Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-03-02

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Mar 2
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,356 head
▲ 821 vs last sale 535▼ 515 vs year ago 1,871 · −27.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 97▼ 79 vs year ago 131 · −60.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks lighter test, comparable weights of feeders sold unevenly steady. In this weeks offering 2 pot loads of 880 pound steers sold for 348.00. 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 $479.15/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 15 of 29 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$479.15
159 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.94
vs MO average
+3.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560483.092,706113
Medium and Large 1-2566469.462,65646
One grade step is worth $13.63/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale159 hd
479.15
—
MO average18 barns · 2,291 hd
478.21
+0.94
National average177 barns · 11,580 hd
475.56
+3.59
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
+0.00
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—Low1,771196.783,4855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,457175.152,5525thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,215170.682,0745thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,111149.991,66610

Every lot

55 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned318555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,7653
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed349615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,14615
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393567.50/cwt567.50–567.502,2307
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434570.18/cwt545.00–590.002,47516
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned436463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,0199
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed447542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,42528
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461547.45/cwt530.00–559.002,52432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477472.22/cwt457.50–505.002,25216
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537495.22/cwt487.50–500.502,65952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed555485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,69233
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580472.75/cwt452.50–493.502,74261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,55013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623452.13/cwt418.00–458.002,81773
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623407.32/cwt406.00–410.002,53822
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658428.39/cwt395.00–436.502,81936
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,72414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724394.50/cwt377.50–410.502,85640
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy749367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,75311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758366.18/cwt363.50–368.502,77615
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,6483
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880348.00/cwt348.00–348.003,062110
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy883344.25/cwt344.25–344.253,04029
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1953330.50/cwt330.50–330.503,15011
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,001319.00/cwt319.00–319.003,19354
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7324
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed336517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,7394
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed369507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,87113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9293
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433499.10/cwt490.00–510.002,16137
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed434495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,14811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484480.05/cwt470.00–487.502,32321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed511479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,4488
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed513458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,35015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517469.23/cwt456.00–477.002,42628
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0877
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569419.77/cwt412.00–430.002,3889
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed610380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3189
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616404.06/cwt372.50–415.002,48960
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672364.92/cwt363.50–381.002,45224
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712348.50/cwt348.50–348.502,48111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy720335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4125
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement786395.25/cwt395.25–395.253,10731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,3456
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2547418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,2866
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,1793
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned615368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,2634
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed617423.50/cwt423.50–423.502,6137
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,455160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3281
Bulls——1,850205.97/cwt201.00–210.503,8104
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089145.04/cwt141.00–150.001,5795
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,133154.94/cwt152.00–158.001,7555
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173164.67/cwt161.00–168.001,9322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243174.69/cwt169.00–178.002,1713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378179.06/cwt178.00–180.002,4672
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510172.55/cwt167.00–177.002,6063

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.