Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 550 lbs, on a light offering, sold mostly steady, 600 lbs and over sold 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was light, demand was good. Slaughter cows and traded steady to 3.00 higher, bulls sold steady. A good offering of bred cows in all pregnancy stages concluded the sale this evening.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.81/cwt on 61 head, up $32.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 32 comparable sales and sits +17.48 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$484.81

▲ 32.17 vs prior sale

61 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$12.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.64

vs MO average

+12.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	488.17	2,640	45
Medium and Large 1-2	553	475.38	2,627	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.79/cwt here — about $13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale61 hd

484.81

—

MO average13 barns · 1,273 hd

473.18

+11.64

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+12.69

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+17.48

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	1,545	205.46	3,174	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,408	172.91	2,434	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	165.70	1,938	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	974	129.54	1,261	7thin

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)	1,074	$3,616	19
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,202	$2,932	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,098	$2,521	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,120	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	938	$3,500	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$3,092	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$2,800	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,400	$4,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$4,050	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,200	$3,750	2thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2	950–1000	985	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,024	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	396.64/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,535	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	492.11/cwt	440.00–509.00	1,949	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	419.31/cwt	400.00–431.00	2,835	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,657	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,829	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	290	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,195	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	431.50/cwt	431.50–431.50	2,080	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,297	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,074	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	823	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	539.76/cwt	530.00–547.00	2,558	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	421.04/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,636	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,877	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1350–1400	1,362	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	3,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	649.96/cwt	645.00–655.00	2,067	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	338	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	617.00/cwt	617.00–617.00	2,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,395	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	207	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	468.95/cwt	458.00–480.00	2,607	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	514.46/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,675	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	614.30/cwt	600.00–622.00	2,267	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	2,037	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	270	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	436.28/cwt	417.00–450.00	2,517	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	527	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,509	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	582.00/cwt	582.00–582.00	2,276	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	436	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,442	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	175.65/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,482	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	169.55/cwt	159.00–174.00	2,375	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	161.92/cwt	151.00–170.00	1,852	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	174.52/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,145	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	105.64/cwt	95.00–120.00	1,107	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	147.47/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,354	4
Bulls	—	—	1,743	215.51/cwt	215.00–216.00	3,756	2
Bulls	—	—	1,479	202.11/cwt	195.00–213.00	2,989	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	2,932.45/head	2,275.00–3,650.00	2,932	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	3,616.07/head	2,400.00–3,850.00	3,616	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	2,520.96/head	2,200.00–2,700.00	2,521	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,120	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	236.93/cwt	201.00–280.00	2,436	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	3,091.94/head	2,950.00–3,350.00	3,092	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	830	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	4,050.00/head	3,800.00–4,300.00	4,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,400	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	248	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	571.40/cwt	561.00–585.00	2,434	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	360.42/cwt	352.00–369.00	2,422	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	409.39/cwt	409.00–410.00	2,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,116	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	457.67/cwt	455.00–461.00	2,540	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	483.72/cwt	450.00–532.00	2,327	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	646.15/cwt	625.00–660.00	1,796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,043	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	582	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,153	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	436.07/cwt	409.00–445.00	2,145	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,325	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	453.58/cwt	440.00–487.00	1,941	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	380.84/cwt	365.00–398.00	2,194	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	2

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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