Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-02-09

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Feb 9
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,034 head
338 vs last sale 2,372 40 vs year ago 1,994 · +2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
23 vs last sale 155 54 vs year ago 186 · 29.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 600 pounds trading mostly steady although not reaching all the highs seen last week. Steers over 600 pounds trading steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers where all sold mostly 5.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $482.97/cwt on 229 head, down $5.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 27 comparable sales and sits +0.03 against this barn's trailing median of $482.94.
Average price
$482.97
5.74 vs prior sale
229 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.97
vs MO average
+4.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563484.252,727198
Medium and Large 1-2563474.852,67231
One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $55 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 sale229 hd
482.97
MO average18 barns · 3,831 hd
485.95
−2.97
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+4.58
This barn, trailing median27 sales
482.94
+0.03
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
BullsAverage1,829189.793,47213
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,668176.222,9392thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,533172.022,63710
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,282160.812,06124
CowsLean 85-90%High1,052147.071,54736

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1700–750720402.84/cwt394.75–415.002,900152
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416522.41/cwt503.00–539.002,17335
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515483.37/cwt467.00–486.002,48998
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950931346.25/cwt346.25–346.253,224120
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585467.24/cwt445.00–487.502,733106
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476527.76/cwt520.00–537.502,51216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,4134
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550538503.84/cwt498.00–520.502,71192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720384.26/cwt381.00–389.002,76714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,4266
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450440551.62/cwt535.00–575.002,42751
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474491.69/cwt481.00–500.002,33147
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650639431.37/cwt431.00–432.502,75612
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800771376.98/cwt368.00–385.502,90752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,8273
Bulls1,819192.89/cwt184.00–200.003,5097
Bulls1,735166.39/cwt160.00–170.002,8873
CowsLean 85-90%1,064158.72/cwt152.00–169.001,68915
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,598166.82/cwt166.00–167.502,6663
CowsBoner 80-85%1,395140.91/cwt134.00–145.001,9663
CowsBoner 80-85%1,259174.97/cwt171.00–181.002,2036
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663387.10/cwt370.00–404.002,56675
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666438.23/cwt431.00–442.002,919115
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620418.61/cwt393.00–425.502,59577
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623451.92/cwt435.00–469.002,81591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550541494.65/cwt494.50–495.002,67619
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375603.05/cwt597.00–607.002,2615
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750736355.50/cwt355.50–355.502,61624
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600578431.39/cwt421.00–450.002,49369
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,8305
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750708368.97/cwt363.00–373.002,61215
CowsLean 85-90%1,051130.66/cwt123.00–138.501,3737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350348568.37/cwt560.00–575.001,9789
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850848356.75/cwt356.75–356.753,02563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426453.10/cwt442.50–460.001,93010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484497.50/cwt492.50–500.002,40812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600597443.50/cwt443.00–444.002,64812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268159.12/cwt153.50–167.502,01815
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,668176.22/cwt175.00–177.502,9392
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,567179.22/cwt177.00–182.502,8083
Bulls1,947205.97/cwt203.00–209.504,0103
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,459170.52/cwt168.00–174.002,4884
CowsLean 85-90%1,039142.79/cwt138.00–147.001,48414

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.