Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2025-12-22

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Dec 22
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,065 head
▼ 460 vs last sale 1,525▲ 1,065 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 115▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders sold with steady to higher undertones on a light test for most weight classes, 600-650 lb steers sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cows and bulls trading steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.93/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 11 of 27 comparable sales and sits −24.82 against this barn's trailing median of $427.75.
Average price
$402.93
93 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.08
vs MO average
−13.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534410.952,19364
Medium and Large 1-2536385.232,06429
One grade step is worth $25.72/cwt here — about $128 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 sale93 hd
402.93
—
MO average19 barns · 1,929 hd
385.86
+17.08
National average4 barns · 426 hd
416.32
−13.39
This barn, trailing median27 sales
427.75
−24.82
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

27 sales
466423380336median 427.7503/0204/2006/1509/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.44, low $350.03, median $427.75 across 27 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—Average1,635183.683,0039thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,855166.003,0791thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,502159.262,39224
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,308151.431,98129
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,119131.411,47023

Every lot

54 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,9373
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421504.00/cwt504.00–504.002,1229
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437480.78/cwt477.50–487.502,1019
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466503.84/cwt495.00–510.002,34831
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484461.01/cwt450.00–470.002,23118
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538459.50/cwt459.50–459.502,47214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575428.38/cwt416.00–437.002,46337
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,0714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619428.95/cwt420.00–431.502,65590
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643415.47/cwt415.00–416.002,67115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681371.35/cwt368.00–375.002,52929
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,6243
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756364.50/cwt364.00–366.002,75612
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7027
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6154
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377456.98/cwt450.00–462.501,72318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned401440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7646
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441447.81/cwt447.50–448.001,97513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,8627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478442.36/cwt434.00–460.002,11436
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,01310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy508380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9306
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525411.78/cwt400.00–416.002,16215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526421.75/cwt418.00–425.002,21852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7562
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,06110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned592342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0286
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610357.53/cwt350.00–367.002,1819
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633364.00/cwt363.00–365.002,3048
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2829
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676376.56/cwt370.00–377.002,54679
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,9627
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718364.24/cwt360.25–368.002,615152
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1793320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,53811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned469427.06/cwt415.00–452.502,0036
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0122
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned616358.27/cwt354.00–361.002,20719
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned803283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,2728
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,555168.44/cwt160.00–176.002,6192
Bulls——1,618185.21/cwt181.00–190.002,9976
Bulls——1,895205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,8851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92598.55/cwt90.00–105.009122
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033148.28/cwt146.50–150.001,5322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113124.48/cwt119.00–129.001,3856
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,164137.07/cwt130.00–143.501,59513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296151.10/cwt140.00–157.001,95820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320160.69/cwt157.00–166.002,1216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363135.08/cwt131.00–140.001,8413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405166.04/cwt165.00–168.002,3333
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,514159.27/cwt155.00–163.002,41119
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530149.04/cwt148.00–150.002,2802
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,855166.00/cwt166.00–166.003,0791

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.