Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-02-23

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Feb 23
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
535 head
▼ 420 vs last sale 955▼ 688 vs year ago 1,223 · −56.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 88▼ 43 vs year ago 140 · −30.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady on a light test. Demand was good and supply was made up of mostly smaller smaller groups of feeders. Starting to see more unweaned fall calves showing up in the offerings. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $459.14/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −20.01 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$459.14
37 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.94
vs MO average
−27.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545467.052,54313thin
Medium and Large 1577454.852,62424
One grade step is worth $12.21/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale37 hd
459.14
—
MO average20 barns · 3,209 hd
489.08
−29.94
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
−27.88
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−20.01
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—Average1,944199.773,8833thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,788179.033,2004thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,686175.172,95315
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,325164.242,17623
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,095148.051,62127

Every lot

52 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375604.82/cwt600.00–612.502,26810
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420594.62/cwt586.00–605.502,49712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473524.55/cwt523.50–525.002,48113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542463.77/cwt450.00–478.002,51410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed553478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,6433
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574466.13/cwt442.50–475.002,67618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy586421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,4676
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,6773
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,6213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned611418.61/cwt417.50–420.002,55815
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668395.11/cwt387.50–407.502,6398
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy722384.87/cwt384.50–386.002,77912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725368.80/cwt363.00–383.002,67411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,8954
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,8684
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy811355.50/cwt355.50–355.502,8837
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2998315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,1444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353542.50/cwt542.50–542.501,9153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned371494.06/cwt480.00–502.501,83314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed385527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,0316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417530.58/cwt506.00–541.002,2139
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433491.10/cwt465.00–497.502,12610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,1504
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472454.00/cwt454.00–454.002,1434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523460.83/cwt457.00–468.002,41015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571395.92/cwt388.00–404.002,2616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned588411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,4175
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1593414.25/cwt413.00–415.002,45716
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633394.05/cwt388.00–403.002,49425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,4063
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4375
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5493
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy721354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,5528
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,7775
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370552.00/cwt552.00–552.002,0427
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575441.67/cwt440.00–446.002,5407
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned640375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4004
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,6464
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,873205.40/cwt203.50–207.503,8472
Bulls——2,085188.50/cwt188.50–188.503,9301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084161.29/cwt155.00–168.001,7488
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099146.97/cwt137.00–155.001,61513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,109134.50/cwt128.00–137.501,4925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296162.75/cwt151.50–169.002,10913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353174.36/cwt170.00–177.502,3597
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,387147.06/cwt146.00–148.002,0403
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,640158.94/cwt155.00–163.002,6072
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,648174.84/cwt168.50–179.002,8818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,765182.19/cwt181.00–183.503,2165
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,780181.49/cwt181.00–182.003,2312
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,795176.56/cwt174.00–179.003,1692

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.