327.501,61514
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530307.80/cwt305.00–309.001,63117
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5932
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6718
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2703240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6876
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,473119.69/cwt110.00–128.001,7636
Bulls——1,773140.56/cwt138.00–143.502,4922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91881.46/cwt72.50–90.007485
Cows—Lean 85-90%999103.17/cwt87.00–111.501,03127
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049113.37/cwt111.00–116.001,1895
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173122.40/cwt119.00–128.001,43611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207110.02/cwt93.00–119.001,32839
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396127.61/cwt119.50–132.001,7814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482106.48/cwt102.00–115.501,5785

This sale against other markets

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.