Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-12-15

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Dec 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,525 head
▼ 398 vs last sale 1,923▼ 341 vs year ago 1,866 · −18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 178▼ 25 vs year ago 140 · −17.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers trading mostly 15.00-30.00 higher, with the 550-599 pound steers trading 30.00 higher, 650-699 pound steers 15.00 higher, and 700-750 pound steers 10.00 higher on a lighter test. Moving onto the heifers, steady to 25.00 higher on well tested weights, 450-499 pound heifers trading 20.00 higher, 500-550 pound heifers 25.00 higher, and over 600 pound heifers trading steady. Slaughter cows trading 3.00-5.00 higher, with no good comparison a light test on slaughter bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $443.72/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −35.43 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$443.72
177 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$561
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$107.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.52
vs MO average
−0.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572463.862,65399
Medium and Large 1-2539428.372,30967
Medium and Large 2588355.912,09311thin
One grade step is worth $107.95/cwt here — about $561 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 sale177 hd
443.72
—
MO average17 barns · 4,454 hd
425.19
+18.52
National average163 barns · 16,063 hd
444.10
−0.38
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−35.43
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—Low1,677182.153,0545thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,556163.042,53713
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,289153.911,98430
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,114140.691,56811

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2399400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5968
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476448.94/cwt448.00–450.002,13713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482481.33/cwt463.00–510.002,32010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490371.03/cwt364.00–416.001,81822
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521430.28/cwt425.00–435.002,24245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544483.51/cwt450.00–488.002,63026
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576424.46/cwt410.00–427.502,44522
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582456.86/cwt445.00–472.002,65973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588355.91/cwt353.00–364.002,09311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626401.68/cwt393.00–405.002,51561
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628416.47/cwt414.00–418.002,61548
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668359.65/cwt340.00–368.002,40218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675386.88/cwt374.00–401.002,61182
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,6216
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740373.97/cwt371.00–376.002,76749
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767358.15/cwt350.00–364.002,74730
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817355.53/cwt354.00–363.002,90587
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,6134
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5398
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7725
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0306
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472411.85/cwt374.00–437.501,94423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,04110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1492443.46/cwt435.00–447.002,18223
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510430.62/cwt427.00–437.002,19658
Heifers500–550Large 1523390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,04015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy528376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,9854
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532399.75/cwt380.00–412.002,12723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,1246
Heifers550–600Large 1Unweaned560365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,04412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623371.68/cwt365.00–379.502,316110
Heifers600–650Large 1642351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,2535
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646332.61/cwt329.00–338.002,1495
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668348.66/cwt346.00–356.002,32922
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,3676
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2959
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,55330
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,6075
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned405475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9244
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7523
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,02917
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,1917
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned690321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,21511
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2173
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,645173.33/cwt168.00–178.002,8512
Bulls——1,698188.03/cwt181.50–192.503,1933
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010124.04/cwt122.00–125.001,2533
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127151.11/cwt145.00–157.001,7035
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,198139.96/cwt134.00–143.001,6773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252153.48/cwt148.00–157.501,92211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281161.01/cwt158.00–165.002,06312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,361142.40/cwt135.00–145.001,9387
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,556163.04/cwt158.00–168.002,53713

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.