Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-03-09

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Mar 9
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,135 head
▼ 221 vs last sale 1,356▼ 161 vs year ago 1,296 · −12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 52▼ 14 vs year ago 104 · −13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower on comparable weights. The supply under 600 pounds was light with several small groups in the offering today. Demand was good. Aside from the smaller groups there was 6 strait loads in the offering with some stick out deals including 78 head of 640 pound heifers at $406.75 and 119 head of 920 steers at $328.75. Slaughter cows and bull trading mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.25/cwt on 33 head, down $33.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 27 comparable sales and sits −8.51 against this barn's trailing median of $427.75.
Average price
$419.25
▼ 33.19 vs prior sale
33 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.33
vs MO average
+5.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511441.502,25613thin
Medium and Large 1-2517404.782,09320
One grade step is worth $36.72/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale33 hd
419.25
—
MO average15 barns · 1,377 hd
411.92
+7.33
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
+5.47
This barn, trailing median27 sales
427.75
−8.51
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

27 sales
466423380336median 427.7503/0204/2006/1509/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.44, low $350.03, median $427.75 across 27 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—High1,837196.923,6176thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,506171.382,58113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273165.972,11314
CowsLean 85-90%High1,234143.151,76715

Every lot

49 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
Steers300–350Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed308675.00/cwt675.00–675.002,07912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1354617.05/cwt605.00–625.002,1845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,3063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472495.29/cwt492.00–500.002,33817
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530462.68/cwt458.00–467.502,45210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,6554
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563479.59/cwt471.00–485.002,70010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584435.81/cwt430.00–440.002,5457
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624434.55/cwt418.00–445.002,71226
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636397.06/cwt385.00–407.502,52514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed662394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,6085
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665423.50/cwt423.50–423.502,8169
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723380.20/cwt380.00–381.002,74920
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,6234
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775388.00/cwt379.00–395.003,00720
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785364.96/cwt355.00–375.002,86571
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920328.75/cwt328.75–328.753,025119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed304593.00/cwt593.00–593.001,80312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7064
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410500.94/cwt497.50–507.502,0549
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0503
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483475.72/cwt455.00–480.002,29818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511441.50/cwt441.50–441.502,25613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517404.78/cwt352.50–430.002,09320
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636398.20/cwt376.50–406.752,533154
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653395.02/cwt389.00–397.002,57988
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723355.96/cwt354.50–379.002,57482
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,7605
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,5326
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement839369.45/cwt369.45–369.453,10011
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement865358.00/cwt358.00–358.003,09711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,0442
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2596
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2451500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2556
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1852
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,5352
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned725330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3932
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2836321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,6843
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,754198.75/cwt192.50–208.003,4864
Bulls——1,850170.50/cwt170.50–170.503,1541
Bulls——2,155216.00/cwt216.00–216.004,6551
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180126.67/cwt121.00–135.001,4956
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,236145.31/cwt141.00–149.001,7964
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253160.58/cwt151.00–168.002,0128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270178.18/cwt169.00–186.002,2635
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,298161.19/cwt151.00–166.002,0925
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378180.19/cwt173.00–185.002,4835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,450148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,1461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,586165.87/cwt157.00–173.002,6318

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.