Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 25.00 higher, some spots were much higher. Demand was good to very good on a light to moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.27/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −32.89 against this barn's trailing median of $411.15.

Average price

$378.27

88 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$530

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$125.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.43

vs MO average

−19.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	395.84	2,131	28
Medium and Large 1-2	542	379.28	2,055	49
Medium and Large 2	549	351.15	1,927	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	593	270.00	1,601	3thin

One grade step is worth $125.84/cwt here — about $530 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $446.88, low $360.74, median $411.15 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 sale88 hd

378.27

—

MO average18 barns · 1,740 hd

387.70

−9.43

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−19.59

This barn, trailing median32 sales

411.15

−32.89

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	1,661	186.38	3,096	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	166.73	2,400	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	157.64	1,910	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,031	135.61	1,398	27

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,209	$2,347	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,075	$2,225	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,090	$1,600	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$2,000	1thin

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 1-2	400–450	430	450.22/cwt	441.00–455.00	1,936	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	3,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	434.15/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,572	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	422.54/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,973	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	466.13/cwt	441.00–494.00	2,494	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	595.92/cwt	517.50–617.00	2,259	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,180	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	379.63/cwt	350.00–389.50	2,433	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,724	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	351.84/cwt	348.50–355.00	2,224	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	378	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	375.89/cwt	369.00–380.00	2,176	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,685	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	414	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	423.37/cwt	407.00–437.00	2,257	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,924	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	445.66/cwt	440.00–448.00	2,759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	351.15/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,388	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	367.66/cwt	367.00–368.00	2,099	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	439.70/cwt	435.00–443.00	1,662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,873	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,987	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	497.58/cwt	497.00–500.00	2,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	3,174	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	592.75/cwt	590.00–597.00	1,660	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	511.97/cwt	465.00–585.00	2,196	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	448.00/cwt	445.00–452.00	2,652	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	562.41/cwt	502.00–605.00	2,407	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	1,641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	367.45/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,271	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	367	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,458	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	152.50/cwt	152.00–153.00	1,545	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	108.13/cwt	90.00–125.00	1,020	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	140.79/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,485	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	163.73/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,299	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	139.30/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,725	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	167.26/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,096	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	156.41/cwt	146.00–162.00	1,874	25
Bulls	—	—	1,702	190.17/cwt	178.00–201.00	3,237	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	171.22/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,556	6
Bulls	—	—	1,461	169.12/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,471	4
Bulls	—	—	1,975	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,148	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	2,347.48/head	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,347	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,090	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	209.92/cwt	162.00–283.00	2,034	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	204.08/cwt	179.00–269.00	1,884	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	395.18/cwt	374.00–407.50	2,079	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,747	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,438	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	429.90/cwt	401.00–451.00	2,021	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	958	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	397.11/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,696	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	419.00/cwt	417.00–420.00	1,911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	974	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,260	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	356.34/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	464.00/cwt	430.00–502.00	1,503	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,294	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	320.60/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,594	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	385.62/cwt	379.00–410.00	1,762	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	374.26/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	852	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,365	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,326	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	404.23/cwt	400.00–416.00	1,544	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,511	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	399.62/cwt	390.00–409.00	2,098	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	381.82/cwt	372.00–387.00	1,963	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,195	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,382	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	290	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,325	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	442.74/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,961	7

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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