Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-09-15

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Sep 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
710 head
▼ 254 vs last sale 964▲ 275 vs year ago 435 · +63.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 154▼ 17 vs year ago 114 · −14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle traded mostly steady with lots of small packages. The 500-550 pound steers sold 8.00 higher. harvest season is upon us with lots of combines rolling through the fields and less buyers in the seats slaughter cows and bulls trading steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $454.59/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −24.56 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$454.59
63 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,457
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+36.32
vs MO average
+49.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546462.832,52742
Large 1536440.002,35810thin
Medium and Large 1-2524436.362,28511thin
One grade step is worth $26.47/cwt here — about $242 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 sale63 hd
454.59
—
MO average16 barns · 2,494 hd
418.27
+36.32
National average165 barns · 10,728 hd
404.64
+49.95
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−24.56
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—Low1,749188.273,2934thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,796175.813,1585thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,530165.742,53612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,183150.941,78635
CowsLean 85-90%Average998137.331,3713thin

Every lot

53 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
Steers400–450Medium 1445462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,0584
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,3705
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480436.18/cwt405.00–452.002,09422
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1637
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full507470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,3838
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535498.21/cwt492.50–505.002,66511
Steers500–550Large 1536440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,35810
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,5064
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564441.41/cwt440.00–442.502,49016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy567448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,5407
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1601444.87/cwt441.00–446.002,67431
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636402.16/cwt389.00–409.002,55836
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2375
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy652396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,5829
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674399.30/cwt397.50–401.002,69121
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full678396.50/cwt396.50–396.502,68813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,7726
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy740371.50/cwt371.50–371.502,74951
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831350.79/cwt339.50–360.502,91511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429386.16/cwt367.50–405.001,6576
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,55510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2684
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,1488
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529383.13/cwt372.50–408.002,02724
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1064
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy592371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,1963
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,37812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2398
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3917
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717360.33/cwt360.00–360.502,58412
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy816313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,5545
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1841332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,79615
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2398460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8313
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned458382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7526
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned505380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9193
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2543361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,9609
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned574366.55/cwt362.50–375.002,1046
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed624319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,9918
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned625337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1092
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned772312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,4094
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2781311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,4298
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers800–850Large 2849225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,91013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520179.68/cwt178.00–181.002,7312
Bulls——1,978196.86/cwt192.50–201.003,8942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%998137.33/cwt133.00–142.501,3713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155142.61/cwt135.00–146.501,64712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185151.21/cwt145.00–157.001,79214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219161.62/cwt157.00–165.501,9709
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,517156.25/cwt155.00–158.002,3703
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533167.89/cwt162.50–172.002,5748
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,7441
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,796175.81/cwt173.00–180.503,1585

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.