Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers from 300 to 450 weights sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, 500 to 600 lbs 10.00 to 25.00 higher, 650 weights and up sold mostly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs sold from 5.00 to 30.00 higher, heavier weight classes sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Top high yielding bull was 252.00 this week! Supply was moderate to good with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.81/cwt on 185 head, down $6.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 32 comparable sales and sits −0.52 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$466.81

▼ 6.64 vs prior sale

185 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

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

$109.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.35

vs MO average

−16.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	506.59	2,667	92
Medium and Large 1-2	566	428.46	2,424	90
Medium and Large 2	567	397.00	2,251	3thin

One grade step is worth $109.59/cwt here — about $416 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 sale185 hd

466.81

—

MO average17 barns · 2,286 hd

479.16

−12.35

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−16.37

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−0.52

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	—	Low	1,659	212.14	3,520	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,411	183.53	2,589	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	171.13	1,965	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	141.51	1,340	18

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 (2-4 yrs)	950	$3,225	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,285	$3,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,356	$2,815	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,008	$2,760	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	870	$1,950	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	815	$2,000	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,525	$4,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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 1-2	700–750	713	342.11/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,439	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	507.19/cwt	460.00–525.00	1,978	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,453	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	371.00/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,437	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	617.30/cwt	600.00–630.00	2,340	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	582.94/cwt	522.00–605.00	2,396	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	678.41/cwt	665.00–681.00	1,940	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	526.29/cwt	500.00–537.00	2,231	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	613.09/cwt	595.00–627.00	1,919	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,801	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	498.81/cwt	480.00–507.00	2,429	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	421.89/cwt	420.00–423.00	2,797	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	535.80/cwt	515.00–580.00	2,583	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,148	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	527.34/cwt	498.00–585.00	2,225	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	435.76/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,353	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	794.26/cwt	770.00–820.00	1,755	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	379.48/cwt	369.00–394.00	2,979	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,176	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	427.23/cwt	407.00–450.00	2,435	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	441.92/cwt	432.00–461.00	2,758	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,275	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	673.70/cwt	640.00–695.00	2,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	360.14/cwt	359.00–362.00	2,751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	371.20/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,313	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,557	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,723	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	572.99/cwt	550.00–592.00	2,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	516.90/cwt	492.00–545.00	2,647	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	363	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	373.29/cwt	363.00–377.00	2,714	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	415.55/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,556	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	353	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	484.20/cwt	467.00–557.00	2,702	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,336	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,030	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	473.40/cwt	447.00–488.00	2,471	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,475	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	621.93/cwt	600.00–645.00	2,320	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	554	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,449	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	166.67/cwt	157.00–174.00	1,883	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	157.39/cwt	149.00–165.00	1,490	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	812	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	175.40/cwt	164.00–180.00	2,466	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,039	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	182.51/cwt	176.00–189.00	2,130	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	112.19/cwt	100.00–128.00	1,006	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	176.65/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,842	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	189.62/cwt	183.00–216.00	2,681	8
Bulls	—	—	1,388	170.49/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,366	2
Bulls	—	—	1,790	236.03/cwt	222.00–252.00	4,225	7
Bulls	—	—	1,622	203.75/cwt	190.00–220.00	3,305	10
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	865	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,356	2,815.30/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,815	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,496	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,315	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	238.07/cwt	191.00–279.00	2,302	18
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	815	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	2,759.80/head	2,600.00–2,950.00	2,760	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	885	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	870	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,394	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,174	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	383.73/cwt	375.00–397.00	2,322	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	532.86/cwt	512.00–547.00	2,190	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,303	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,313	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	537.02/cwt	507.00–600.00	2,277	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	600.09/cwt	570.00–625.00	1,944	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	478.66/cwt	452.00–497.00	2,288	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	429.68/cwt	429.00–430.00	2,694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	384.95/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,956	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	581.21/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,168	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	405.65/cwt	392.00–412.00	2,491	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	367.16/cwt	355.00–383.00	2,133	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	973	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	406.76/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,168	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	461.13/cwt	427.00–480.00	2,236	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	485.59/cwt	451.00–500.00	2,069	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	498.27/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,337	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	419.25/cwt	418.00–425.00	2,050	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	396.52/cwt	380.00–409.00	1,749	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	607.50/cwt	600.00–615.00	1,792	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	15

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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