Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-05-05

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, May 5
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,677 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 1,781▲ 242 vs year ago 1,435 · +16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 215▼ 70 vs year ago 215 · −32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 2.00-10.00 higher, with spots as much as 20.00 higher. The feeder offering included 5 pot loads with 2 loads of heifers weighing 665-709 lbs that sold for 310.00 -312.50 and 3 loads of steers weighing 897-904 lbs that sold for 289.25-290.25. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.86/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −85.28 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$393.86
178 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.31
vs MO average
+15.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545399.772,179123
Medium and Large 1-2534380.662,03555
One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about $144 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 sale178 hd
393.86
—
MO average18 barns · 3,969 hd
384.55
+9.31
National average168 barns · 13,508 hd
378.79
+15.07
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−85.28
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—Average1,814189.713,4415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,476156.292,30712
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,800156.002,8081thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,241150.931,87434
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,018131.181,33518

Every lot

71 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned242477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,1542
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311453.38/cwt450.00–457.001,4104
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376465.73/cwt457.50–472.501,75111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406420.44/cwt416.00–425.001,7076
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433437.92/cwt430.00–450.001,89645
Steers400–450Medium 1-2438355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5554
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456444.15/cwt442.50–449.002,02534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470410.61/cwt391.00–422.501,93022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9089
Steers450–500Medium 1-2481386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,85711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518419.41/cwt409.00–427.502,17362
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531381.85/cwt365.00–401.002,02852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,1037
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575383.10/cwt378.00–394.002,20347
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned592344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,0397
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606386.34/cwt380.00–391.002,34119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned612350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621359.71/cwt337.00–368.002,23438
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,22811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678337.41/cwt331.00–343.502,28816
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739302.97/cwt302.00–308.002,23918
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776282.75/cwt279.00–286.502,1944
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1897290.25/cwt290.25–290.252,604122
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1904289.25/cwt289.25–289.252,61562
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373452.47/cwt450.00–457.501,68814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5695
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned390420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6384
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,6594
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419420.62/cwt412.00–435.001,76231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,5662
Heifers400–450Medium 1Unweaned435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7407
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460370.93/cwt356.00–386.001,70622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473372.78/cwt367.50–380.001,7637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474387.02/cwt376.00–401.001,83439
Heifers500–550Medium 1Unweaned512350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7929
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520355.80/cwt343.50–365.001,85047
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned529343.98/cwt342.75–348.001,82017
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533322.42/cwt314.00–328.501,71813
Heifers500–550Medium 1538337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,8138
Heifers550–600Medium 1556275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5293
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566319.18/cwt318.00–320.001,8075
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8182
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584319.40/cwt310.00–322.501,86524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned585302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7702
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,8273
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned647300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,07876
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,9286
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,19875
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy733289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,1183
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,1984
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned483398.28/cwt395.00–399.001,92416
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9573
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8702
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8425
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9812
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2662311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,0622
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,801186.51/cwt180.00–191.503,3594
Bulls——1,865202.50/cwt202.50–202.503,7771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977108.67/cwt88.00–125.501,0625
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025141.08/cwt133.00–148.001,4468
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046137.86/cwt133.00–144.001,4425
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230152.74/cwt148.00–157.501,87919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248143.44/cwt135.00–147.501,79010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272159.05/cwt158.00–161.002,0235
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469157.76/cwt155.00–165.502,31710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510148.92/cwt145.50–152.502,2492
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,800156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,8081

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.