Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-10-12

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Oct 12
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
526 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 625▼ 47 vs year ago 573 · −8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 68▲ 4 vs year ago 91 · +4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week all steer calves sold mostly steady with the light weight heifers under 500 pounds selling sharply higher with no comparable weights of feeder steers or heifers over 700 pounds with the bulk of the sale being 3 loads of steers weighing from 866-913 with 56 fancy green home raised 913 pound steers trading at $335.00.Slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $421.75/cwt on 28 head, up $14.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 28 comparable sales and sits −57.68 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.
Average price
$421.75
▲ 14.07 vs prior sale
28 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$67.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.49
vs MO average
−10.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505453.002,28815thin
Medium and Large 1-2586385.702,26013thin
One grade step is worth $67.30/cwt here — about $27 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
421.75
—
MO average16 barns · 1,550 hd
398.26
+23.49
National average190 barns · 30,929 hd
432.29
−10.54
This barn, trailing median28 sales
479.44
−57.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
525474423372median 479.4403/0204/2706/2209/1410/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $386.45, median $479.44 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,578184.002,9043thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,523137.802,0992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,346135.271,82121
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,170124.601,45826

Every lot, as filed

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2296565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,6723
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed379530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0097
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,2235
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned505453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,28815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586385.70/cwt385.00–386.002,26013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606398.43/cwt398.00–400.002,41414
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,78912
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy866328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,84060
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy913335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,05956
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1944321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,03062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,7736
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415446.84/cwt438.00–465.001,8549
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456446.32/cwt440.00–460.002,03513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,9734
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned502395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9834
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1004
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1701332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,3278
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,38510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,0192
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2541385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0834
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2584381.21/cwt377.50–385.002,22610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,5051
Bulls——1,455181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,6341
Bulls——1,865194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,6181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,5971
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,149131.19/cwt125.00–135.001,50714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,191116.35/cwt111.00–120.001,3869
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,240108.19/cwt105.00–112.001,3422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,324135.09/cwt130.00–142.001,78919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,8581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523137.80/cwt136.50–139.002,0992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,675145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,4291

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.