Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to the sale from two weeks ago, feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, and the heavier weights above 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers, with a light test in the lighter weights, sold steady. Heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher. Todays sale was the featured Wean Vac sale with a heavy supply and good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.56/cwt on 352 head, up $6.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −27.77 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$439.56

▲ 6.78 vs prior sale

352 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$60.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.80

vs MO average

−12.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	455.18	2,496	242
Medium and Large 1-2	586	405.67	2,377	105
Large 1-2	562	395.00	2,220	5thin

One grade step is worth $60.18/cwt here — about $276 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

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 sale352 hd

439.56

—

MO average2 barns · 853 hd

440.36

−0.80

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

−12.60

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−27.77

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

48 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	450–500	467	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	311.61/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,518	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	336.28/cwt	324.00–343.00	1,900	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	367.48/cwt	366.00–371.00	1,742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	400.53/cwt	382.00–406.00	1,895	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,776	3
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	810	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,673	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	562	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,220	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	376.15/cwt	362.00–392.50	2,731	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	394.57/cwt	378.00–410.50	2,655	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	366.42/cwt	346.00–376.00	2,847	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	385.30/cwt	380.00–386.00	2,431	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	350.29/cwt	349.00–356.00	2,557	39
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	638	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,361	6
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	852	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,769	8
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	664	364.63/cwt	352.00–371.00	2,421	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	334.51/cwt	334.50–335.00	2,830	279
Steers	Large 2	650–700	675	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,187	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	364.81/cwt	351.00–375.00	2,492	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	405.67/cwt	380.00–415.50	2,377	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	437.37/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	439.72/cwt	430.00–454.00	2,102	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	339.81/cwt	338.00–346.00	2,627	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	330.61/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,404	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	374.83/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,002	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	349.86/cwt	348.00–352.00	2,299	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	954	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	388.02/cwt	359.00–405.50	2,445	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	389.58/cwt	376.00–407.50	2,236	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	429.57/cwt	427.00–431.00	2,066	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	251	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,039	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	370.43/cwt	369.00–372.00	2,093	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	489.87/cwt	480.00–509.00	2,302	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	407.62/cwt	399.00–411.00	2,189	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,453	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	472.46/cwt	451.00–501.00	1,767	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,309	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	421.50/cwt	391.00–449.00	2,643	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	464.32/cwt	430.00–492.00	2,447	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	445.42/cwt	418.50–470.00	2,543	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	504.75/cwt	495.00–536.00	2,201	39

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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