Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-10-06

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Oct 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
686 head
▼ 545 vs last sale 1,231▼ 227 vs year ago 913 · −24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 110▲ 33 vs year ago 88 · +37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with the 550-650 lb. steers trading 8.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $440.85/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −38.30 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$440.85
104 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,435
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.37
vs MO average
−5.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569453.182,57932
Medium and Large 1-2545435.372,37272
One grade step is worth $17.81/cwt here — about $207 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 sale104 hd
440.85
—
MO average19 barns · 1,615 hd
417.47
+23.37
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−5.00
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−38.30
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—Average1,534192.892,95918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,496159.872,39115
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,259150.611,89630
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,067136.791,4597thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430440.90/cwt437.00–447.501,8968
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,23010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned511441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,2546
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522439.15/cwt430.00–456.502,29236
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569453.18/cwt447.00–461.002,57932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579429.70/cwt415.00–437.002,48830
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned608399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,4265
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,3423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6196
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654408.05/cwt405.50–410.002,66930
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5385
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937341.00/cwt341.00–341.003,19561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned416420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7475
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8148
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466402.44/cwt385.00–414.001,87515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned508389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,9763
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519393.14/cwt385.00–402.502,04013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535395.89/cwt382.50–410.002,11810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,8625
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,16113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666334.20/cwt330.00–341.002,2268
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727367.25/cwt367.25–367.252,67078
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2958301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,8849
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523379.99/cwt351.00–400.001,98718
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned553318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7593
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629343.13/cwt331.00–345.002,15815
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2731275.86/cwt272.50–284.002,01714
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,534192.89/cwt175.00–199.002,95918
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,077135.89/cwt129.00–139.001,4643
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,120141.61/cwt140.00–145.001,5863
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253137.91/cwt137.00–139.001,7282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257157.65/cwt153.00–164.001,98213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261146.20/cwt140.00–153.001,84415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448147.00/cwt146.00–148.002,1292
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,499161.04/cwt155.00–166.002,41412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555171.50/cwt171.50–171.502,6671

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.