Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-05-04

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, May 4
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,694 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 1,756▲ 17 vs year ago 1,677 · +1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 142▲ 12 vs year ago 145 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00-8.00 higher on comparable weights. Three loads of yearling steers weighing from 763-885 lbs. included in this weeks' offering, and sold as follows: 76 head of 763 pound steers for 402.10, 61 head 839 pound steers for 376.35, and 66 head of 885 pound steers for 362.50. 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 $493.79/cwt on 168 head, down $6.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 29 comparable sales and sits +14.64 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$493.79
▼ 6.85 vs prior sale
168 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.44
vs MO average
+6.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543500.312,71596
Medium and Large 1-2560485.092,71772
One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale168 hd
493.79
—
MO average19 barns · 3,172 hd
492.35
+1.44
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
+6.24
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
+14.64
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—Average1,660209.843,48316
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,885187.003,5251thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,479179.892,6608thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,255176.902,22123
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,002158.631,59023

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,313$5,9504thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2329640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,1065
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1337653.78/cwt635.00–662.502,20313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421587.48/cwt565.00–605.002,47346
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427536.34/cwt535.00–538.002,29020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470560.54/cwt557.00–565.002,63513
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned471532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,5084
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485513.54/cwt507.50–522.502,49115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed495527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,61120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500523.00/cwt523.00–523.002,6154
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503540.01/cwt525.00–548.002,71635
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,63316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy542487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,6429
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563490.39/cwt476.00–507.002,76134
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed582470.67/cwt470.00–473.002,73952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582448.24/cwt435.00–462.502,60918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619447.05/cwt436.00–466.002,76741
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620428.64/cwt422.50–432.502,65813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679424.29/cwt422.50–425.002,88148
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7685
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed693421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,91831
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763402.10/cwt402.10–402.103,06876
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy807358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,88923
Steers800–850Medium 1826329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,7184
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839376.35/cwt376.35–376.353,15861
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885362.50/cwt362.50–362.503,20866
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,07012
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330612.04/cwt585.00–650.002,0207
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345577.50/cwt577.50–577.501,9923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371583.89/cwt570.00–600.002,16611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387528.54/cwt525.00–550.002,04520
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0437
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427531.74/cwt525.00–547.502,27129
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed435509.00/cwt509.00–509.002,21423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484490.03/cwt477.50–507.502,37223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488462.90/cwt447.50–472.502,25920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned491440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1605
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511482.04/cwt462.50–499.002,46319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532434.38/cwt422.00–442.502,31111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560441.65/cwt430.00–445.002,47343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0302
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned598385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3024
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605419.60/cwt410.00–425.002,53915
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639377.99/cwt370.00–389.002,41510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668375.19/cwt374.00–382.502,50628
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,5909
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1798344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,74560
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,71116
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement8342,987.63/head2,975.00–3,000.002,98828
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,2693
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,1165
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned427527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,2525
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,4283
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned505490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,47514
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580436.38/cwt431.00–440.002,53115
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,6004
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,603193.20/cwt185.00–203.003,0976
Bulls——1,637216.00/cwt205.00–220.503,5368
Bulls——1,920235.15/cwt231.50–239.004,5152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%988138.59/cwt130.00–147.001,3694
Cows—Lean 85-90%997160.17/cwt150.00–171.001,59716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050177.10/cwt170.00–183.001,8603
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244174.47/cwt164.00–183.002,17016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281182.45/cwt179.50–185.502,3377
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469177.01/cwt171.00–181.002,6006
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508188.54/cwt186.00–191.002,8432
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,885187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,5251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3135,950.00/head5,950.00–5,950.005,9504

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.