Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2024-03-18

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Mar 18
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,534 head
▲ 457 vs last sale 2,077▲ 1,273 vs year ago 1,261 · +101.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 177▲ 173 vs year ago 75 · +230.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with some light weight classes sharply higher. A heavy offering today of quality weaned calves with several pot loads and large drafts. Buyer demand was very strong. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher compared to last weeks offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.20/cwt on 275 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −133.55 against this barn's trailing median of $427.75.
Average price
$294.20
275 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.64
vs MO average
+16.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550297.821,638233
Medium and Large 1-2553274.121,51542
One grade step is worth $23.70/cwt here — about $123 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 sale275 hd
294.20
—
MO average15 barns · 2,636 hd
277.57
+16.64
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
+16.98
This barn, trailing median27 sales
427.75
−133.55
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

27 sales
466423380336median 427.7503/0204/2006/1509/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.44, low $350.03, median $427.75 across 27 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—High1,832150.282,75212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,412131.391,85622
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,171119.641,40126
CowsLean 85-90%Low999106.861,06834

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,345$1,6751thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263432.99/cwt425.00–437.501,13915
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316418.19/cwt390.00–445.001,32125
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367379.36/cwt367.50–412.501,39221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3953
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed404398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,60817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,2813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410352.89/cwt342.00–367.501,44728
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474332.41/cwt329.00–335.001,57621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483357.90/cwt339.00–363.501,72985
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518316.50/cwt316.50–316.501,63913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519342.77/cwt333.00–351.001,77978
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539326.48/cwt315.00–329.001,76018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed541339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,8343
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573319.44/cwt310.00–339.001,830116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577317.93/cwt300.00–319.001,83495
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2616250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5406
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8666
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629301.33/cwt296.00–309.001,89536
Steers600–650Large 1632285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8017
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,92611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677271.99/cwt254.00–279.001,84196
Steers650–700Large 2678240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6274
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2706260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8363
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716270.04/cwt267.00–270.501,93377
Steers750–800Large 1-2763254.33/cwt253.50–255.501,94127
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777262.74/cwt249.00–263.602,04169
Steers800–850Large 1-2809253.50/cwt253.50–253.502,0516
Steers850–900Large 2895210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8804
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273325.00/cwt325.00–325.0088712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325343.25/cwt320.00–355.001,11615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367340.23/cwt322.00–357.001,24930
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424295.66/cwt291.00–301.001,25411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436317.90/cwt306.00–325.001,38678
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned452313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,41511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460326.50/cwt326.50–326.501,50210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471316.30/cwt313.00–320.001,49036
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy474304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,4419
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481297.44/cwt293.00–300.001,4318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy511276.04/cwt271.00–281.001,4116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523308.75/cwt308.75–308.751,61532
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524298.92/cwt286.00–308.501,566103
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4028
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567276.89/cwt260.00–283.001,57028
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586293.10/cwt288.00–293.251,71898
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621248.87/cwt241.00–256.001,5459
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622271.64/cwt264.50–280.001,69091
Heifers600–650Large 1-2648255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,65611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667260.18/cwt259.00–260.501,735153
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674256.09/cwt241.00–256.751,726227
Heifers650–700Large 2691243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6796
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714252.06/cwt240.50–254.751,80096
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy741230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7044
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7947
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3964
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5423
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2559280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5655
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,789151.62/cwt143.00–161.002,71211
Bulls——2,300135.50/cwt135.50–135.503,1171
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95379.40/cwt74.00–82.007574
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004109.88/cwt88.00–121.001,10329
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162116.55/cwt104.00–122.001,35419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194128.02/cwt123.00–133.001,5297
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365122.99/cwt122.50–123.501,6792
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417132.23/cwt124.00–142.001,87420
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3451,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751

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.