Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher, a few spots were 15.00 to 20.00 higher on the more attractive calves. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady, but the higher yielding cows traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady with top yielding bulls up 2.00 to 5.00 over last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $483.01/cwt on 130 head, down $15.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 32 comparable sales and sits +15.69 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$483.01

▼ 15.79 vs prior sale

130 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$517

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

$95.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.40

vs MO average

−4.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	514.56	2,771	64
Medium and Large 1-2	559	455.71	2,547	60
Medium and Large 2	538	419.50	2,255	6thin

One grade step is worth $95.06/cwt here — about $517 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 sale130 hd

483.01

—

MO average21 barns · 3,319 hd

489.42

−6.40

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−4.01

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+15.69

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	—	High	1,762	196.59	3,465	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,416	163.97	2,322	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,145	162.80	1,864	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,007	139.68	1,406	13

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,233	$3,109	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,105	$2,621	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,140	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	880	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	805	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$1,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$3,401	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	910	$2,883	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$3,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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 1-2Unweaned	450–500	469	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,331	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,051	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	366.59/cwt	364.00–372.00	2,452	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,446	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	562.63/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,881	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,885	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	515.65/cwt	507.00–520.00	2,424	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	410.09/cwt	391.00–423.00	2,604	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	390.87/cwt	390.00–391.00	2,803	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	449.45/cwt	437.00–458.00	2,580	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	397.78/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,701	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	566.85/cwt	512.00–584.00	2,063	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	372.86/cwt	369.00–373.50	2,882	37
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	466.17/cwt	450.00–487.00	2,494	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	387.15/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,393	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	447.53/cwt	440.00–452.00	2,430	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	289	621.22/cwt	621.00–622.00	1,795	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,418	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,621.32/head	2,300.00–3,050.00	2,621	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	3,400.71/head	3,350.00–3,450.00	3,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	404.58/cwt	393.00–416.00	2,347	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	500.75/cwt	487.00–522.00	1,833	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	426.31/cwt	410.00–437.00	2,204	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	520.11/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,701	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,559	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	963	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,205	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,496	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	401	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,226	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	543	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,152	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	359.54/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,046	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	718	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	472.04/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,096	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,448	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	392	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,097	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,724	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	160.15/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,811	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	105.42/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,035	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,212	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	169.41/cwt	166.00–173.00	1,953	8
Bulls	—	—	1,848	216.93/cwt	211.00–223.00	4,009	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	171.94/cwt	168.00–176.00	2,390	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	163.66/cwt	161.00–165.50	2,319	13
Bulls	—	—	1,734	197.87/cwt	188.00–207.00	3,431	10
Bulls	—	—	1,818	169.86/cwt	156.00–181.00	3,088	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	165.31/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,670	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	146.12/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,483	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	880	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	810	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,411	4
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,738	7
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	503	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,947	3
Steers	Large 2	850–900	867	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,272	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	329.45/cwt	310.00–349.00	2,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	406.18/cwt	400.00–412.00	1,885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,144	16
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	805	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	557.00/cwt	557.00–557.00	2,629	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,411	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	520.32/cwt	485.00–532.00	2,201	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	533.80/cwt	512.00–562.00	2,776	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	593.49/cwt	570.00–630.00	2,463	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	556.84/cwt	547.00–570.00	2,678	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	3,108.52/head	2,900.00–3,300.00	3,109	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	692	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,540	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,115	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	593	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	667	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,568	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,804	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	557.89/cwt	532.00–590.00	2,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	433.92/cwt	426.00–445.00	2,525	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	412.40/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,578	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	385.44/cwt	377.00–399.00	2,575	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	461.38/cwt	459.00–473.00	2,722	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	742	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	381.98/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,922	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,119	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	436.69/cwt	423.00–461.00	2,734	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	422.40/cwt	410.00–432.00	2,826	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	361.15/cwt	357.50–375.50	3,030	296
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	459.60/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,390	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	374.65/cwt	360.00–389.00	2,712	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	482.31/cwt	450.00–520.00	2,296	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,102	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	698.19/cwt	685.00–702.00	1,941	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	623.21/cwt	600.00–650.00	2,306	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	394.82/cwt	393.00–403.00	2,918	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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