Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher and heifers sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. There was a good supply of 400 to 600 lb weaned and unweaned calves in the offering today with very good demand, along with some reputation yearling cattle as well. The overall supply was moderate to heavy with good demand. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady in the average dressing cows and bulls, the higher dressing cows and bulls were light in comparables this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.83/cwt on 551 head, down $22.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 32 comparable sales and sits +9.51 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$476.83

▼ 22.06 vs prior sale

551 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$557

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$96.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.29

vs MO average

−2.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	497.87	2,746	342
Medium and Large 1-2	554	447.95	2,482	184
Medium and Large 2	545	401.68	2,189	25

One grade step is worth $96.19/cwt here — about $557 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.11, low $425.12, median $467.33 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale551 hd

476.83

—

MO average18 barns · 4,071 hd

488.13

−11.29

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−2.20

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+9.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,587	206.45	3,277	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,408	173.22	2,439	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,172	170.33	1,996	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	145.59	1,426	37

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,194	$3,228	30
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$3,066	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,168	$2,837	22
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,190	$2,805	12
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,230	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,095	$2,483	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,600	$5,000	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$4,780	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,417	$3,850	3thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	700	$3,400	2thin

Every lot, as filed

134 lots · USDA AMS · Four State Stockyards – Cattle Auction - Exeter, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	528.94/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,005	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,710	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	463.91/cwt	432.00–485.00	2,398	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	394.88/cwt	390.00–401.00	2,192	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	503.78/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,413	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,999	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	420.53/cwt	416.00–433.00	2,628	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	439.29/cwt	411.00–467.00	2,522	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,834	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	396.65/cwt	380.00–429.00	1,896	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	244	752.13/cwt	730.00–775.00	1,835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	695	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,502	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	419.16/cwt	417.00–422.00	2,175	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,954	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	644.07/cwt	630.00–680.00	2,364	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,585	3
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,369	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	467.19/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,892	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	551.18/cwt	527.00–569.00	2,624	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	619	383.80/cwt	381.00–385.50	2,376	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	436.15/cwt	415.00–452.00	2,137	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	760	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	461.94/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,397	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	400.70/cwt	391.00–419.00	2,853	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	579.14/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,212	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	455.29/cwt	452.00–460.00	2,235	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	407.21/cwt	397.00–432.00	2,366	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,406	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	681	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,390	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,730	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	357.79/cwt	346.00–360.00	2,998	49
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	734	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	578.95/cwt	562.00–600.00	2,217	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	693.61/cwt	665.00–750.00	2,192	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,531	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	734.25/cwt	700.00–790.00	2,093	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	589.79/cwt	570.00–650.00	2,477	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	523.98/cwt	502.00–545.00	2,735	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	484.50/cwt	470.00–526.00	2,776	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	537.41/cwt	500.00–585.00	2,359	43
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	673	392.08/cwt	389.00–395.00	2,639	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	3,065	13
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	603	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,605	9
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,723	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	478.15/cwt	477.00–480.00	2,309	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	599.74/cwt	581.00–640.00	2,045	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	513.94/cwt	486.00–539.00	2,688	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	617.00/cwt	617.00–617.00	2,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	669.36/cwt	655.00–700.00	2,129	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	258	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	2,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,195	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	471.08/cwt	460.00–497.00	2,723	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	576.84/cwt	570.00–582.00	2,457	7
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	666	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,584	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	636	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,461	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	384.82/cwt	371.00–400.00	2,548	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,327	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	487.32/cwt	479.00–507.00	2,597	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,602	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	477	532.04/cwt	512.00–582.00	2,538	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	180.52/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,410	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	173.54/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,430	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	178.42/cwt	176.00–180.00	2,177	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	161.95/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,559	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	167.04/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,924	32
Bulls	—	—	2,040	233.96/cwt	230.00–238.00	4,773	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	156.41/cwt	144.00–166.00	1,628	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	173.07/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,776	6
Bulls	—	—	1,547	206.61/cwt	194.00–220.00	3,196	8
Bulls	—	—	1,319	176.00/cwt	170.00–188.00	2,321	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	796	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	876	123.79/cwt	100.00–139.00	1,084	13
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,175	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,550	1
Heifer Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	2,478.78/head	2,000.00–2,700.00	2,479	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,300	4,700.00/head	4,700.00–4,700.00	4,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,500	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,071	2,552.85/head	2,000.00–3,100.00	2,553	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,753	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	255.78/cwt	200.00–310.00	2,535	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	3,569.61/head	2,750.00–3,800.00	3,570	10
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,480	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	—	980	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	3,065.68/head	2,800.00–3,400.00	3,066	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,163	1
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,340	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,586	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,373	2,637.36/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,637	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,720.30/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,720	8
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,319	2,973.81/head	2,800.00–3,500.00	2,974	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,665	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	371.64/cwt	367.00–375.00	2,170	7
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	726	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	437.23/cwt	422.00–457.00	2,051	21
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	624	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,312	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	514.99/cwt	500.00–542.00	2,189	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	356.06/cwt	342.00–364.00	2,418	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	385.11/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,195	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	612.05/cwt	585.00–630.00	1,995	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	556.34/cwt	544.00–575.00	1,880	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	881	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,532	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	485.82/cwt	472.00–497.00	2,308	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	474.55/cwt	442.00–500.00	2,036	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	359.26/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	374.33/cwt	352.00–388.00	2,332	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,336	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,325	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	411.93/cwt	407.00–417.00	2,340	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	410.24/cwt	402.00–421.00	2,129	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	512.66/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,917	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	900	4,800.00/head	4,800.00–4,800.00	4,800	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,500	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Heifer Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	923	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,422	3,491.42/head	2,500.00–4,100.00	3,491	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,600	5,000.00/head	5,000.00–5,000.00	5,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	2,951.22/head	2,500.00–3,550.00	2,951	16

How this sale compares

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.

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