Tina Livestock Market market report — October 19, 2026

Tina, MO · Monday sale · USDA report published 10/19/2026 · Sale days

Head sold

1,353

Last week 621 (+732)
Last year 662

5-wt steers (500–599 lb)

$420.93 /cwt

$2,275 per head · 44 hd
vs last week +35.23

7-wt steers (700–799 lb)

$361.18 /cwt

$2,778 per head · 170 hd
vs last week +2.18

Compared to last week calves are still in tight hands with steer and heifer calves trading mostly steady with some yearling cattle still coming to town and also trading mostly steady with last week. 1 load 63 head of 921 pound steers trading at $333.85 and packing some flesh also 58 823 pound heifers packing some flesh at $314.25 with no comparison last week.Slaughter cows and bull trading mostly steady
USDA Market News reporter, October 19, 2026

Feeder steers — Oct 19

Steers, Medium and Large frame, No. 1 and 1–2 muscle, regular lots, head-weighted by 100-lb band. Last week = sale of Oct 12. Last year = sale of Oct 20. Unweaned = calves sold straight off the cow. These are kept out of the main price.
Weight	Head	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	vs last week	vs last year	Unweaned $/cwt
400–499 lb	28	439 lb	$500.75	$2,197	+27.75	+40.75	—
500–599 lb	44	540 lb	$420.93	$2,275	+35.23	−17.32	—
600–699 lb	78	641 lb	$378.21	$2,425	−20.22	−29.68	$372.67 (24 hd)
700–799 lb	170	769 lb	$361.18	$2,778	+2.18	−3.68	$342.00 (8 hd)

Feeder heifers — Oct 19

Heifers, Medium and Large frame, No. 1 and 1–2 muscle, regular lots, head-weighted by 100-lb band. Last week = sale of Oct 12. Last year = sale of Oct 20. Unweaned = calves sold straight off the cow. No. 2 = lighter-muscled cattle, a separate grade line in the USDA report. These are kept out of the main price. † Based on fewer than 5 head; treat as a rough price.
Weight	Head	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	vs last week	vs last year	Unweaned $/cwt	No. 2 $/cwt
300–399 lb	—	—	—	—	—	—	$442.50 (4 hd)†	—
400–499 lb	41	473 lb	$434.82	$2,057	−7.33	+9.02	$390.00 (7 hd)	$375.00 (10 hd)
500–599 lb	30	541 lb	$387.47	$2,098	+7.47	−11.16	$405.00 (5 hd)	—
600–699 lb	9	619 lb	$337.23	$2,087	+12.23	−28.03	—	—
700–799 lb	20	763 lb	$324.73	$2,478	+0.51	—	—	—
900–999 lb	4	926 lb	$280.00†	$2,593	—	—	—	—

Slaughter cows — Oct 19

Grade	Dressing	Head	Avg wt	Avg $/cwt	Range $/cwt
Boner 80-85%	High	7	1,298 lb	$143.73	$139.00–$148.00
Boner 80-85%	Average	15	1,321 lb	$135.21	$129.00–$140.00
Boner 80-85%	Low	1	1,270 lb	$127.00	$127.00–$127.00
Breaker 75-80%	High	1	1,545 lb	$147.00	$147.00–$147.00
Breaker 75-80%	Average	10	1,536 lb	$135.60	$133.00–$140.00
Breaker 75-80%	Low	5	1,563 lb	$129.43	$128.00–$130.00
Lean 85-90%	High	5	1,142 lb	$135.31	$133.00–$139.00
Lean 85-90%	Average	10	1,207 lb	$128.35	$124.00–$133.00
Lean 85-90%	Low	11	1,135 lb	$119.07	$109.50–$124.50
Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1	905 lb	$85.00	$85.00–$85.00
Premium White 65-75%	Low	1	1,880 lb	$134.00	$134.00–$134.00

Price trends

Steers 500–599 lb Easing

Latest (week of October 19, 2026): $420.93/cwt
4-week average: $399.94
13-week average: $404.96
4-week vs 13-week: −1.2%

52-wk low $375.34high $517.19

Sales in 9 of the last 13 weeks.

Steers 700–799 lb Steady

Latest (week of October 19, 2026): $361.18/cwt
4-week average: $357.28
13-week average: $354.88
4-week vs 13-week: +0.7%

52-wk low $300.00high $409.41

Sales in 9 of the last 13 weeks.

Heifers 500–599 lb Easing

Latest (week of October 19, 2026): $387.47/cwt
4-week average: $380.10
13-week average: $384.10
4-week vs 13-week: −1.0%

52-wk low $357.64high $461.89

Sales in 10 of the last 13 weeks.

Direction compares the 4-week average with the 13-week average: Rising +1% or more, Steady within ±1%, Easing −1% to −3%, Falling −3% or more. Weekly prices are head-weighted averages of Medium and Large No. 1 and 1–2 feeder cattle, regular lots.

The label describes recent prices; it is not a forecast. In our backtest of every barn since 2019 (about 35,000 barn-weeks), barns labeled Falling went on to beat other barns' average move over the next 13 weeks 61% of the time, and barns labeled Rising trailed it 56% of the time.

