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Tina Livestock Market Cattle Auction Market Report

Tina, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

2,604 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $204.91/cwt +13.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,171/hd at 571 lb · 227 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $182.08/cwt +14.94 vs last sale · ≈ $952/hd at 523 lb · 141 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $191.05/cwt +2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,203/hd at 630 lb · 136 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,604 1,960 0
Feeder cattle 2,422 1,802 0
Slaughter cattle 182 158 0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, calves under 600 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 higher on limited comparisons. The supply of feeders was heavy with the majority of the offering calves from 450-650 lbs., many of which were very attractive this week. A couple of pot loads and a decent handful of packages in the mix but the majority of the offering was made up of smaller drafts of 10 or less resulting in a very long day at the auction barn and making buyers work to put loads together. Demand was good to very good and bidding was active from start to finish. Slaughter cow sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
441 441 3 210.00 $210.00 $926 -0.14
443 value added 443 10 230.00 $230.00 $1,019 —
452–496 478 94 210.00–227.00 $222.76 $1,065 +17.74
481 value added 481 10 226.00 $226.00 $1,087 +26.00
509 value added 509 5 226.00 $226.00 $1,150 —
506–535 525 8 199.00–200.00 $199.38 $1,047 +4.95
510–545 531 42 203.00–214.00 $207.55 $1,102 +13.12
554 unweaned 554 5 193.00 $193.00 $1,069 —
558 value added 558 3 211.00 $211.00 $1,177 +21.44
550–593 572 219 195.00–210.00 $205.10 $1,173 +13.59
601–648 627 109 185.00–202.00 $192.27 $1,206 +4.87
636–641 value added 640 27 186.00–187.00 $186.11 $1,191 -0.39
658 value added 658 17 187.00 $187.00 $1,230 —
665–691 678 63 180.00–188.50 $181.47 $1,230 +5.74
665–695 688 9 166.00–180.00 $176.99 $1,218 +1.26
710 value added 710 8 191.00 $191.00 $1,356 —
725 725 19 172.00 $172.00 $1,247 -4.56
752–765 763 25 175.00–183.00 $181.74 $1,387 +5.45
859 859 26 175.00 $175.00 $1,503 +5.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
322–345 333 8 218.00–230.00 $223.40 $744 +28.73
382–388 386 5 212.50–219.00 $216.42 $835 +19.42
400–436 419 11 193.00–208.00 $201.52 $844 +13.82
412–435 value added 424 4 200.00–205.00 $202.43 $858 —
426–438 thin fleshed 430 9 209.50–210.50 $210.16 $904 —
455–463 thin fleshed 461 5 213.00–214.00 $213.80 $986 —
455–490 471 16 190.00–208.00 $198.57 $935 +11.65
480 480 2 180.00 $180.00 $864 -6.92
510–538 530 12 181.00–190.00 $184.10 $976 +6.51
548 value added 548 3 202.50 $202.50 $1,110 —
572–597 585 34 180.00–194.00 $186.10 $1,089 +17.31
580–596 592 14 168.00–175.00 $171.99 $1,018 +3.20
600–648 635 57 172.00–185.00 $176.73 $1,122 +3.42
660 value added 660 8 170.00 $170.00 $1,122 —
660–677 672 12 171.00–177.00 $172.31 $1,158 +14.69
700–735 723 3 161.00–167.00 $162.94 $1,178 +8.37
753 value added 753 3 175.00 $175.00 $1,318 +25.00
765 765 4 159.00 $159.00 $1,216 +0.24
807–825 817 5 150.00–158.00 $155.99 $1,274 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
408 408 12 198.00 $198.00 $808 —
470–486 483 32 177.50–194.00 $190.48 $920 —
556–574 570 32 170.25–184.00 $173.61 $990 —
697 697 2 159.00 $159.00 $1,108 —
719 719 5 158.50 $158.50 $1,140 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
375–386 381 7 185.00–208.00 $197.37 $752 —
