Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-05-12

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, May 12
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,365 head
▼ 312 vs last sale 1,677▼ 323 vs year ago 1,688 · −19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 145▼ 16 vs year ago 181 · −8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder calves under 550 pounds sold steady to 10.00 higher, feeders over 550 pounds trading steady. Slaughter cows and bulls trading 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 $406.03/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 6 of 29 comparable sales and sits −73.12 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$406.03
81 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,215
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$55.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.21
vs MO average
+21.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548413.132,2628thin
Medium and Large 1542408.722,21468
Medium 1-2593358.002,1235thin
One grade step is worth $55.13/cwt here — about $139 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 sale81 hd
406.03
—
MO average17 barns · 5,113 hd
388.82
+17.21
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
+21.43
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−73.12
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—Average1,656182.023,01517
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,529151.432,31522
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,199147.101,76443
CowsLean 85-90%Low966130.651,26214

Every lot

65 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2346457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,5815
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388466.00/cwt466.00–466.001,8084
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398439.00/cwt439.00–439.001,7473
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421444.63/cwt430.00–468.001,87220
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,81510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed449470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,11010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473418.50/cwt418.50–418.501,9808
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483437.62/cwt432.50–450.002,11420
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed505432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,1843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516417.09/cwt400.00–425.002,15227
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed535417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,2346
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563400.90/cwt384.00–409.002,25738
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3402
Steers550–600Medium 1-2593358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,1235
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625377.33/cwt351.00–386.002,35865
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed630340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,1453
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636349.50/cwt349.50–349.502,22314
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,27410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,2754
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,36016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721314.15/cwt312.00–316.002,26518
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy731323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,36110
Steers750–800Medium 1-2780294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,2933
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,47660
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879289.33/cwt289.00–289.502,543185
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367463.24/cwt450.00–477.501,70014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385428.68/cwt410.00–440.001,65014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427431.09/cwt425.00–450.001,84116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440409.93/cwt400.00–420.001,80428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned448418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,8738
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned456398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,8153
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478403.17/cwt393.00–426.001,92719
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9993
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,79715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8395
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560374.24/cwt365.00–377.502,09619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy563340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0166
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616321.73/cwt310.00–324.001,98247
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626308.50/cwt306.00–312.501,93110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,11378
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy665283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8823
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9959
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719316.00/cwt315.25–330.002,27277
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,18462
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435415.00/cwt400.00–430.001,8054
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned496393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,9493
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2503365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8363
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned559356.40/cwt340.00–365.001,9926
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned615343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1092
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1122
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2792256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,0282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,596179.93/cwt171.50–183.002,87215
Bulls——2,110197.67/cwt195.00–200.004,1712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%954129.38/cwt121.00–137.001,2346
Cows—Lean 85-90%968143.97/cwt138.00–150.001,3945
Cows—Lean 85-90%985110.97/cwt91.00–120.001,0933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185147.50/cwt141.00–153.001,74829
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198133.00/cwt129.00–136.001,5935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247153.66/cwt150.00–155.501,9169
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483144.36/cwt135.00–149.002,1415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528152.55/cwt150.00–154.502,33114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610157.97/cwt157.50–159.002,5433

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.