Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-03-03

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Mar 3
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,871 head
▲ 648 vs last sale 1,223▼ 206 vs year ago 2,077 · −9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 140▼ 46 vs year ago 177 · −26.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 8▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. The supply was good to very good with a higher volume of attractive and weaned calves this week. Buyer demand was very good. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 3.00 higher, with high yielding bulls selling 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $344.25/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −134.89 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$344.25
135 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.72
vs MO average
−5.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582344.802,006129
Medium and Large 1-2526332.451,7496thin
One grade step is worth $12.35/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale135 hd
344.25
—
MO average19 barns · 3,626 hd
345.97
−1.72
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
−5.03
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−134.89
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—High1,744173.793,03111
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,443143.132,06615
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273136.011,73126
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,005116.511,17118

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 Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$3,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,700$2,7501thin

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4654
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416415.44/cwt393.00–425.001,72825
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444375.38/cwt371.00–377.501,6679
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474352.66/cwt350.00–357.501,67216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484389.15/cwt377.50–392.001,88322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523373.26/cwt358.00–387.001,95222
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526332.45/cwt329.00–336.001,7496
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1594338.95/cwt334.00–349.002,013107
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619317.57/cwt316.00–319.001,96628
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632331.92/cwt323.00–341.752,098129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672311.12/cwt293.00–323.002,09186
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691291.33/cwt287.00–295.002,01311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720292.52/cwt285.75–295.002,10636
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,0085
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782277.40/cwt276.25–285.502,169164
Steers750–800Large 1-2783262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0516
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1809273.58/cwt270.00–275.102,21388
Steers850–900Large 1-2853263.58/cwt260.00–264.002,24829
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860272.25/cwt272.25–272.252,34162
Steers950–1000Large 1-2961250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,40353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,1703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366366.68/cwt365.00–367.501,34213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned397340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3503
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428352.19/cwt342.50–362.501,50735
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433325.39/cwt320.00–335.001,40923
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,4593
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned473305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482312.18/cwt302.50–319.001,5057
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484334.89/cwt330.00–340.001,62122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526317.17/cwt316.00–319.001,66819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535335.55/cwt334.00–337.501,79532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581313.30/cwt305.00–323.501,82045
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6054
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631289.30/cwt284.00–299.501,82557
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663259.72/cwt254.00–262.001,72216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695267.66/cwt267.50–270.001,86073
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy695260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,81011
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,98614
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,9485
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,8955
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2768246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,8933
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,05140
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865239.75/cwt239.75–239.752,07437
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned328397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,3046
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned377410.88/cwt392.50–420.001,5499
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5973
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523320.82/cwt306.00–332.501,67813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575292.38/cwt275.00–302.001,68114
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2929209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,9465
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585145.98/cwt133.00–157.002,3142
Bulls——1,698174.62/cwt171.50–178.502,9655
Bulls——1,881186.65/cwt185.50–187.503,5114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92574.29/cwt67.50–81.006872
Cows—Lean 85-90%999105.73/cwt95.00–113.001,0565
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023129.08/cwt118.00–136.001,32011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256144.46/cwt143.00–146.501,8146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256135.57/cwt130.00–145.501,70316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,366125.07/cwt113.00–129.501,7084
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435141.05/cwt134.50–145.502,02412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477151.46/cwt148.50–156.002,2373
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,7002,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501

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.