Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-05-04

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, May 4
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,694 head
62 vs last sale 1,756 17 vs year ago 1,677 · +1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
15 vs last sale 142 12 vs year ago 145 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00-8.00 higher on comparable weights. Three loads of yearling steers weighing from 763-885 lbs. included in this weeks' offering, and sold as follows: 76 head of 763 pound steers for 402.10, 61 head 839 pound steers for 376.35, and 66 head of 885 pound steers for 362.50. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $493.79/cwt on 168 head, down $6.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 27 comparable sales and sits +10.85 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.
Average price
$493.79
6.85 vs prior sale
168 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.44
vs MO average
+6.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543500.312,71596
Medium and Large 1-2560485.092,71772
One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale168 hd
493.79
MO average19 barns · 3,172 hd
492.35
+1.44
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
+6.24
This barn, trailing median27 sales
482.94
+10.85
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
BullsAverage1,660209.843,48316
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,885187.003,5251thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,479179.892,6608thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,255176.902,22123
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,002158.631,59023

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,313$5,9504thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550503540.01/cwt525.00–548.002,71635
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550505490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,47514
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400375605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,2693
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470560.54/cwt557.00–565.002,63513
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650620428.64/cwt422.50–432.502,65813
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500484490.03/cwt477.50–507.502,37223
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750702369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,5909
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400390542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,1165
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450427527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,2525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500476510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,4283
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600595437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,6004
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700679424.29/cwt422.50–425.002,88148
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600580436.38/cwt431.00–440.002,53115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550504522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,63316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350329640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,1065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700692400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650639377.99/cwt370.00–389.002,41510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600598385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387528.54/cwt525.00–550.002,04520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488462.90/cwt447.50–472.502,25920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427536.34/cwt535.00–538.002,29020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532434.38/cwt422.00–442.502,31111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450417490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0437
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950903340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,07012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500495527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,61120
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,469177.01/cwt171.00–181.002,6006
CowsBoner 80-85%1,244174.47/cwt164.00–183.002,17016
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281182.45/cwt179.50–185.502,3377
Bulls1,637216.00/cwt205.00–220.503,5368
Bulls1,603193.20/cwt185.00–203.003,0976
Bulls1,920235.15/cwt231.50–239.004,5152
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3135,950.00/head5,950.00–5,950.005,9504
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605419.60/cwt410.00–425.002,53915
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371583.89/cwt570.00–600.002,16611
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850814333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,71116
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511482.04/cwt462.50–499.002,46319
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330612.04/cwt585.00–650.002,0207
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763402.10/cwt402.10–402.103,06876
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–8508342,987.63/head2,975.00–3,000.002,98828
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668375.19/cwt374.00–382.502,50628
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427531.74/cwt525.00–547.502,27129
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350337653.78/cwt635.00–662.502,20313
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563490.39/cwt476.00–507.002,76134
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900885362.50/cwt362.50–362.503,20866
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619447.05/cwt436.00–466.002,76741
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421587.48/cwt565.00–605.002,47346
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850839376.35/cwt376.35–376.353,15861
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560441.65/cwt430.00–445.002,47343
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550542487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,6429
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850807358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,88923
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600582448.24/cwt435.00–462.502,60918
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800798344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,74560
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500491440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1605
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500471532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,5084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485513.54/cwt507.50–522.502,49115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345577.50/cwt577.50–577.501,9923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600582470.67/cwt470.00–473.002,73952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550500523.00/cwt523.00–523.002,6154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed650–700693421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,91831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450435509.00/cwt509.00–509.002,21423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,508188.54/cwt186.00–191.002,8432
CowsLean 85-90%997160.17/cwt150.00–171.001,59716
CowsLean 85-90%988138.59/cwt130.00–147.001,3694
CowsLean 85-90%1,050177.10/cwt170.00–183.001,8603
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,885187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,5251
SteersMedium 1800–850826329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,7184

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.