Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-02-24

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Feb 24
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,223 head
▼ 771 vs last sale 1,994▲ 418 vs year ago 805 · +51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 186▼ 75 vs year ago 215 · −34.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 1▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: TLA will hold its monthly replacement bred cows, cow/calf pairs and bred heifer sale, Friday evening February 28th, at 6:00 pm

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady, Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $336.58/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −142.57 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$336.58
119 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.18
vs MO average
−11.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555339.231,88485
Medium and Large 1-2550329.941,81634
One grade step is worth $9.30/cwt here — about $68 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale119 hd
336.58
—
MO average3 barns · 663 hd
341.76
−5.18
National average180 barns · 14,929 hd
348.24
−11.66
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−142.57
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—Average1,830173.853,1816thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,455148.742,16416
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,232140.371,72941
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,011124.851,26222

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,592$2,2855
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,152$2,2493thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378398.26/cwt395.00–400.001,5053
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426396.09/cwt379.00–415.001,68733
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513351.89/cwt344.00–353.001,80532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539335.44/cwt323.00–342.501,80825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581331.59/cwt330.25–345.001,92753
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582314.65/cwt309.00–322.001,8319
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635320.39/cwt312.50–325.002,03449
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661315.47/cwt299.00–319.502,08549
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8093
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy679293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,9895
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720290.84/cwt288.50–300.002,09452
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,9626
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758267.48/cwt265.00–270.002,0276
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,17774
Steers750–800Large 1-2788258.50/cwt258.50–258.502,0374
Steers800–850Large 1-2840258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,1673
Steers850–900Large 1-2860249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,1464
Steers850–900Large 2885243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1513
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,35862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2953
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,3286
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419316.69/cwt315.00–317.501,3279
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429346.74/cwt335.00–359.001,48838
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481327.76/cwt319.00–331.001,57749
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,52110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518304.88/cwt290.00–315.001,57918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532326.53/cwt324.00–331.001,73714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4313
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571301.54/cwt296.00–309.001,7227
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588273.71/cwt268.50–279.001,6096
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615286.83/cwt280.25–298.501,76449
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681275.57/cwt264.00–277.501,87795
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2681263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,92311
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,95377
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2362380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2408354.04/cwt352.00–360.001,4448
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,54411
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned515332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2546293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,6006
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned616281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7313
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2639271.26/cwt269.00–273.001,7337
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,620150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,4301
Bulls——1,755180.50/cwt180.50–180.503,1681
Bulls——1,901178.15/cwt176.50–179.003,3874
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95567.50/cwt67.50–67.506451
Cows—Lean 85-90%995131.10/cwt121.00–142.001,30414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031109.59/cwt99.00–116.501,1305
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100147.94/cwt146.50–149.501,6272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175149.65/cwt145.00–157.501,75815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264135.81/cwt126.00–144.001,71725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,442142.07/cwt134.00–147.502,0495
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,461151.77/cwt148.50–155.002,21711
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1522,249.06/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2493
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5922,285.00/head2,285.00–2,285.002,2855

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.