Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600lbs sold mostly 12.00 to 25.00 higher, and steers over 600lbs were 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 600lbs sold 10.00 to 25.00 higher and heavier weights had little to compare with, but sold with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows and bulls sold from 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was very good for all classes in the offering on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $491.24/cwt on 249 head, up $19.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 32 comparable sales and sits +23.91 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$491.24

▲ 19.38 vs prior sale

249 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$380

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

$72.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.41

vs MO average

+3.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	513.79	2,805	99
Medium and Large 1-2	547	486.26	2,661	116
Large 2	544	452.00	2,459	5thin
Medium and Large 2	550	440.90	2,425	29

One grade step is worth $72.89/cwt here — about $380 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale249 hd

491.24

—

MO average19 barns · 3,545 hd

494.65

−3.41

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+3.69

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+23.91

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	—	Low	1,680	219.73	3,692	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	182.57	2,709	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	180.54	2,259	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	158.56	1,685	36

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,280	$3,300	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,138	$3,175	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,264	$3,162	19
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,286	$3,003	20
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,193	$2,629	7
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$3,026	4thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,353	$3,775	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,172	$4,750	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,340	$4,250	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,231	$3,883	18

Every lot, as filed

138 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 1-2	800–850	838	350.59/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,938	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,934	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	392.96/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	639.17/cwt	620.00–650.00	2,135	9
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	402	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,809	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	700–750	720	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,303	4
Steers	Medium 2	800–850	800	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	607.16/cwt	580.00–625.00	2,265	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	335.07/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	334.82/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,946	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	469.27/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,487	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	532.84/cwt	522.00–550.00	2,265	22
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	376	488.66/cwt	467.00–502.00	1,837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	422.48/cwt	410.00–432.00	2,429	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	559.89/cwt	542.00–570.00	2,598	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	427.95/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,863	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	771	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,934	20
Steers	Large 2	500–550	544	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	426.98/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,664	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	406	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	491.08/cwt	472.00–508.00	2,396	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	450	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	364	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,184	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,730	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	340.91/cwt	340.00–341.50	2,509	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	314.41/cwt	301.00–321.00	2,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	505.85/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,418	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	344.84/cwt	331.00–362.00	2,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	441.48/cwt	417.00–443.00	2,720	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	321.92/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	399.34/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	538.18/cwt	530.00–559.00	2,772	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	471.58/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,693	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	497.93/cwt	481.00–529.00	2,634	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	581.41/cwt	555.00–595.00	2,483	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	355.64/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	524.93/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,520	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	493.58/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,863	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	618.36/cwt	615.00–632.00	2,653	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	407.87/cwt	394.00–429.00	2,904	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	457.34/cwt	442.00–470.00	2,776	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	438	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,168	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	505.00/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	655.64/cwt	647.00–670.00	2,511	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	688.37/cwt	685.00–695.00	2,217	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	692.94/cwt	675.00–700.00	2,231	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,922	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	607.75/cwt	602.00–620.00	2,249	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	558	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,344	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	490.45/cwt	455.00–502.00	2,634	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	556.42/cwt	540.00–562.00	2,448	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	552.38/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,596	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	464.45/cwt	462.00–467.00	2,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	618.16/cwt	602.00–622.00	2,640	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	478.58/cwt	462.00–485.00	2,680	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	434.49/cwt	432.00–450.00	2,772	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	532.64/cwt	505.00–550.00	2,189	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,595	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	627.00/cwt	627.00–627.00	2,395	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	491	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,381	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,610	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	141.07/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,464	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	174.39/cwt	172.00–177.00	2,000	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	158.72/cwt	151.00–172.00	1,678	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	190.17/cwt	189.50–190.50	2,934	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	181.14/cwt	177.00–187.00	2,668	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,429	188.57/cwt	186.00–189.50	2,695	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	180.20/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,213	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	166.30/cwt	159.00–171.00	1,844	4
Bulls	—	—	1,663	187.41/cwt	180.00–197.00	3,117	2
Bulls	—	—	1,878	234.92/cwt	227.00–246.00	4,412	4
Bulls	—	—	1,626	220.01/cwt	207.00–228.00	3,577	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	3,747.53/head	3,700.00–3,800.00	3,748	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,629.41/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,629	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,296	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	2,837.21/head	2,400.00–3,400.00	2,837	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	4,466.67/head	4,400.00–4,600.00	4,467	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	4,025.00/head	3,700.00–4,350.00	4,025	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	2,801.06/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,801	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	3,093.01/head	2,550.00–3,550.00	3,093	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,088	3,398.05/head	3,250.00–3,600.00	3,398	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	3,100.76/head	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,101	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	188.23/cwt	181.00–192.00	2,014	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	250.89/cwt	210.00–305.00	2,471	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	307.83/cwt	252.00–330.00	2,826	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	4,962.50/head	4,850.00–5,000.00	4,963	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	4,250.00/head	4,250.00–4,250.00	4,250	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,515	4,750.00/head	4,750.00–4,750.00	4,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,126	3,516.67/head	2,900.00–3,650.00	3,517	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,238	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,353	3,774.70/head	2,900.00–4,000.00	3,775	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	396.45/cwt	370.00–407.00	2,383	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	438.60/cwt	421.00–450.00	2,544	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	614.72/cwt	600.00–622.00	2,293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	439.27/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,065	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	495.67/cwt	475.00–502.00	2,518	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	627.15/cwt	620.00–650.00	2,120	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	431.45/cwt	422.00–455.00	2,502	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	502.01/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,425	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	481.51/cwt	471.00–500.00	2,566	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	580.62/cwt	560.00–615.00	2,218	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	418.33/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,217	22
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	475	389.79/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	458.47/cwt	447.00–470.00	1,967	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	508.14/cwt	492.00–510.00	1,916	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	308.94/cwt	298.00–320.00	2,672	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	520	363.31/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	564.47/cwt	535.00–585.00	1,851	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	316.49/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,453	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	349.23/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,179	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	570.63/cwt	555.00–595.00	2,322	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,034	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	391.74/cwt	375.00–402.00	2,464	20
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	818	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	414.36/cwt	405.00–422.00	2,358	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	507.72/cwt	492.00–521.00	2,188	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	460.23/cwt	440.00–472.00	2,398	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	479.06/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,314	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	324.23/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	628.54/cwt	620.00–655.00	2,351	10

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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