Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2024-04-08

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Apr 8
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
743 head
▼ 232 vs last sale 975▼ 588 vs year ago 1,331 · −44.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
330 head
▲ 204 vs last sale 126▲ 160 vs year ago 170 · +94.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 0▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the less attractive calves lower undertone, with more attractive feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm. Buyer demand was moderate to good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows traded steady and bulls were trading steady, high dressing bulls traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.99/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −167.76 against this barn's trailing median of $427.75.
Average price
$259.99
51 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.63
vs MO average
−3.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533281.121,49812thin
Medium and Large 1-2562256.671,44233
Medium and Large 2543236.001,2816thin
One grade step is worth $45.12/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale51 hd
259.99
—
MO average18 barns · 2,547 hd
267.62
−7.63
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−3.97
This barn, trailing median27 sales
427.75
−167.76
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—Average1,756153.252,6928thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,486137.502,04430
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,276126.961,62048
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,032118.861,22752

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,286$1,87913
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,211$1,6129

Every lot

63 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375333.50/cwt333.50–333.501,2515
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned381291.56/cwt280.00–317.001,1116
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383314.10/cwt304.00–319.001,20310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414317.58/cwt312.00–319.001,3155
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420333.71/cwt332.50–337.501,4024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned425310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461302.43/cwt301.00–311.001,3947
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465329.43/cwt323.00–332.501,5323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514300.00/cwt281.00–314.001,54213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515327.36/cwt326.00–328.001,68610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551302.40/cwt300.00–304.001,6665
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5963
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6963
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581312.14/cwt307.00–317.001,81414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607298.58/cwt297.50–301.001,81210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633278.20/cwt276.00–286.001,76117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7403
Steers650–700Large 2685218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4933
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7133
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,89714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,9208
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761238.45/cwt235.00–241.001,8157
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829210.51/cwt207.00–221.001,7454
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 31,087125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3594
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0873
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331281.64/cwt280.00–282.509326
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365325.28/cwt312.50–340.001,18713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439304.42/cwt293.00–325.001,33629
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466296.61/cwt292.50–310.001,38217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481258.55/cwt253.00–264.001,2446
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523255.82/cwt244.00–265.501,33812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3703
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533281.12/cwt280.00–281.501,49812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1883
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584257.16/cwt218.50–271.501,50221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617226.61/cwt220.00–234.001,3985
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677232.53/cwt213.00–247.001,57428
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720234.05/cwt225.00–237.001,6858
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2732216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,58111
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,67813
Heifers750–800Large 1-2789210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,65713
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,7743
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2998184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,8363
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426303.87/cwt277.50–312.501,2949
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4014
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3754
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned548268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4695
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561248.33/cwt234.00–259.001,39310
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623232.49/cwt222.00–262.501,4484
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6124
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2977165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6125
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495140.26/cwt130.50–146.502,0973
Bulls——1,913161.05/cwt156.00–168.003,0815
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99491.76/cwt85.00–99.009126
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,027119.69/cwt98.50–136.001,22939
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,096137.49/cwt132.00–148.001,5077
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276126.96/cwt107.00–142.001,62048
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,481139.37/cwt137.00–144.502,06424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,507130.04/cwt125.00–135.501,9606
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2111,612.02/head1,200.00–1,875.001,6129
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2861,879.16/head1,425.00–2,075.001,87913

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.