Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand was very good with a moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.41/cwt on 82 head, up $21.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −79.92 against this barn's trailing median of $467.32.

Average price

$387.41

▲ 21.79 vs prior sale

82 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

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

$80.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.08

vs MO average

−12.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	420.29	2,225	33
Medium and Large 1-2	558	367.50	2,051	45
Medium and Large 2	519	340.00	1,765	4thin

One grade step is worth $80.29/cwt here — about $461 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.11, low $344.78, median $467.32 across 33 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 sale82 hd

387.41

—

MO average13 barns · 1,583 hd

406.48

−19.08

National average120 barns · 8,372 hd

400.14

−12.74

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.32

−79.92

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	—	Average	1,599	177.18	2,832	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,261	136.37	1,720	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	135.60	2,040	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	124.80	1,306	30

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)	1,292	$3,159	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,666	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,088	$2,198	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	955	$1,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	878	$2,758	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,600	$3,300	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$2,314	3thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	665	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,214	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	333.18/cwt	320.00–334.50	2,419	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	328.34/cwt	328.00–329.00	2,495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	339.41/cwt	331.00–352.00	1,958	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	345.34/cwt	342.00–356.00	2,272	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	359.58/cwt	340.00–377.00	1,650	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	342.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,137	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	317.60/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,753	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	382	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,003	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	566	355.79/cwt	352.00–367.00	2,014	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	623	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,938	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	846	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	434.81/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,852	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	497	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	524	384.33/cwt	384.00–385.00	2,014	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,599	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,621	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,314.47/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,314	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	182.53/cwt	171.00–192.50	2,159	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,721.99/head	2,400.00–3,200.00	2,722	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	3,079.57/head	2,450.00–3,700.00	3,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,883	5
Bulls	—	—	1,827	183.69/cwt	180.00–186.00	3,356	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	112.82/cwt	97.00–120.00	1,221	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	125.92/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,598	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	137.24/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,754	20
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,475	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,473	3,259.34/head	2,550.00–3,800.00	3,259	4
Bulls	—	—	2,010	197.92/cwt	197.00–199.00	3,978	2
Bulls	—	—	1,383	168.46/cwt	156.00–175.00	2,330	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	128.45/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,331	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,748	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	138.42/cwt	133.00–147.00	2,096	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	127.71/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	406.79/cwt	384.00–413.00	2,461	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	437.95/cwt	421.00–456.00	2,085	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,198	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	2,197.87/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,198	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	2,757.83/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,600	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	338.69/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,445	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,802	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	656	328.80/cwt	328.00–330.00	2,157	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	428.33/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	426.59/cwt	415.00–439.00	2,227	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	402.30/cwt	395.00–404.00	2,092	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	476.84/cwt	460.00–481.00	2,017	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,287	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	473.45/cwt	467.00–497.00	1,785	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,549	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,022	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	331.22/cwt	327.00–341.00	2,259	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,013	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,046	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	410.81/cwt	410.00–412.00	1,968	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	457.35/cwt	443.00–470.00	1,967	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	348.84/cwt	346.00–353.00	1,804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	296.83/cwt	296.00–298.00	2,630	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	443	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,861	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	356.13/cwt	343.00–385.00	2,026	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	361.20/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,106	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	394.17/cwt	385.00–399.00	1,707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	457.48/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,300	5

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →