Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-09-21

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Sep 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
← Sep 14Sep 21latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
778 head
▼ 164 vs last sale 942▼ 587 vs year ago 1,365 · −43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 85▼ 33 vs year ago 101 · −32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable weights. Calves and feeders selling mostly steady with light supply under 650 pounds.Feeders overs 650 where moderate supply selling with good demand.Slaughter cows trading $3-$5 lower with bulls not well tested

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.72/cwt on 38 head, down $6.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −84.22 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.
Average price
$398.72
▼ 6.24 vs prior sale
38 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$4.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.03
vs MO average
−0.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579401.732,32711thin
Medium 1-2537397.502,13527
One grade step is worth $4.23/cwt here — about $193 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
525474423372median 482.9402/0203/2305/1107/1309/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $386.45, 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 sale38 hd
398.72
—
MO average17 barns · 1,330 hd
416.75
−18.03
National average152 barns · 9,581 hd
399.46
−0.74
This barn, trailing median27 sales
482.94
−84.22
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
Bulls—Average1,712179.413,0725thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,838143.492,6372thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,608139.832,2496thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319138.221,8234thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,204124.571,50023

Every lot, as filed

34 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,196113.68/cwt102.00–122.001,3608
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,838143.49/cwt141.50–145.502,6372
Bulls——2,025200.00/cwt200.00–200.004,0501
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,165131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,5261
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,665143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,3812
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,580138.25/cwt136.00–139.002,1844
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490451.47/cwt450.00–452.502,21212
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614361.28/cwt361.00–362.502,21811
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626399.59/cwt391.00–416.002,50118
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450412457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650607372.92/cwt372.00–379.002,26432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500493454.72/cwt440.00–465.002,24212
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750715343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,4525
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472446.81/cwt425.00–467.502,10915
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450429494.94/cwt480.00–497.502,1237
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400380530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800779320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,49368
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600591353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,0863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600575420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4158
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300–350320570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8242
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950940319.25/cwt319.25–319.253,001121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350–400380490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8624
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650618390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4105
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850827330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7295
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550518386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,9996
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700686374.44/cwt372.00–378.002,56912
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564393.97/cwt360.00–405.002,22212
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700697354.84/cwt353.00–357.002,473132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,370140.63/cwt137.00–143.001,9273
CowsLean 85-90%—1,208130.38/cwt124.00–135.001,57515
Bulls——1,634174.26/cwt160.00–187.502,8474
SteersMedium 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450444432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,92010
SteersMedium 1-2500–550537397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,13527
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500471387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8258

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.