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 class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $462.87/cwt on 227 head, down $1.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 27 comparable sales and sits 20.07 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.
Average price
$462.87
1.11 vs prior sale
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

What quality paid 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
525489453417median 482.9412/2202/1604/1306/0808/10
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 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 median27 sales
482.94
−20.07
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,834189.723,47910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,465159.372,33416
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,270154.431,96215
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,065127.071,3537thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474461.59/cwt454.00–467.502,18838
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600595382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,2767
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523457.29/cwt440.00–465.002,39287
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600585414.83/cwt407.00–422.002,42786
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431467.81/cwt462.00–480.002,01618
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800767376.79/cwt364.00–385.002,89080
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750703360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5316
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750703352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,4753
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450409509.02/cwt505.00–510.002,08215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450418512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630392.84/cwt382.50–408.002,475196
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350–400391450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7607
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450400422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700691359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,4818
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650612365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2346
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550522425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2192
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000995306.00/cwt306.00–306.003,04527
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650602380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2887
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350325520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450442526.00/cwt526.00–526.002,3258
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,55712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525451.27/cwt435.00–469.002,36923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550505455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2986
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400386472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,8247
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750702364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,55512
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500491436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,1413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550517430.58/cwt425.00–442.502,22614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550512487.64/cwt478.00–499.002,49715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650641414.62/cwt414.00–415.002,65813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581396.50/cwt396.50–396.502,3048
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650619357.28/cwt350.00–362.502,21210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500465480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600592379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,2447
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,458153.96/cwt153.00–155.002,2453
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,466160.62/cwt155.00–165.502,35513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,313142.33/cwt135.00–149.001,8692
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281162.91/cwt160.00–166.502,0874
Bulls1,923209.48/cwt209.00–210.004,0282
Bulls1,517169.58/cwt164.00–173.002,5733
CowsBoner 80-85%1,256153.35/cwt145.00–158.001,9269
Bulls1,988193.89/cwt181.50–200.503,8555
CowsLean 85-90%85585.00/cwt85.00–85.007271
CowsLean 85-90%900117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0581
CowsLean 85-90%1,100154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,6941
CowsLean 85-90%1,150133.24/cwt132.00–134.001,5324
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550529416.37/cwt412.50–420.002,2038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470434.48/cwt433.00–435.002,04216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600598360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1536
SteersLarge 1800–850816350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,85614
SteersLarge 1950–1000997319.75/cwt319.75–319.753,18887
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800772374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,88736
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600589386.37/cwt385.00–388.002,27613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,43814
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700650437.27/cwt435.00–441.002,84237
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800751375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8165
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450415480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9923
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850819326.36/cwt323.00–330.502,67311
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650610460.50/cwt460.50–460.502,80913
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550502539.00/cwt539.00–539.002,7066
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550501471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,36010
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550511450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,30016
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400399565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,25410
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850801355.83/cwt346.00–357.002,85019
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650644373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,40215
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650622413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,56924
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600587453.11/cwt444.50–465.002,66091
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450434536.73/cwt530.00–550.002,32929
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700659408.14/cwt395.00–415.002,69038
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600561473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,65420
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650621444.35/cwt437.00–452.502,759106
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725397.50/cwt382.50–411.002,882193
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900889336.43/cwt334.50–340.002,99114
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533501.36/cwt490.00–512.002,67239
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700684357.84/cwt354.00–364.002,44880
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450400530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,1202
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600555442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,45319
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476514.06/cwt497.00–527.002,44740

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.