Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-05-18

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, May 18
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,394 head
▲ 213 vs last sale 1,181▲ 119 vs year ago 1,275 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 175▲ 29 vs year ago 182 · +15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week calves sold firm to steady with one load of 71 head of 775 pound yearling steers sold for $380.25 with no comparison from last week Slaughter cows and bulls trading $5.00-$8.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $496.01/cwt on 209 head, up $8.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 29 comparable sales and sits +16.86 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$496.01
▲ 8.92 vs prior sale
209 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.67
vs MO average
+21.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544501.832,727168
Medium and Large 1-2567472.162,67841
One grade step is worth $29.66/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale209 hd
496.01
—
MO average17 barns · 4,542 hd
480.33
+15.67
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
+21.53
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
+16.86
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

29 sales
525474423372median 479.1503/0204/2706/2209/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.74, low $386.45, median $479.15 across 29 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—Average1,909230.214,3969thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,449187.822,72128
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,815185.113,3605thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,279182.852,33942
CowsLean 85-90%High1,068163.491,74633

Every lot

61 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,3753
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,3174
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426564.49/cwt560.00–581.002,40517
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3484
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471543.30/cwt530.00–577.502,55931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476527.61/cwt525.00–537.502,51121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524509.52/cwt498.00–516.002,67077
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543493.58/cwt480.00–497.502,6809
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560495.32/cwt485.00–507.002,77491
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574466.14/cwt440.00–482.502,67632
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626447.22/cwt430.00–463.002,800126
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,7034
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671425.43/cwt421.00–430.002,8558
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy679375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5466
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702371.98/cwt365.00–375.002,61110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723401.65/cwt394.00–414.002,90425
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775380.25/cwt380.25–380.252,94771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,9313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388541.00/cwt541.00–541.002,0993
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390548.76/cwt547.50–550.002,14010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420535.01/cwt530.00–540.002,24717
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440492.42/cwt490.00–501.002,16718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed457483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,2074
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466480.61/cwt477.00–490.002,2407
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476492.82/cwt484.00–510.002,34645
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy498477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,37812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1533
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528448.57/cwt437.50–467.002,36856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545422.26/cwt410.00–432.502,30111
Heifers550–600Medium 1554428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,37116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570431.03/cwt420.00–446.002,45769
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624400.58/cwt391.00–413.002,50022
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4496
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4372
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5098
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,3375
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed497477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,3735
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,48912
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2592417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,4727
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned601422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,5395
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed618402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,4843
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5424
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5009
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2662342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2672
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2811320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5955
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,820214.44/cwt210.00–221.503,9033
Bulls——1,880190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,5721
Bulls——1,968253.69/cwt245.00–258.504,9933
Bulls——1,970238.77/cwt235.50–242.504,7042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%900130.45/cwt120.00–139.001,1742
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043167.59/cwt163.50–174.001,74811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085179.88/cwt176.00–186.001,9528
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,107154.30/cwt142.00–162.001,70812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257178.39/cwt170.00–184.002,24217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275189.00/cwt184.00–197.002,41022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,412195.25/cwt193.00–200.002,7577
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,438163.02/cwt155.00–167.502,3443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460175.01/cwt174.00–176.002,5554
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,461187.78/cwt183.00–191.002,74317
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,815185.11/cwt183.50–188.003,3605

This sale against other markets

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.