Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 15.00 to 45.00 higher, heavier weight steers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold 10.00 to 50.00 higher, over 550 lbs sold 3.00 to 25.00 higher. First sale of 2026 had very good demand on all weight classes with a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.73/cwt on 287 head, up $1.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −26.60 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$440.73

▲ 1.17 vs prior sale

287 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$875

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

$158.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.44

vs MO average

−25.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	464.49	2,594	191
Medium and Large 1-2	543	420.02	2,279	63
Medium and Large 2	549	363.82	1,997	21
Medium and Large 3	562	305.82	1,719	12thin

One grade step is worth $158.67/cwt here — about $875 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

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 sale287 hd

440.73

—

MO average14 barns · 5,226 hd

457.17

−16.44

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−25.60

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−26.60

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	1,643	179.75	2,954	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,432	155.95	2,233	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	152.76	1,832	132
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	124.17	1,271	51

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 (2-4 yrs)	945	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,177	$2,593	12
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,340	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,101	$2,294	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	998	$2,275	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,208	53
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,220	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,178	$2,196	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,075	$1,850	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,073	$2,973	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,625	2thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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	300–350	340	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	437.34/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,279	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	358.21/cwt	356.00–359.00	2,106	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,872	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,784	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	476.89/cwt	442.00–502.00	2,051	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	878	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	305.82/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	357.02/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,346	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	418.32/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,067	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	383	472.41/cwt	467.00–482.00	1,809	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	558	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	274	578.61/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,585	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	438.53/cwt	435.00–442.00	2,114	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	246	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	683.74/cwt	655.00–700.00	1,757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	373.85/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,277	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	383.06/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,187	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	424.79/cwt	409.00–438.00	2,200	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	366.39/cwt	349.00–400.00	2,436	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	510.34/cwt	507.00–530.00	1,883	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	349.60/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,206	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	477.49/cwt	451.00–500.00	1,829	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	499.56/cwt	470.00–527.00	2,623	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	339.62/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,632	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	346.37/cwt	343.00–351.00	2,851	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	480.29/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,329	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	524.77/cwt	512.00–540.00	1,952	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	622.37/cwt	575.00–647.00	2,010	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	422.82/cwt	390.00–449.00	2,621	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	352.82/cwt	346.00–357.00	2,756	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	586.99/cwt	552.00–627.00	2,195	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	452.39/cwt	420.00–481.00	2,579	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	382.77/cwt	376.00–417.00	2,255	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	381.80/cwt	364.00–386.00	2,741	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	395.90/cwt	382.00–417.00	2,704	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	302	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	256	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	1,779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	514.71/cwt	502.00–527.00	2,388	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	532.98/cwt	510.00–580.00	2,297	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	511.43/cwt	507.00–517.00	2,491	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	434.67/cwt	399.00–450.00	1,852	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	384	503.26/cwt	502.00–505.00	1,933	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,298	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	604.35/cwt	555.00–640.00	2,158	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,425	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,448	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	162.85/cwt	162.00–164.00	1,931	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	107.45/cwt	94.00–113.00	1,035	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	135.29/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,408	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	77.09/cwt	70.00–83.00	809	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	149.52/cwt	148.00–151.00	2,173	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	166.09/cwt	164.50–167.50	2,707	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	155.53/cwt	149.50–160.00	2,204	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	152.32/cwt	142.00–160.00	1,828	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	136.56/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,665	11
Bulls	—	—	1,554	165.81/cwt	151.00–172.00	2,577	11
Bulls	—	—	1,688	186.72/cwt	175.00–196.00	3,152	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	2,359.07/head	2,250.00–2,400.00	2,359	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	2,293.64/head	2,150.00–2,400.00	2,294	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,196.11/head	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,196	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,204	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,637	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	2,592.67/head	2,125.00–3,100.00	2,593	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,075	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,270	2,153.67/head	2,000.00–2,700.00	2,154	39
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	3,000.00/head	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,625.00/head	2,200.00–3,050.00	2,625	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	2,931.82/head	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,932	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	278	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	525.23/cwt	515.00–552.00	1,928	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	458.13/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,144	94
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	437.00/cwt	417.50–445.00	2,111	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	333.98/cwt	333.00–335.00	2,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,407	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,175	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	330.84/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,084	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	365.09/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,125	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	395.02/cwt	370.00–422.00	1,868	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	347.65/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,016	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	352.63/cwt	351.00–357.50	1,841	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	339.41/cwt	336.00–342.00	2,298	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	931	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,408	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	422.98/cwt	389.00–457.00	1,781	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	575.18/cwt	550.00–595.00	1,651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	511.57/cwt	500.00–532.00	1,422	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,630	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	464.71/cwt	455.00–477.00	1,942	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	575.73/cwt	555.00–585.00	1,877	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	378.88/cwt	370.00–402.00	2,019	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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