Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction 2 weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 20.00 lower. There was a good to moderate offering in today's supply with good demand. Slaughter cattle traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower from the previous sale. There was a good selection later in the sale of bred cows and cow/calf pairs to take back home for replacements.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.40/cwt on 396 head, down $29.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −17.92 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$449.40

▼ 29.73 vs prior sale

396 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$522

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$117.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.17

vs MO average

−9.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	478.63	2,605	179
Medium and Large 1-2	555	427.80	2,375	206
Medium and Large 2	579	385.00	2,229	8thin
Large 2	577	361.00	2,083	3thin

One grade step is worth $117.63/cwt here — about $522 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale396 hd

449.40

—

MO average16 barns · 3,675 hd

467.58

−18.17

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

−9.79

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−17.92

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	1,586	217.74	3,454	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,408	181.23	2,551	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	175.48	2,100	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	154.78	1,550	10

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)	1,258	$3,243	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	951	$3,032	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	983	$3,026	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,181	$2,989	13
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,249	$2,846	27
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,315	$2,750	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,335	$2,700	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,119	$2,460	13
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,157	$2,227	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,425	$4,575	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,375	$4,225	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$3,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	904	$3,088	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	860	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

128 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	400–450	409	546.30/cwt	532.00–570.00	2,234	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	431.24/cwt	419.00–450.00	2,695	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	590.06/cwt	565.00–605.00	2,166	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	505.32/cwt	498.00–509.00	2,324	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	622.96/cwt	595.00–655.00	1,694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	497	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	446	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	371.29/cwt	366.00–377.00	2,302	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,116	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	428.69/cwt	414.00–437.00	2,238	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	468.27/cwt	441.00–486.00	2,683	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,132	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	366.71/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,494	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,744	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,933	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	409.22/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,952	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	491.74/cwt	470.00–499.00	2,498	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	398.43/cwt	392.00–411.00	2,307	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	385.74/cwt	369.50–400.00	2,017	99
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	452.21/cwt	415.00–483.00	2,112	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	461.14/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,771	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	805.00/cwt	805.00–805.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	1,982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	425.40/cwt	410.00–432.00	1,846	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	368.80/cwt	359.00–380.00	2,132	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	509.21/cwt	480.00–522.00	2,118	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	341.36/cwt	331.00–350.00	2,492	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,318	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	460.33/cwt	457.00–462.00	1,874	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	492.63/cwt	492.00–495.00	2,315	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	404.24/cwt	397.00–415.00	2,745	60
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,734.39/head	2,550.00–2,850.00	2,734	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,089	2,434.53/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,435	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	626	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,585	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	427.23/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,064	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,240	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	3,025.76/head	2,900.00–3,250.00	3,026	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	980	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	160.87/cwt	143.00–178.00	1,615	9
Bulls	—	—	1,537	195.78/cwt	186.00–207.00	3,009	6
Bulls	—	—	1,585	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	3,994	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,255	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,560	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	174.52/cwt	160.00–186.00	2,079	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,300	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	5,000.00/head	5,000.00–5,000.00	5,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	3,950.00/head	3,500.00–4,400.00	3,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	4,700.00/head	4,700.00–4,700.00	4,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	904	3,087.50/head	2,500.00–3,600.00	3,088	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	860	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,500	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,450	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,450	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,410	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,779	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	188.00/cwt	187.00–189.00	2,322	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	187.53/cwt	187.00–188.00	2,669	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	180.44/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,537	16
Bulls	—	—	1,604	223.47/cwt	210.00–245.00	3,584	17
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	694	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,554	4
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,335	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,401	3,029.33/head	2,600.00–3,325.00	3,029	12
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,408	3,299.38/head	3,200.00–3,400.00	3,299	4
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	3,176.95/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,177	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	522	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,952	3
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	558	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,288	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	915	2,594.54/head	2,300.00–2,850.00	2,595	2
Steers	Large 2	550–600	577	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,083	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	649	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	426.94/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,088	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,772	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,149	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	2,988.52/head	2,550.00–3,300.00	2,989	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,070	2,225.35/head	2,200.00–2,250.00	2,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,280	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	318.92/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,478	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	353	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	437.36/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	1,519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	385.26/cwt	370.00–401.00	1,695	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	371.94/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,956	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,297	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	544	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,111	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,229	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	466.22/cwt	439.00–492.00	2,243	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	396.63/cwt	370.00–407.00	2,451	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	421	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,865	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,991	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	360.76/cwt	340.00–368.50	2,587	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	355.01/cwt	343.00–362.00	2,726	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	384.00/cwt	368.00–391.50	2,604	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,894	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	438.02/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,260	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,525	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	420.36/cwt	372.00–440.00	2,434	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	522.72/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,965	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,329	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,089	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	436.00/cwt	410.00–461.00	2,306	98
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	363.32/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,431	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	344.23/cwt	337.00–355.00	2,306	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	655	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,234	6

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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