Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-03-30

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Mar 30
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
595 head
1,323 vs last sale 1,918 1,022 vs year ago 1,617 · 63.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
4 vs last sale 121 36 vs year ago 161 · 22.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
16 vs last sale 26 9 vs year ago 1 · +900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeders sold mostly steady on a lighter test with lots of new crop calves.slaughter cows and bulls trading steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $436.86/cwt on 52 head, down $8.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 26 comparable sales and sits +3.09 against this barn's trailing median of $433.76.
Average price
$436.86
8.12 vs prior sale
52 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,374
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.90
vs MO average
+13.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542439.392,38247
Medium and Large 1-2558413.002,3055thin
One grade step is worth $26.39/cwt here — about $77 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

26 sales
476441406371median 433.7612/2202/1604/1306/0107/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.89, low $384.72, median $433.76 across 26 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 sale52 hd
436.86
MO average19 barns · 2,430 hd
422.96
+13.90
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
+13.67
This barn, trailing median26 sales
433.76
+3.09
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
BullsAverage1,821202.583,6898thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,235174.052,14912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,508173.552,61814
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,022154.301,57717

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1350–400383597.50/cwt597.50–597.502,2885
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400373500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,86510
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450425528.04/cwt525.00–530.002,24410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550519526.69/cwt525.00–528.002,73418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700664360.50/cwt360.50–360.502,39410
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422521.08/cwt502.50–532.502,19925
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570417.96/cwt403.00–431.002,38223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473521.44/cwt516.00–524.002,46615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500459522.43/cwt510.00–525.002,39812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523480.05/cwt472.50–485.002,5119
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415547.50/cwt547.50–547.502,2726
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500468461.67/cwt442.50–477.502,16118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5748
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500481505.95/cwt499.00–527.002,43419
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550526460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,4204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580429.86/cwt422.50–435.002,4937
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,9774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,2312
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400398572.50/cwt572.50–572.502,2795
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650600362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750741345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5566
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600584418.21/cwt417.50–420.002,4427
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550510470.86/cwt457.50–487.502,40112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned700–750725339.31/cwt324.00–350.002,4605
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450412562.50/cwt562.50–562.502,3182
CowsLean 85-90%1,025156.63/cwt149.00–168.001,60511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,743163.46/cwt162.00–165.002,8492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,535181.52/cwt179.00–184.002,7862
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,456173.98/cwt167.00–178.002,53310
CowsLean 85-90%996137.91/cwt125.00–146.001,3744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9521
Bulls1,900205.73/cwt196.00–211.003,9096
Bulls1,585193.13/cwt188.00–198.003,0612
CowsLean 85-90%1,058174.27/cwt172.00–176.001,8442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,246177.25/cwt172.00–183.002,2094
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235173.65/cwt167.00–178.002,1457
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,178198.64/cwt184.00–213.002,3406
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1930301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,7991
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516465.18/cwt449.00–482.502,40019
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550512440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2535
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600558413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,3055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475420.88/cwt418.00–427.501,99910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500463452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,0956
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473474.67/cwt440.00–511.002,24515
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,69316
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455545.90/cwt545.00–547.502,48411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8667
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8633
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750703362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,5485

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.