Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 10.00 to 40.00 higher across the board. The supply included several groups of weaned and vaccinated feeders with the majority being more attractive calves over last weeks supply. A nice dispersal of replacement bred cows and pairs were in the offering this evening. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.31/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −62.84 against this barn's trailing median of $411.15.

Average price

$348.31

71 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$66.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.95

vs MO average

−17.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	376.14	2,057	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	549	340.60	1,869	50
Medium and Large 2	570	310.00	1,767	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.14/cwt here — about $290 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

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 sale71 hd

348.31

—

MO average16 barns · 1,765 hd

356.26

−7.95

National average198 barns · 25,157 hd

365.61

−17.30

This barn, trailing median32 sales

411.15

−62.84

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	1,622	184.72	2,996	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,539	159.69	2,457	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	149.81	1,832	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	132.09	1,339	60

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)	1,230	$3,155	39
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,175	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,214	$2,923	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,180	$3,420	5

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	322.94/cwt	310.00–332.00	1,993	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	339.35/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,972	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	873	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,313	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	921	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	403.53/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,522	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	452.40/cwt	442.00–472.50	2,140	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	364.84/cwt	350.00–382.00	1,554	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	399.99/cwt	375.00–429.00	1,892	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	449.19/cwt	425.00–468.00	1,509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	424.99/cwt	422.00–427.00	2,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	325.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	348.07/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,643	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	377.64/cwt	371.00–388.00	2,149	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	395.17/cwt	390.00–402.00	2,126	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	377.84/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,498	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,107	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,092	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,512	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	412.82/cwt	390.00–437.00	2,345	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	435.35/cwt	415.00–465.00	2,238	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	345.55/cwt	330.00–367.00	2,329	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	369.50/cwt	369.00–370.00	2,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	452.23/cwt	437.00–454.00	1,963	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	479.23/cwt	472.00–491.00	1,807	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,358	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	481.24/cwt	469.00–507.00	2,036	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	359.53/cwt	340.00–373.00	1,729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	493.59/cwt	477.00–515.00	1,367	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	501.09/cwt	497.50–505.00	1,644	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	442.00/cwt	434.00–457.50	1,649	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	343.97/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,095	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,114	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	366.38/cwt	364.00–370.00	2,121	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	430.47/cwt	425.00–437.00	1,416	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	458.42/cwt	458.00–460.00	1,994	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,203	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	150.36/cwt	141.00–160.00	1,836	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	141.04/cwt	131.00–150.00	1,427	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,301	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	166.42/cwt	163.00–172.50	2,523	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	130.75/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,599	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	819	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	118.87/cwt	100.00–131.00	1,215	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	156.94/cwt	152.50–160.50	2,434	8
Bulls	—	—	1,685	190.75/cwt	176.00–203.00	3,214	13
Bulls	—	—	1,469	166.27/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,443	7
Bulls	—	—	1,745	210.06/cwt	206.00–214.00	3,666	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	210.30/cwt	171.00–222.00	2,044	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	218.96/cwt	217.00–220.00	2,084	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,214	2,923.18/head	2,100.00–3,500.00	2,923	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	3,154.58/head	2,550.00–3,600.00	3,155	39
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,562.50/head	3,500.00–3,750.00	3,563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	407.44/cwt	382.00–430.00	1,960	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	349.91/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,624	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,829	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,037	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,103	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	426.58/cwt	410.00–441.00	1,647	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,037	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	387.10/cwt	379.00–403.00	2,052	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	495.79/cwt	490.00–505.00	1,611	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	402.32/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,702	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	330.66/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,600	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,318	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	341.66/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,780	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	411.17/cwt	410.00–412.00	1,369	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	443.85/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,443	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	387.56/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,008	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	303.37/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,081	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	392.17/cwt	385.00–406.00	1,459	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,283	3

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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