Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-10-13

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Oct 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
573 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 686▲ 115 vs year ago 458 · +25.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 121▲ 7 vs year ago 84 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder calves under 700 pounds sold with mostly steady undertones on a light test. A couple stick out deals of 860 pound steers trading for 360.25 and a light load 47 head of 918 pound steers trading for 350.75 trading 10.00 higher than last weeks load of steers Slaughter cows and bull trading steady with the lean cows having firm to higher undertones.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $418.81/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −60.34 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$418.81
57 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$700
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$80.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.46
vs MO average
−50.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582442.912,57815thin
Medium and Large 1-2557413.872,30639
Medium and Large 2518362.501,8783thin
One grade step is worth $80.41/cwt here — about $700 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale57 hd
418.81
—
MO average18 barns · 1,937 hd
427.26
−8.46
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−50.23
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−60.34
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—Average1,826187.633,4264thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,500168.612,5294thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,304159.672,08125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,002144.081,44416

Every lot

47 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365530.55/cwt510.00–550.001,9374
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,7834
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,0663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481438.84/cwt427.50–447.502,1117
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,1712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned507430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1808
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8783
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy545422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,3032
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577407.07/cwt400.00–418.002,34927
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582442.91/cwt440.00–447.502,57815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621386.62/cwt380.00–396.002,40119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned638400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5529
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639406.50/cwt406.50–406.502,5987
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy661401.60/cwt400.00–404.002,65510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy678350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3734
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717392.86/cwt370.00–396.002,81734
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5433
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783353.91/cwt350.50–361.002,7719
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7723
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860360.25/cwt360.25–360.253,09862
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918350.75/cwt350.75–350.753,22047
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6494
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned500393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,9652
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,2015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1562
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy604380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2956
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy643319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0515
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,6628
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2486413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,0074
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0774
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0312
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2826255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1063
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,1762
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,550179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,7751
Bulls——1,918190.51/cwt178.00–197.503,6543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2891
Cows—Lean 85-90%959145.58/cwt140.00–152.001,3966
Cows—Lean 85-90%97597.65/cwt90.00–105.009522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054157.35/cwt153.00–162.001,6587
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242156.59/cwt148.00–162.001,94512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280146.48/cwt146.00–147.001,8752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375165.42/cwt162.00–170.502,27511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,3471
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490174.50/cwt174.50–174.502,6001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535168.46/cwt165.50–171.502,5862

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.