Sale reports / Missouri / Tina Livestock / 2026-09-21

Tina Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tina, Missouri · Mon, Sep 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3635
Feeder Cattle receipts
778 head
▼ 164 vs last sale 942▼ 587 vs year ago 1,365 · −43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 85▼ 33 vs year ago 101 · −32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable weights. Calves and feeders selling mostly steady with light supply under 650 pounds.Feeders overs 650 where moderate supply selling with good demand.Slaughter cows trading $3-$5 lower with bulls not well tested

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.72/cwt on 38 head, down $6.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −80.42 against this barn's trailing median of $479.15.
Average price
$398.72
▼ 6.24 vs prior sale
38 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$4.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.03
vs MO average
−6.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579401.732,32711thin
Medium 1-2537397.502,13527
One grade step is worth $4.23/cwt here — about $193 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 sale38 hd
398.72
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MO average17 barns · 1,330 hd
416.75
−18.03
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
−6.69
This barn, trailing median29 sales
479.15
−80.42
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—Average1,712179.413,0725thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,838143.492,6372thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,608139.832,2496thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319138.221,8234thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,204124.571,50023

Every lot

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed320570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8242
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed380530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429494.94/cwt480.00–497.502,1237
Steers400–450Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed444432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,92010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490451.47/cwt450.00–452.502,21212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed493454.72/cwt440.00–465.002,24212
Steers500–550Medium 1-2537397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,13527
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed575420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4158
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned591353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,0863
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607372.92/cwt372.00–379.002,26432
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy618390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4105
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626399.59/cwt391.00–416.002,50118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686374.44/cwt372.00–378.002,56912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,4525
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy827330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7295
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940319.25/cwt319.25–319.253,001121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed380490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8854
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2471387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8258
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472446.81/cwt425.00–467.502,10915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy518386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,9996
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564393.97/cwt360.00–405.002,22212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614361.28/cwt361.00–362.502,21811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1697354.84/cwt353.00–357.002,473132
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,49368
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,634174.26/cwt160.00–187.502,8474
Bulls——2,025200.00/cwt200.00–200.004,0501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,5261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,196113.68/cwt102.00–122.001,3608
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,208130.38/cwt124.00–135.001,57515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370140.63/cwt137.00–143.001,9273
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580138.25/cwt136.00–139.002,1844
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,665143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,3812
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,838143.49/cwt141.50–145.502,6372

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.