Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower with some spots 10.00 lower on the less attractive calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Demand was good on a good to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.58/cwt on 458 head, down $6.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 32 comparable sales and sits +17.25 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$484.58

▼ 6.66 vs prior sale

458 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$407

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

$110.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.08

vs MO average

+10.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	510.55	2,731	279
Medium and Large 1-2	561	452.27	2,538	151
Medium and Large 2	581	400.00	2,324	28

One grade step is worth $110.55/cwt here — about $407 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 sale458 hd

484.58

—

MO average19 barns · 5,671 hd

490.66

−6.08

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+10.88

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+17.25

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	—	Average	1,729	226.72	3,920	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,395	182.69	2,549	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	178.16	2,121	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	979	151.61	1,484	32

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)	1,394	$3,500	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$3,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,343	$3,238	22
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,278	$3,184	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,043	$3,157	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,194	$2,411	10
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,040	$3,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$3,100	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,505	$3,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,322	$4,633	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$4,300	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,200	$3,875	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$3,600	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$4,275	2thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	550–600	581	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,324	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	524.44/cwt	491.00–560.00	2,717	182
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,351	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	526.41/cwt	502.00–548.00	2,269	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	385.27/cwt	383.00–385.50	2,816	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	378.66/cwt	376.50–393.00	2,590	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	310	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,155	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	464.59/cwt	419.00–500.00	2,472	49
Steers	Large 2	650–700	697	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	352.90/cwt	342.00–357.00	3,063	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	556.20/cwt	555.00–557.00	2,108	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	407.41/cwt	379.00–426.00	2,571	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	505.09/cwt	497.00–525.00	2,137	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	422.95/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,039	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	633.78/cwt	602.00–675.00	2,332	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	533.19/cwt	527.00–550.00	2,559	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,007	6
Steers	Large 2	450–500	487	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	433.59/cwt	410.00–461.00	2,021	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	388.43/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,195	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	444.34/cwt	436.00–452.00	2,297	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	720.19/cwt	710.00–730.00	1,872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	446.51/cwt	395.00–470.00	2,567	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	453.39/cwt	426.00–471.00	2,766	231
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	358	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,041	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	417.67/cwt	414.00–418.75	2,786	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	581.66/cwt	550.00–597.00	2,222	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	526.87/cwt	507.00–542.00	2,476	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	490.87/cwt	470.00–522.00	2,292	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,784	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	483.47/cwt	472.00–501.00	2,756	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	713	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	2,635	13
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	430.50/cwt	430.50–430.50	2,648	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,475	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	585.00/cwt	548.00–615.00	2,492	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	561.95/cwt	535.00–580.00	2,113	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,621	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	589.00/cwt	589.00–589.00	2,356	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,490	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	534.90/cwt	532.00–540.00	2,493	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,719	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	156.93/cwt	141.00–174.00	1,566	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	185.83/cwt	185.00–186.00	2,518	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	181.70/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,558	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	185.46/cwt	185.00–185.50	2,355	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	132.78/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,230	8
Bulls	—	—	1,799	227.93/cwt	204.00–241.00	4,100	12
Bulls	—	—	1,583	189.42/cwt	189.00–190.00	2,999	2
Bulls	—	—	1,917	250.48/cwt	243.00–254.00	4,802	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	176.10/cwt	162.00–184.00	2,057	39
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,173	221.15/cwt	203.00–241.00	2,594	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	4,550.00/head	4,550.00–4,550.00	4,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,300	4,250.00/head	4,250.00–4,250.00	4,250	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	3,157.38/head	2,800.00–3,350.00	3,157	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,194	2,411.35/head	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,411	10
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,411	3,416.88/head	2,800.00–3,800.00	3,417	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	2,854.42/head	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,854	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,278	3,184.23/head	3,050.00–3,300.00	3,184	13
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,457	3,449.40/head	3,200.00–3,575.00	3,449	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,400	4,450.00/head	4,450.00–4,450.00	4,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,333	4,825.00/head	4,600.00–5,950.00	4,825	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,300	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,871	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	494.31/cwt	450.00–530.00	2,071	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	503.39/cwt	492.00–515.00	2,608	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	447.73/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,503	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	403.72/cwt	393.00–409.00	2,685	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	415.46/cwt	388.00–434.00	2,227	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	484.05/cwt	472.00–493.00	2,275	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	489	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,235	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	562	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,254	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	536.78/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,739	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	567.24/cwt	545.00–595.00	1,809	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,507	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,986	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	457.43/cwt	431.00–490.00	1,926	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	408.64/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,342	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,367	10

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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