Name: Tina Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeders sold mostly steady on comparable weights with a light test. slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.34/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −107.60 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.

Average price

$375.34

30 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$31.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.12

vs MO average

−53.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	388.85	2,145	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	357.66	1,974	13thin

One grade step is worth $31.19/cwt here — about $171 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $431.11, median $482.94 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale30 hd

375.34

—

MO average9 barns · 1,618 hd

391.45

−16.12

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−53.81

This barn, trailing median27 sales

482.94

−107.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,675	176.00	2,948	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,813	163.89	2,971	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,576	158.81	2,503	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	148.90	1,928	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,089	130.03	1,416	59

Every lot, as filed

48 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,840	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,943	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	329.97/cwt	327.00–333.00	2,237	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	373.19/cwt	363.00–380.00	2,329	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	463	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,089	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	484	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,803	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	882	336.73/cwt	336.25–336.84	2,970	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	997	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	374.59/cwt	372.00–379.00	2,094	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,233	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,888	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	329.92/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,052	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,813	163.89/cwt	162.50–165.50	2,971	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	103.72/cwt	90.00–110.00	949	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	122.47/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,288	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	145.52/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,647	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	137.35/cwt	127.00–144.00	1,566	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	2,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,115	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	314.80/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,990	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	351.54/cwt	338.00–367.50	1,624	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	406	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	632	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	357.66/cwt	340.00–363.00	1,974	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,658	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	395.80/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,726	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	421.33/cwt	410.00–423.00	2,001	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	357.40/cwt	337.50–364.00	1,880	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,341	4
Steers	Large 1	750–800	773	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,435	3
Steers	Large 1	650–700	676	341.45/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,308	29
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	895	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,781	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	312.22/cwt	309.00–318.00	2,413	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	299.14/cwt	298.00–300.00	2,217	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,841	4
Bulls	—	—	1,675	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	144.73/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,766	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	154.68/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,093	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,685	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,241	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	158.49/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,490	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,747	1

How this sale compares

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tina Livestock Market Cattle Auction - Tina, MO

Mon Dec 1, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 462Last week 774Year ago 927

Slaughter CattleReceipts 193Last week 126Year ago 146

compared to last week feeders sold mostly steady on comparable weights with a light test. slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	445.00	445.00
8	400–450	438	420.00	420.00
5	550–600	596	326.00	326.00
9	650–700	686	304.50	304.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	632	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	530.00	530.00
3	400–450	416	450.00	450.00
6	500–550	538	415.00	415.00
11	550–600	559	372.00–379.00	374.59
17	600–650	624	363.00–380.00	373.19
20	650–700	678	327.00–333.00	329.97
11	750–800	773	309.00–318.00	312.22
22	950–1000	979	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	441	417.50	417.50
8	450–500	468	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	475	410.00–423.00	421.33
13	550–600	552	340.00–363.00	357.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	676	334.00–350.00	341.45
3	750–800	773	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	406	387.50	387.50
6	450–500	463	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	882	336.25–336.84	336.73
5	950–1000	997	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	436	390.00–402.50	395.80
9	550–600	562	370.00	370.00
18	600–650	622	327.50–332.50	329.92
7	700–750	741	298.00–300.00	299.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	387.50	387.50
11	450–500	462	338.00–367.50	351.54
18	500–550	526	337.50–364.00	357.40
9	600–650	632	310.00–319.00	314.80
7	650–700	680	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	397.50	397.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	895	199.00	199.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,813	162.50–165.50	163.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	915	90.00–110.00	103.72
21	—	1,052	110.00–128.00	122.47
6	—	1,132	144.00–147.00	145.52
27	—	1,140	127.00–144.00	137.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	154.50	154.50
6	—	1,571	155.00–163.00	158.49
1	—	1,665	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,220	141.00–149.00	144.73
15	—	1,353	150.00–159.00	154.68
1	—	1,685	133.00	133.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	176.00	176.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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