Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-05-11

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, May 11
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,181 head
513 vs last sale 1,694 184 vs year ago 1,365 · 13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
18 vs last sale 157 10 vs year ago 165 · +6.1%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady on a moderate supply. There were too few comparisons to last week on the yearling cattle, but there were 174 head of steers averaging at 907 lbs. that sold for 353.50/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $487.09/cwt on 102 head, down $6.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 28 comparable sales and sits +4.27 against this barn's trailing median of $482.82.
Average price
$487.09
6.70 vs prior sale
102 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.06
vs MO average
+13.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539496.292,67466
Medium and Large 1-2550470.222,58636
One grade step is worth $26.08/cwt here — about $88 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

28 sales
525489453417median 482.8212/1502/1604/1306/0808/10
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 sale102 hd
487.09
MO average20 barns · 5,320 hd
494.15
−7.06
National average167 barns · 12,191 hd
473.70
+13.39
This barn, trailing median28 sales
482.82
+4.27
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
BullsAverage1,803220.153,9708thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,720185.003,1821thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,415181.962,57414
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,244181.852,26141
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,080168.231,81834

Every lot, as filed

53 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,2127
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450429558.25/cwt550.50–575.002,39522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550530440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,3326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400381539.31/cwt537.50–545.002,05517
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700683380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,59566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600594397.53/cwt390.00–405.002,3618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,3402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650635405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,5723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,5123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850827331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,7374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750703320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2505
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469508.91/cwt481.00–530.002,38738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900876352.00/cwt352.00–352.003,08460
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533495.73/cwt475.00–507.502,64224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650632423.88/cwt421.00–427.502,6799
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,0586
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400396565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,2373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600563462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,6044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365567.50/cwt567.50–567.502,0713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476445.87/cwt442.50–450.002,12213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,398189.02/cwt185.50–195.002,6425
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,403179.42/cwt173.00–185.502,5178
CowsBoner 80-85%1,307189.51/cwt186.00–194.002,47713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,098160.90/cwt158.00–164.001,7672
Bulls1,617208.95/cwt204.00–214.003,3793
Bulls1,935241.00/cwt241.00–241.004,6631
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550514519.27/cwt515.00–532.502,66924
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464490.58/cwt480.00–511.002,27617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy800–850803325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6103
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800750360.75/cwt360.75–360.752,70672
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400366660.00/cwt660.00–660.002,4166
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617441.79/cwt433.00–457.502,72629
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600553483.16/cwt470.00–495.002,67242
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700657353.44/cwt348.00–370.002,3228
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350327615.73/cwt608.00–622.502,01311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned750–800753348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,6207
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500466460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1448
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450409528.68/cwt510.00–558.002,16242
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500465515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,3955
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600552432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,3874
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950907353.50/cwt353.50–353.503,206174
CowsLean 85-90%981151.41/cwt146.00–154.001,4856
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450426537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,2906
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500450482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,1712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500474490.63/cwt485.00–492.502,3268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650611392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,3954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519436.47/cwt407.50–455.002,26518
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,720185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,1821
Bulls1,910223.33/cwt216.00–228.004,2664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223179.63/cwt171.00–185.002,19726
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,6551
CowsLean 85-90%1,106167.69/cwt156.50–177.501,85518
CowsLean 85-90%1,094179.30/cwt178.00–185.001,96210

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.