Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-02-16

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Feb 16
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
955 head
▼ 1,079 vs last sale 2,034▲ 955 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 132▲ 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders sold mostly steady with not as much quality in the steers and smaller bunches, feeder heifers under 550 pounds sold steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $479.22/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +0.07 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$479.22
93 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.22
vs MO average
−8.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546481.702,63021
Medium and Large 1565478.502,70272
One grade step is worth $3.20/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale93 hd
479.22
—
MO average18 barns · 3,912 hd
481.44
−2.22
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
−8.13
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
+0.07
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—Average1,873210.033,9344thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,478176.962,6169thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,663176.242,9312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,335165.922,21617
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,153151.551,74714

Every lot

40 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1394580.70/cwt565.00–612.502,2889
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,5564
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490527.78/cwt520.00–530.002,58618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532501.19/cwt492.50–510.002,66621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546481.70/cwt480.00–486.002,63021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578469.15/cwt447.00–484.502,71251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626451.14/cwt439.00–461.502,82453
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,6465
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy695405.50/cwt405.50–405.502,8186
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721403.91/cwt395.00–410.002,91257
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,82711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761382.22/cwt368.00–387.502,90939
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826364.74/cwt362.00–370.003,01340
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy838364.75/cwt364.75–364.753,05760
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1351530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,2464
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443471.66/cwt470.00–472.502,0899
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479510.59/cwt508.50–518.002,44631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1845
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520488.90/cwt478.00–500.002,54247
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528434.57/cwt410.00–445.002,29527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577434.42/cwt413.50–448.002,50763
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622378.05/cwt375.00–381.002,3514
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629407.09/cwt389.50–422.002,56142
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675367.69/cwt367.50–368.002,4828
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683384.41/cwt374.00–390.002,62620
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement709396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,80811
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,64421
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement807365.50/cwt365.50–365.502,9506
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,873210.03/cwt209.00–211.003,9344
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050140.83/cwt139.00–142.501,4792
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165146.60/cwt140.00–152.001,7086
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,175160.07/cwt155.00–168.001,8816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,306177.64/cwt173.00–183.002,3205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307163.34/cwt155.00–168.002,13510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,6661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473178.53/cwt174.50–181.002,6306
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500169.74/cwt169.50–170.002,5462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,550149.53/cwt149.00–150.002,3182
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,663176.24/cwt176.00–176.502,9312

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.