Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate on a good demand. The area also saw a good spring rain and buyers were eager to buy feeders for turning out to grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.84/cwt on 149 head, up $22.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +21.51 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$488.84

▲ 22.03 vs prior sale

149 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$395

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

$121.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.47

vs MO average

−1.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	521.63	2,727	84
Medium and Large 1-2	575	448.70	2,580	62
Medium and Large 2	583	400.00	2,332	3thin

One grade step is worth $121.63/cwt here — about $395 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 sale149 hd

488.84

—

MO average19 barns · 2,625 hd

497.31

−8.47

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−1.99

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+21.51

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	1,574	223.90	3,524	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,522	187.35	2,852	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	176.07	2,107	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	955	146.10	1,396	27

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)	1,095	$3,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,023	$2,543	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$3,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	980	$3,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$3,850	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	800	$3,700	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	359.14/cwt	351.00–383.00	2,298	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	481.79/cwt	470.00–512.00	2,274	24
Steers	Large 2	800–850	812	328.48/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	341.55/cwt	339.00–343.50	3,036	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	602.40/cwt	560.00–665.00	2,217	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,014	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	381.11/cwt	378.50–393.00	2,828	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	367.86/cwt	352.00–375.00	2,663	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	601.17/cwt	585.00–625.00	1,984	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	556.72/cwt	522.00–620.00	2,377	51
Steers	Large 2	700–750	740	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	217	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	1,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	449.23/cwt	420.00–486.00	2,592	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	376.07/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,941	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	228	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	1,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	307	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	2,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,207	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	549.24/cwt	520.00–592.00	2,620	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	602.80/cwt	570.00–631.00	2,562	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,411	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	1,810	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	517.43/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,189	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	506.41/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	418.43/cwt	412.50–438.00	2,795	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	419.69/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,606	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	390.60/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,664	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	368.38/cwt	364.00–373.50	2,733	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	642.00/cwt	642.00–642.00	2,241	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	488	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,303	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	627.50/cwt	622.50–630.00	2,497	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	654.64/cwt	622.00–687.00	2,461	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	612.20/cwt	610.00–615.00	2,375	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	513.78/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	524.17/cwt	495.00–550.00	2,710	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	568.00/cwt	568.00–568.00	2,658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	300	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	1,806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	451.89/cwt	435.00–466.00	2,770	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	492.27/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,383	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,484	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	585.85/cwt	580.00–599.00	2,502	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	617.24/cwt	610.00–625.00	2,370	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	185.27/cwt	177.00–197.00	2,203	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	167.47/cwt	155.00–177.00	2,015	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	175.80/cwt	172.00–186.00	1,791	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	189.13/cwt	182.50–221.00	2,852	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,838	1
Bulls	—	—	1,802	240.50/cwt	230.00–253.00	4,334	5
Bulls	—	—	1,597	215.28/cwt	199.00–227.00	3,438	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	153.95/cwt	142.00–170.00	1,541	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	117.47/cwt	100.00–136.00	1,016	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	180.66/cwt	179.00–182.00	2,847	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,102	230.69/cwt	211.00–245.00	2,542	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	2,542.59/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,543	3
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	908	228.74/cwt	200.00–257.00	2,077	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	227.86/cwt	211.00–242.00	2,336	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,773	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,765	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,925	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,850.00/head	3,700.00–4,000.00	3,850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	397.42/cwt	392.00–401.00	2,400	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,954	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	529.14/cwt	450.00–605.00	2,259	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	341.30/cwt	337.00–345.00	2,621	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	465.09/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,418	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	378.16/cwt	375.00–392.00	2,870	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	358.00/cwt	347.00–370.00	2,409	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	2,180	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	472.34/cwt	460.00–502.00	2,026	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	1,724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	412.60/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,348	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	334.92/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	384.00/cwt	380.00–388.00	2,181	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,257	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	622.00/cwt	622.00–622.00	1,804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	389.37/cwt	384.00–393.00	2,593	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	447.21/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,111	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	430.05/cwt	411.00–440.00	2,262	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,038	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	441.98/cwt	433.00–450.00	2,484	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	464.05/cwt	421.00–515.00	2,422	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	565.03/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,226	10

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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