Last 52 weeks

Weekly average $/cwt4-week average

Price history since 2022

Weekly average $/cwt

When to sell: the seasonal pattern

5-weight steers

For 500–599 lb steers, prices since 2022 ran highest against their yearly average in May and Jul and lowest in Nov and Dec.

Each month's head-weighted average price compared with the centered 12-month average around it, then averaged across years. Past patterns are not a forecast.
Month	vs year avg	Years above	Years
Jan	−2.3%	50%	4
Feb	+1.1%	50%	4
Mar	+2.8%	75%	4
Apr	+4.6%	100%	4
May	+6.9%	100%	4
Jun	+6.2%	100%	4
Jul	+6.7%	100%	4
Aug	−0.4%	50%	4
Sep	+1.2%	50%	4
Oct	−3.8%	25%	4
Nov	−7.8%	0%	4
Dec	−6.3%	0%	4

7-weight steers

For 700–799 lb steers, prices since 2022 ran highest against their yearly average in Jul and Jun and lowest in Dec and Nov.

Each month's head-weighted average price compared with the centered 12-month average around it, then averaged across years. Past patterns are not a forecast.
Month	vs year avg	Years above	Years
Jan	−1.8%	50%	4
Feb	+0.5%	50%	4
Mar	−1.1%	50%	4
Apr	−0.9%	50%	4
May	+0.2%	50%	4
Jun	+4.3%	100%	4
Jul	+5.0%	100%	4
Aug	+4.0%	50%	4
Sep	+4.0%	50%	4
Oct	+4.0%	75%	4
Nov	−4.7%	0%	4
Dec	−5.3%	0%	4

Recent sales

Last 13 weeks. † Based on fewer than 5 head; treat as a rough price. Download the weekly history as CSV.
Sale	Head sold	Steers 500–599 $/cwt	Steers 700–799 $/cwt	Heifers 500–599 $/cwt
Mon Oct 19	1,353	$420.93	$361.18	$387.47
Mon Oct 12	621	$385.70	$359.00	$380.00†
Mon Oct 5	693	$412.42	$349.00	$391.19
Mon Sep 28	978	$380.70	$359.95	$361.72
Mon Sep 21	846	—	—	$393.97
Mon Sep 14	1,027	$411.29	$351.38	$371.13
Mon Aug 31	631	$378.90	$358.00†	$361.00
Mon Aug 24	890	$398.83	$348.33	$378.70
Mon Aug 10	476	$451.25	$349.93	$429.00†
Mon Jul 27	908	$404.60	$357.18	$386.85

Special and graded sales

The last 12 months of this barn's special and graded sales, $/cwt, Medium and Large No. 1 and 1–2 regular lots (value-added lots where a sale has only those). A sale counts in the weekly trend only when it is a regular feeder sale: a plain special where feeder steers and heifers are most of the head. Graded, replacement, cow-and-pair, preconditioned and Holstein sales stay out.
Sale	Type	Head	Steers 500–599	Steers 700–799	Heifers 500–599	In trend
Oct 23, 2026	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	585	—	—	—	No
Aug 28, 2026	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	495	—	—	—	No
Apr 24, 2026	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	1,090	—	—	—	No
Mar 27, 2026	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	678	—	—	—	No
Feb 27, 2026	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	565	—	—	—	No
Jan 23, 2026	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	584	—	—	—	No
Dec 19, 2025	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	780	—	—	—	No
Nov 28, 2025	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	884	—	—	—	No
Oct 24, 2025	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	380	—	—	—	No
Sep 26, 2025	Replacement Cattle Specialspecial	376	—	—	—	No

Nearby barns this week

Straight-line distance between towns. Barns tagged unweaned show unweaned-calf prices. Every Missouri sale this week.
Barn	Distance	Sale	Steers 500–599	Steers 700–799
Kingsville Livestock Auction, Kingsville	64 mi	Oct 20	$410.52	$361.02
Windsor Livestock Auction, Windsor	70 mi	Oct 21	$411.88	$365.25
Callaway Livestock Center, Kingdom City	90 mi	Oct 19	$416.61	$347.13
MO-Kan Livestock Market, Butler	101 mi	Oct 22	$397.84	—
Wheeler Livestock Auction, Osceola	104 mi	Oct 22	$415.13	—
Eastern MO Commission Company, Bowling Green	120 mi	Oct 23	$431.16	$367.71

Sale days

Sale	Latest report	Head	Sales in 52 weeks	USDA report
Monday	October 19, 2026	1,353	43	AMS_3635
Replacement Cattle Special special	October 23, 2026	585	10	AMS_3648

Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News, “Tina Livestock Market Cattle Auction - Tina, MO” (AMS_3635); “Tina Livestock Market Replacement Cattle Special - Tina, MO” (AMS_3648). See something wrong? Report a correction. Feeder prices are Medium and Large frame No. 1 and 1–2 cattle, $/cwt, grouped into 100-lb bands by average weight and weighted by head count. Value-added, unweaned and No. 2 lots are shown in their own columns; other lot types (fancy, fleshy, thin-fleshed, spayed, replacement) are left out. $/head = $/cwt × average weight ÷ 100.