Name: Tina Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks lighter test, comparable weights of feeders sold unevenly steady. In this weeks offering 2 pot loads of 880 pound steers sold for 348.00. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $479.15/cwt on 159 head, up $20.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 28 comparable sales and sits −3.67 against this barn's trailing median of $482.82.

Average price

$479.15

▲ 20.01 vs prior sale

159 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$13.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs MO average

+3.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	483.09	2,706	113
Medium and Large 1-2	566	469.46	2,656	46

One grade step is worth $13.63/cwt here — about $50 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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $431.11, median $482.82 across 28 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 sale159 hd

479.15

—

MO average18 barns · 2,291 hd

478.21

+0.94

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+3.59

This barn, trailing median28 sales

482.82

−3.67

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,771	196.78	3,485	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	175.15	2,552	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	170.68	2,074	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	149.99	1,666	10

Every lot, as filed

55 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	436	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,019	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	570.18/cwt	545.00–590.00	2,475	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	720	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,062	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	480.05/cwt	470.00–487.50	2,323	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	786	395.25/cwt	395.25–395.25	3,107	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	472.22/cwt	457.50–505.00	2,252	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,448	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	407.32/cwt	406.00–410.00	2,538	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,724	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	513	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,350	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,550	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,345	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	617	423.50/cwt	423.50–423.50	2,613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	434	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,148	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,286	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,318	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,481	11
Bulls	—	—	1,455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,328	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	179.06/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,467	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	174.69/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,171	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	172.55/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,606	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	164.67/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,932	2
Bulls	—	—	1,850	205.97/cwt	201.00–210.50	3,810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	447	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,425	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,692	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	369	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,871	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	145.04/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,579	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	154.94/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	344.25/cwt	344.25–344.25	3,040	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	749	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,753	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,001	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,193	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	547.45/cwt	530.00–559.00	2,524	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	336	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	318	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,150	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	452.13/cwt	418.00–458.00	2,817	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	364.92/cwt	363.50–381.00	2,452	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	349	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,146	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	419.77/cwt	412.00–430.00	2,388	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	499.10/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,161	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	469.23/cwt	456.00–477.00	2,426	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	495.22/cwt	487.50–500.50	2,659	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	472.75/cwt	452.50–493.50	2,742	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	404.06/cwt	372.50–415.00	2,489	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	366.18/cwt	363.50–368.50	2,776	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	428.39/cwt	395.00–436.50	2,819	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	394.50/cwt	377.50–410.50	2,856	40

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tina Livestock Market Cattle Auction - Tina, MO

Mon Mar 2, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,356Last week 535Year ago 1,871

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 97Year ago 131

Compared to last weeks lighter test, comparable weights of feeders sold unevenly steady. In this weeks offering 2 pot loads of 880 pound steers sold for 348.00. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	555.00	555.00
9	400–450	436	463.00	463.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	393	567.50	567.50
16	400–450	434	545.00–590.00	570.18
32	450–500	461	530.00–559.00	547.45
52	500–550	537	487.50–500.50	495.22
61	550–600	580	452.50–493.50	472.75
73	600–650	623	418.00–458.00	452.13
36	650–700	658	395.00–436.50	428.39
40	700–750	724	377.50–410.50	394.50
15	750–800	758	363.50–368.50	366.18
110	850–900	880	348.00	348.00
11	950–1000	953	330.50	330.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	477	457.50–505.00	472.22
13	550–600	593	430.00	430.00
22	600–650	623	406.00–410.00	407.32
14	650–700	694	392.50	392.50
3	800–850	800	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	447	542.50	542.50
33	550–600	555	485.00	485.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	749	367.50	367.50
29	850–900	883	344.25	344.25
54	1000–1050	1,001	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	349	615.00	615.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	520.00	520.00
3	350–400	371	520.00	520.00
37	400–450	433	490.00–510.00	499.10
21	450–500	484	470.00–487.50	480.05
28	500–550	517	456.00–477.00	469.23
9	550–600	569	412.00–430.00	419.77
60	600–650	616	372.50–415.00	404.06
24	650–700	672	363.50–381.00	364.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	750–800	786	395.25	395.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	511	479.00	479.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	517.50	517.50
13	350–400	369	507.00	507.00
11	400–450	434	495.00	495.00
15	500–550	513	458.00	458.00
9	600–650	610	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	542	385.00	385.00
11	700–750	712	348.50	348.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	615	368.00	368.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	565.00	565.00
6	500–550	547	418.00	418.00
3	550–600	563	387.00	387.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	617	423.50	423.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,850	201.00–210.50	205.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	178.00–180.00	179.06
3	—	1,510	167.00–177.00	172.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	169.00–178.00	174.69
2	—	1,173	161.00–168.00	164.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,089	141.00–150.00	145.04
5	—	1,133	152.00–158.00	154.94

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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