Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous sale, feeder steers weighing under 650 sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher, heavier weight steers over 650 sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 25.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $479.03/cwt on 248 head, down $35.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +11.70 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$479.03

▼ 35.08 vs prior sale

248 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

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

$86.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.66

vs MO average

+0.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	496.22	2,713	137
Medium and Large 1-2	567	459.15	2,601	108
Medium and Large 2	580	410.00	2,378	3thin

One grade step is worth $86.22/cwt here — about $335 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

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 sale248 hd

479.03

—

MO average19 barns · 4,883 hd

483.69

−4.66

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+0.64

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+11.70

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

84 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 2	650–700	696	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,378	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	565.22/cwt	557.00–585.00	1,803	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,989	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	526.05/cwt	517.00–542.00	2,241	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	450.58/cwt	430.00–477.00	2,609	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	397.05/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,696	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	381.34/cwt	380.00–384.00	2,780	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	487.26/cwt	477.00–500.00	2,334	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	405.52/cwt	385.00–416.00	2,867	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	549.08/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,608	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	488.88/cwt	470.00–530.00	2,743	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	427.58/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,843	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	710.34/cwt	700.00–735.00	2,010	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	366.60/cwt	365.00–367.00	2,782	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	484.84/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,565	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	357.47/cwt	340.00–381.00	2,202	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	407.98/cwt	396.00–421.00	2,558	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	513.66/cwt	497.00–522.00	2,697	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	592.25/cwt	570.00–627.00	2,564	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	638.33/cwt	600.00–700.00	2,055	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	815.00/cwt	815.00–815.00	1,752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,992	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	452.78/cwt	427.00–469.00	2,794	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	380.52/cwt	368.00–385.00	2,934	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	507.74/cwt	502.00–515.00	2,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	491.43/cwt	481.00–500.00	2,639	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	366	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	646.65/cwt	600.00–675.00	2,386	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	430.94/cwt	415.00–446.00	2,465	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	541.01/cwt	532.00–545.00	2,591	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,370	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,590	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,876	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	799	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,637	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	304	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,037	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	437.31/cwt	422.00–450.00	2,484	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,502	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	669	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	412.88/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,399	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	367.69/cwt	342.00–375.00	2,081	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,498	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	515.72/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,192	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	536	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,251	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	434.73/cwt	419.00–445.00	2,413	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,537	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,223	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	439.98/cwt	421.00–470.00	2,288	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	642	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	450.11/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,913	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	427.10/cwt	411.00–435.00	1,772	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	781	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,179	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,214	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,342	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	391.00/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,092	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	398.70/cwt	380.00–408.00	2,308	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	423.50/cwt	410.00–437.00	1,990	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	381.08/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,374	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	514.21/cwt	502.00–540.00	1,980	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	534.82/cwt	510.00–545.00	1,744	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	396.66/cwt	387.00–416.00	2,503	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	217	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	1,617	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	575.09/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	405.21/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,046	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,675	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,153	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	475.86/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,260	36

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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