Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 12.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher in spots, bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.71/cwt on 112 head, up $19.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 32 comparable sales and sits +1.38 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$468.71

▲ 19.30 vs prior sale

112 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$51.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.38

vs MO average

+14.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	482.94	2,596	81
Medium and Large 1-2	549	431.52	2,368	31

One grade step is worth $51.42/cwt here — about $228 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 sale112 hd

468.71

—

MO average20 barns · 4,482 hd

469.09

−0.38

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

+14.99

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

+1.38

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	—	Average	1,896	227.34	4,310	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,519	181.63	2,759	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	174.25	2,074	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	154.00	1,531	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)	1,301	$3,144	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,039	$3,103	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	913	$2,701	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,171	$2,690	28
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,085	$2,613	8
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,154	$2,280	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,216	$2,244	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,035	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,245	$3,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,230	$2,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2Fleshy	550–600	589	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	541.29/cwt	532.00–544.00	2,198	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	352.09/cwt	350.50–370.00	2,792	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	383.30/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,695	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	425.29/cwt	421.00–432.00	2,671	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	417.86/cwt	404.00–424.00	2,795	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	331.92/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,572	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	419.94/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,158	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	512.31/cwt	510.00–512.50	2,562	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	459.94/cwt	443.00–471.00	2,617	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	742.07/cwt	720.00–755.00	2,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	627.61/cwt	610.00–660.00	1,990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	320.75/cwt	320.75–320.75	2,675	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	464.67/cwt	450.00–507.00	1,966	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,329	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,443	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,230	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	755	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,726	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,229	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	403.63/cwt	403.00–404.00	2,046	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	433.20/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,621	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,554	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,154	2,280.00/head	2,280.00–2,280.00	2,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,273	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,245	2,272.87/head	2,225.00–2,400.00	2,273	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,322	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,301	3,143.99/head	2,700.00–3,650.00	3,144	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,828	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	161.11/cwt	151.00–171.00	1,618	22
Bulls	—	—	1,896	227.34/cwt	208.00–248.00	4,310	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	188.82/cwt	185.00–198.50	2,900	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	178.84/cwt	172.00–183.00	2,704	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	181.66/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,026	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	172.77/cwt	161.00–180.00	2,082	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	3,375.00/head	3,350.00–3,400.00	3,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	466.47/cwt	440.00–492.00	2,230	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	432.59/cwt	416.00–462.00	2,306	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,378	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,391	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	404.87/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	392.18/cwt	380.00–401.00	2,008	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	314.72/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	357.99/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,241	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	488.68/cwt	481.00–500.00	2,297	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	403.92/cwt	400.00–411.00	2,363	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	400.43/cwt	390.00–419.00	1,882	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	452.90/cwt	448.00–460.00	1,784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	411.64/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,799	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	447.95/cwt	420.00–467.00	2,374	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	401.28/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	338.15/cwt	338.00–339.00	2,810	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	504.30/cwt	497.00–512.00	2,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,108	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	3,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	527	444.83/cwt	441.00–447.00	2,344	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	297	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,574	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	487	472.35/cwt	452.00–485.00	2,300	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,895	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	353.79/cwt	352.00–355.00	1,914	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	122.74/cwt	107.00–134.00	1,167	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,613.11/head	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,613	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	277.43/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,380	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	2,701.46/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,701	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,171	2,690.35/head	2,450.00–3,100.00	2,690	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	3,102.97/head	2,800.00–3,350.00	3,103	6

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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