Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-01-12

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Jan 12
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,275 head
▲ 238 vs last sale 2,037▼ 140 vs year ago 2,415 · −5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 174▼ 34 vs year ago 115 · −29.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers sold 10.00-20.00 higher. A very nice offering of steers and heifers with a lot of green cattle with lots of condition and several groups of fancy feeders. 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 $462.87/cwt on 227 head. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −16.27 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$462.87
227 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$468
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.31
vs MO average
−9.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567471.032,670156
Medium and Large 1-2540448.582,42363
Medium and Large 2529416.372,2038thin
One grade step is worth $54.66/cwt here — about $468 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 sale227 hd
462.87
—
MO average22 barns · 7,348 hd
465.18
−2.31
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−9.11
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−16.27
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—High1,834189.723,47910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,465159.372,33416
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,270154.431,96215
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,065127.071,3537thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1399565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,25410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed418512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,1423
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434536.73/cwt530.00–550.002,32929
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442526.00/cwt526.00–526.002,3258
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476514.06/cwt497.00–527.002,44740
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,1413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy502539.00/cwt539.00–539.002,7066
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned505455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2986
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed512487.64/cwt478.00–499.002,49715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525451.27/cwt435.00–469.002,36923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529416.37/cwt412.50–420.002,2038
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533501.36/cwt490.00–512.002,67239
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,65420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587453.11/cwt444.50–465.002,66091
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,55712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned592379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,2447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy610460.50/cwt460.50–460.502,80913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621444.35/cwt437.00–452.502,759106
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641414.62/cwt414.00–415.002,65813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy650437.27/cwt435.00–441.002,84237
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659408.14/cwt395.00–415.002,69038
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned691359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,4818
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,55512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned703360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5316
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725397.50/cwt382.50–411.002,882193
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8165
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767376.79/cwt364.00–385.002,89080
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy772374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,88736
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1801355.83/cwt346.00–357.002,85019
Steers800–850Large 1816350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,85614
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889336.43/cwt334.50–340.002,99114
Steers950–1000Large 1997319.75/cwt319.75–319.753,18887
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,8247
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed391450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7607
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned400422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed409509.02/cwt505.00–510.002,08215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431467.81/cwt462.00–480.002,01618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470434.48/cwt433.00–435.002,04216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474461.59/cwt454.00–467.502,18838
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy501471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,36010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517430.58/cwt425.00–442.502,22614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523457.29/cwt440.00–465.002,39287
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,45319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581396.50/cwt396.50–396.502,3048
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585414.83/cwt407.00–422.002,42786
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy589386.37/cwt385.00–388.002,27613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned598360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1536
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619357.28/cwt350.00–362.502,21210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630392.84/cwt382.50–408.002,475196
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy644373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,40215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,43814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684357.84/cwt354.00–364.002,44880
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,4753
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819326.36/cwt323.00–330.502,67311
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1995306.00/cwt306.00–306.003,04527
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,1202
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2326
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,30016
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2192
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned595382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,2767
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2602380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2887
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2346
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,56924
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,517169.58/cwt164.00–173.002,5733
Bulls——1,923209.48/cwt209.00–210.004,0282
Bulls——1,988193.89/cwt181.50–200.503,8555
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85585.00/cwt85.00–85.007271
Cows—Lean 85-90%900117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0581
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,6941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150133.24/cwt132.00–134.001,5324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256153.35/cwt145.00–158.001,9269
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281162.91/cwt160.00–166.502,0874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313142.33/cwt135.00–149.001,8692
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458153.96/cwt153.00–155.002,2453
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,466160.62/cwt155.00–165.502,35513

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.