405–417 411 5 172.00–189.00 $185.21 $761 —
480–497 493 9 176.00–189.00 $178.81 $882 —
510–548 533 9 173.00–179.00 $175.97 $938 —
628 628 3 168.00 $168.00 $1,055 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
615 615 6 154.00 $154.00 $947 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
416 416 13 189.00 $189.00 $786 +17.50
433–446 value added 436 23 189.00–193.00 $191.93 $837 —
460–490 474 48 179.00–191.00 $183.85 $871 +13.14
516 unweaned 516 4 170.00 $170.00 $877 —
500–542 522 113 172.00–189.00 $182.46 $952 +17.43
501–546 value added 529 24 180.50–185.00 $182.33 $965 +6.33
557–568 560 13 168.50–171.00 $170.22 $953 +12.75
575–595 583 77 173.00–187.25 $184.62 $1,076 +27.15
600–627 617 37 166.00–183.00 $179.15 $1,105 +19.10
623–642 value added 638 19 164.00–175.00 $166.26 $1,061 —
756 756 71 174.50 $174.50 $1,319 —
820–826 821 25 159.50–166.25 $164.62 $1,352 —
890 890 4 156.50 $156.50 $1,393 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
361–390 371 14 181.00–192.50 $189.38 $703 +27.55
406–446 421 22 170.00–179.00 $174.43 $734 +17.04
454 unweaned 454 5 172.00 $172.00 $781 —
451–480 465 37 167.00–178.00 $173.78 $808 +13.89
495 thin fleshed 495 6 178.00 $178.00 $881 —
505–536 518 38 165.00–173.00 $169.46 $878 +10.30
536 unweaned 536 5 156.00 $156.00 $836 —
551–575 unweaned 557 12 156.00–163.00 $158.93 $885 —
552–572 558 9 155.00–166.00 $159.29 $889 +5.29
552–578 value added 566 13 155.00–179.00 $165.07 $934 +8.07
552–590 573 61 163.50–175.00 $169.84 $973 +15.84
600–632 629 16 160.00–165.00 $160.48 $1,009 +12.55
658 unweaned 658 6 156.00 $156.00 $1,026 —
665–675 669 11 150.00–161.00 $158.28 $1,059 +18.28
670 value added 670 4 159.00 $159.00 $1,065 —
701 701 13 158.00 $158.00 $1,108 —
767 767 7 153.00 $153.00 $1,174 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
450 450 20 169.00 $169.00 $760 —
537–543 541 15 145.50–160.00 $150.30 $813 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
346 346 3 182.00 $182.00 $630 —
395 395 5 176.00 $176.00 $695 —
436–438 437 7 159.00–173.00 $166.98 $730 —
450–490 470 4 150.00–161.00 $155.27 $730 —
577–590 581 4 153.00–157.00 $154.25 $896 —
616 616 3 151.00 $151.00 $930 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
340 340 5 156.00 $156.00 $530 —
459–462 460 10 155.00–159.00 $158.20 $728 —
Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
468 468 10 143.00 $143.00 $669 —
616 616 3 151.50 $151.50 $933 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
503 503 6 166.00 $166.00 $835 —
597 597 7 159.00 $159.00 $949 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
355–378 365 7 190.00–203.00 $195.77 $715 —
417 417 8 186.00 $186.00 $776 —
513–525 517 6 157.00–178.00 $167.75 $867 —
550 550 3 167.00 $167.00 $918 —
615–625 622 3 146.00–160.00 $155.38 $966 —
655–695 675 2 145.00–150.00 $147.43 $995 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
486 486 3 157.00 $157.00 $763 —
590–597 595 3 145.00 $145.00 $863 —

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1055–1650 1358 75-80% 33 63.00–73.00 $68.79 $934 -4.97
1255–1750 1490 75-80% 9 73.00–77.50 $74.93 $1,116 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
900–1180 999 85-90% 8 40.00–53.50 $47.92 $479 -0.60
905–1255 1071 85-90% 23 50.00–61.50 $56.35 $604 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1025–1465 1186 80-85% 29 56.00–64.50 $60.83 $721 +1.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1125–1745 1336 5 77.50–86.00 $83.06 $1,110 —
1250–1470 1360 2 93.50 $93.50 $1,272 —

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.