Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 3.00 lower to 17.00 higher and heifers selling from 8.00 lower to 20.00 higher. The largest lot of steers were 229 head 712 lbs selling for 395.25 and 238 heifers 633 lbs selling for 386.00. There were several load lots and reputation groups in the offering today on a heavy supply with very good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.38/cwt on 444 head, up $15.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 32 comparable sales and sits −10.95 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$456.38

▲ 15.65 vs prior sale

444 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$882

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$149.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.96

vs MO average

−15.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	469.46	2,649	324
Medium and Large 1-2	566	427.11	2,417	111
Medium and Large 2	509	380.00	1,934	4thin
Large 2	552	320.00	1,766	5thin

One grade step is worth $149.46/cwt here — about $882 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 sale444 hd

456.38

—

MO average21 barns · 7,366 hd

464.35

−7.96

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−15.60

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−10.95

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	1,793	181.58	3,255	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,439	153.84	2,213	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	149.76	1,820	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	995	118.27	1,177	46

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)	1,123	$3,135	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,033	$2,700	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,060	$2,386	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,203	$2,152	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	974	$1,851	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$1,675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$4,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$4,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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	500–550	530	435.60/cwt	401.00–461.00	2,309	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,841	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,780	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	444.86/cwt	441.00–450.00	1,677	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	363.98/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,304	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	329.26/cwt	328.50–332.00	2,575	64
Steers	Large 3	650–700	672	272.57/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	394.25/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	377.87/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,173	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	522.09/cwt	505.00–524.00	2,198	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	385.95/cwt	372.00–409.00	2,439	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	453.48/cwt	435.00–472.00	2,399	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	357.58/cwt	350.00–364.00	2,396	29
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	664	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,845	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	524.23/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	475.48/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,007	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	813	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	337.01/cwt	335.50–341.00	2,945	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	459.48/cwt	437.00–465.00	2,660	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	229	666.88/cwt	630.00–740.00	1,527	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	409.80/cwt	399.00–422.00	2,418	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	392.91/cwt	386.00–405.00	2,456	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	550.60/cwt	547.00–560.00	2,340	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	409.03/cwt	394.00–422.50	2,745	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	382.12/cwt	357.00–390.00	2,595	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	483.39/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,272	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	497.96/cwt	477.00–515.00	2,599	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,097	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	354.56/cwt	349.00–365.50	2,914	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	565.23/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,029	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	513.11/cwt	497.00–535.00	2,468	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	387.24/cwt	370.00–395.25	2,800	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	425.90/cwt	407.00–446.00	2,666	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,063	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	323.02/cwt	320.00–335.00	3,082	5
Steers	Large 2Unweaned	550–600	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	603.54/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	366.62/cwt	360.50–368.00	2,823	98
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	363.87/cwt	330.00–380.00	2,423	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	394.99/cwt	392.00–399.00	2,184	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	424.50/cwt	420.00–437.00	2,441	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,405	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	472.32/cwt	458.00–487.00	2,248	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	791	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	152.14/cwt	147.00–159.00	2,151	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	162.35/cwt	160.00–166.50	2,495	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,079	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	162.55/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,915	13
Bulls	—	—	1,781	183.13/cwt	175.00–194.00	3,262	12
Bulls	—	—	1,805	162.59/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,935	2
Bulls	—	—	1,910	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,839	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	103.56/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,005	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	127.60/cwt	120.00–146.00	1,291	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	147.95/cwt	135.00–159.00	1,804	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	130.05/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,691	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,209.62/head	1,725.00–2,600.00	2,210	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	882	1,492.39/head	1,300.00–1,875.00	1,492	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	234.54/cwt	207.00–261.00	2,296	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	3,135.35/head	2,525.00–3,350.00	3,135	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,203	2,151.92/head	1,950.00–2,325.00	2,152	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	4,800.00/head	4,800.00–4,800.00	4,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	2,383.66/head	2,225.00–2,575.00	2,384	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	820	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	830	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	403.97/cwt	386.00–416.00	2,327	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	377.45/cwt	370.00–402.00	2,061	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	336.16/cwt	333.00–361.00	2,622	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	222	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	419.03/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,802	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	550.99/cwt	547.00–555.00	1,923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	354.68/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,522	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	797	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	420.52/cwt	382.00–437.00	2,018	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	505.25/cwt	480.00–515.00	1,682	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	882	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	329.38/cwt	301.00–340.00	1,686	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	354.22/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,412	34
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	638	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,303	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	453.56/cwt	442.00–470.00	2,173	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	513.19/cwt	482.00–540.00	1,935	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	310.91/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,521	13

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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