Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-03-09

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Mar 9
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,135 head
221 vs last sale 1,356 161 vs year ago 1,296 · 12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
38 vs last sale 52 14 vs year ago 104 · 13.5%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower on comparable weights. The supply under 600 pounds was light with several small groups in the offering today. Demand was good. Aside from the smaller groups there was 6 strait loads in the offering with some stick out deals including 78 head of 640 pound heifers at $406.75 and 119 head of 920 steers at $328.75. Slaughter cows and bull trading mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.25/cwt on 33 head, down $33.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 27 comparable sales and sits 13.93 against this barn's trailing median of $433.18.
Average price
$419.25
33.19 vs prior sale
33 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.33
vs MO average
+5.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511441.502,25613thin
Medium and Large 1-2517404.782,09320
One grade step is worth $36.72/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
476441406371median 433.1812/1502/0904/0606/0107/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.89, low $384.72, median $433.18 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 sale33 hd
419.25
MO average15 barns · 1,377 hd
411.92
+7.33
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
+5.47
This barn, trailing median27 sales
433.18
−13.93
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
BullsHigh1,837196.923,6176thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,506171.382,58113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273165.972,11314
CowsLean 85-90%High1,234143.151,76715

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bulls2,155216.00/cwt216.00–216.004,6551
CowsBoner 80-85%1,253160.58/cwt151.00–168.002,0128
CowsBoner 80-85%1,450148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,1461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,378180.19/cwt173.00–185.002,4835
Bulls1,754198.75/cwt192.50–208.003,4864
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,586165.87/cwt157.00–173.002,6318
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600595426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,5352
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483475.72/cwt455.00–480.002,29818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650636397.06/cwt385.00–407.502,52514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800784323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,5326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550517404.78/cwt352.50–430.002,09320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750741354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,6234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584435.81/cwt430.00–440.002,5457
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400354617.05/cwt605.00–625.002,1845
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850836321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,6843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450443510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2596
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,0442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned700–750725330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530462.68/cwt458.00–467.502,45210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850839369.45/cwt369.45–369.453,10011
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723355.96/cwt354.50–379.002,57482
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950920328.75/cwt328.75–328.753,025119
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563479.59/cwt471.00–485.002,70010
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511441.50/cwt441.50–441.502,25613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500451500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2556
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800750368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,7605
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775388.00/cwt379.00–395.003,00720
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624434.55/cwt418.00–445.002,71226
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,6554
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665423.50/cwt423.50–423.502,8169
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,3063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400363470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7064
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723380.20/cwt380.00–381.002,74920
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410500.94/cwt497.50–507.502,0549
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900865358.00/cwt358.00–358.003,09711
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650636398.20/cwt376.50–406.752,533154
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700653395.02/cwt389.00–397.002,57988
HeifersMedium 1-2Thin Fleshed300–350304593.00/cwt593.00–593.001,80312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785364.96/cwt355.00–375.002,86571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472495.29/cwt492.00–500.002,33817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed650–700662394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,6085
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500460475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0503
Bulls1,850170.50/cwt170.50–170.503,1541
CowsLean 85-90%1,298161.19/cwt151.00–166.002,0925
CowsLean 85-90%1,180126.67/cwt121.00–135.001,4956
CowsLean 85-90%1,236145.31/cwt141.00–149.001,7964
CowsBoner 80-85%1,270178.18/cwt169.00–186.002,2635
SteersMedium 1-2Thin Fleshed300–350308675.00/cwt675.00–675.002,07912

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.