Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-10-20

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Oct 20
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
554 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 573▼ 253 vs year ago 807 · −31.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 91▼ 79 vs year ago 187 · −42.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers and heifers traded steady with not a lot to compare from last week .Slaughter cows and bulls trading firm to $5.00 higher on a good offering of cows and bulls

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $436.84/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −42.30 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$436.84
46 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,373
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.53
vs MO average
−21.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539445.182,40021
Medium and Large 1-2547429.842,35125
One grade step is worth $15.34/cwt here — about $49 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 sale46 hd
436.84
—
MO average18 barns · 1,896 hd
429.32
+7.53
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−21.30
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−42.30
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—Low1,754188.143,2996thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,667178.052,9683thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,556168.652,62311
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,322158.902,10117
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,069143.411,53318

Every lot

52 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8973
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned453434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,9667
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490458.50/cwt458.50–458.502,24710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525453.27/cwt446.00–458.002,38014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529434.07/cwt432.50–437.502,2969
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557427.46/cwt420.00–432.002,38116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,4327
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608419.63/cwt416.50–426.002,55112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617414.09/cwt410.00–415.002,55523
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned640365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3362
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,65315
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1703372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6153
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,5784
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819369.00/cwt369.00–369.003,02230
Steers900–950Medium 2949279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,6486
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6432
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,8083
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8574
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,02416
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,1633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520397.90/cwt392.50–400.002,0697
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,1868
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548548.00/cwt548.00–548.003,0038
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561383.49/cwt375.00–390.002,1517
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1552
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed604379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,28914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3336
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621361.91/cwt360.00–363.002,24728
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,39611
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0529
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy798320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,55413
Heifers900–950Medium 1-2935300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8054
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8752
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2541384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,0775
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned670317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1273
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,1466
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2711300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,483174.74/cwt174.00–175.502,5912
Bulls——1,685188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,1681
Bulls——1,957197.12/cwt195.00–199.003,8583
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92080.00/cwt80.00–80.007361
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010131.64/cwt125.00–136.001,3303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083141.54/cwt138.00–149.001,5336
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099157.15/cwt151.00–161.001,7278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,292169.83/cwt165.00–178.002,1943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317159.49/cwt153.00–163.502,10011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,372145.83/cwt141.00–150.002,0013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438159.28/cwt157.00–161.502,2902
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,570189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,9671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575167.40/cwt162.00–173.002,6375
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590174.91/cwt173.00–179.002,7814
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,715172.58/cwt170.50–174.502,9602

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.