Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent Weaned Vac special sale for a price comparison, demand was very good with many buyers in the seats and online bidders as well with a lot of great quality yearlings and feeders in the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.11/cwt on 197 head, up $46.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 32 comparable sales and sits +46.79 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$514.11

▲ 46.78 vs prior sale

197 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$558

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

$156.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.38

vs MO average

+31.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	534.17	2,788	149
Medium and Large 1-2	546	456.77	2,492	45
Medium and Large 2	590	378.00	2,230	3thin

One grade step is worth $156.17/cwt here — about $558 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 sale197 hd

514.11

—

MO average18 barns · 2,639 hd

486.73

+27.38

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+31.08

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+46.79

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

60 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	750–800	779	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,843	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	403.50/cwt	399.00–407.00	2,728	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,230	3
Steers	Large 3	750–800	781	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	382.32/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,569	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,569	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	809	331.24/cwt	329.00–332.00	2,680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,178	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	340.79/cwt	340.50–345.00	2,934	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,816	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,897	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	321.01/cwt	313.00–325.00	3,075	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	468.37/cwt	448.00–500.00	2,464	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	439.37/cwt	420.00–447.00	2,526	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	412.15/cwt	410.00–416.00	2,638	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	559.71/cwt	540.00–585.00	2,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	358.80/cwt	348.00–359.50	2,917	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	536.83/cwt	507.00–549.00	2,765	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	390.14/cwt	379.00–393.00	2,953	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	392.31/cwt	383.00–400.00	2,860	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	541.51/cwt	522.00–554.00	2,659	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	604.61/cwt	560.00–630.00	2,273	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	506.02/cwt	500.00–508.00	2,495	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	827	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,642	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	758	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,532	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	950	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,603	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	637	387.14/cwt	385.00–394.00	2,466	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	748	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,543	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	370.08/cwt	363.00–380.00	1,743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	317.50/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	396.14/cwt	393.00–397.00	2,266	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	458.69/cwt	450.00–462.00	1,968	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,411	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	356.33/cwt	349.00–358.00	2,555	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	541.63/cwt	535.00–548.00	1,825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,011	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,397	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	487.05/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,016	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,076	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	428.24/cwt	410.00–443.00	2,445	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	405.08/cwt	398.00–412.00	2,588	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	345.67/cwt	342.00–346.00	2,662	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	409.82/cwt	407.00–415.50	2,180	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	894	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	3,044	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	789	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	380.34/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,541	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,251	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	435.69/cwt	418.00–446.00	2,292	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	327.25/cwt	327.25–327.25	2,746	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	598.11/cwt	595.00–602.00	2,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	364.07/cwt	358.50–367.00	2,971	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	458.39/cwt	436.00–464.00	2,837	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	418.89/cwt	406.00–442.00	2,840	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	352.70/cwt	351.00–356.00	3,051	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	689	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,622	45

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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