Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. There was a moderate supply with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.97/cwt on 289 head, down $13.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −12.36 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$454.97

▼ 13.74 vs prior sale

289 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$76.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.00

vs MO average

−4.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	521	472.00	2,459	7thin
Medium and Large 1	541	467.41	2,527	158
Large 1-2	571	441.00	2,518	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	440.28	2,480	114
Medium and Large 2	573	395.50	2,264	6thin

One grade step is worth $76.50/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale289 hd

454.97

—

MO average15 barns · 3,245 hd

468.96

−14.00

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−4.08

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−12.36

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	1,530	220.63	3,377	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	177.07	2,555	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	172.31	2,034	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	155.27	1,530	26

Every lot, as filed

97 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	525.91/cwt	522.00–532.00	2,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	488.51/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,350	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	316	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	361.91/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,280	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,245	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	458.65/cwt	438.00–468.00	2,472	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	406.30/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,576	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	562.50/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,081	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	477.94/cwt	461.00–495.00	2,337	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	388.54/cwt	379.00–401.00	2,257	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	432.71/cwt	427.00–437.00	2,484	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	419.19/cwt	410.00–421.00	1,987	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	400.38/cwt	390.00–421.00	2,074	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	370.10/cwt	360.00–384.00	2,461	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	666	393.25/cwt	392.00–394.00	2,619	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	1,788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	345.06/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,281	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,461	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	434.44/cwt	427.00–442.00	2,468	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	440.64/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,604	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,430	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	483.71/cwt	461.00–501.00	1,780	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	432.81/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,303	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	687.00/cwt	687.00–687.00	1,855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	431.29/cwt	424.00–442.00	2,700	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,400	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	359.31/cwt	356.00–363.00	3,029	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	460.90/cwt	450.00–482.00	1,880	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	415.54/cwt	400.00–434.00	2,364	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	417.79/cwt	416.00–420.00	2,189	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	380.43/cwt	376.00–391.00	2,800	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	361.52/cwt	355.00–363.50	2,393	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	355.36/cwt	336.00–364.00	2,551	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	543.95/cwt	525.00–552.00	2,355	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	390.77/cwt	376.00–397.00	2,450	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	171.49/cwt	163.00–178.00	2,029	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	155.86/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,524	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	124.53/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,283	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	179.51/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,836	2
Bulls	—	—	1,190	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,380	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	184.18/cwt	184.00–185.00	2,601	6
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	650	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,477	3
Steers	Large 1	650–700	674	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,790	8
Steers	Large 1	500–550	521	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,459	7
Bulls	—	—	1,579	223.58/cwt	210.00–241.00	3,530	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	171.73/cwt	162.00–178.00	2,518	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	180.49/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	434.68/cwt	430.00–437.00	2,034	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	532.15/cwt	522.00–540.00	2,320	9
Steers	Large 2	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	3
Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	816	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,513	4
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,518	4
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	382.84/cwt	360.00–401.00	1,853	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,765	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	410.68/cwt	408.00–420.00	2,743	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,773	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	552	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,423	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	800–850	805	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	593	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	524	438.37/cwt	430.00–446.00	2,297	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	432	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,169	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	358.55/cwt	355.00–361.00	1,997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	807	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	302	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	429.81/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,852	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	647	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	375	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	512.38/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	527.92/cwt	522.00–547.00	2,508	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	434.93/cwt	426.00–438.00	1,883	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	411.06/cwt	392.00–419.00	2,544	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	519.35/cwt	494.00–530.00	2,192	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,032	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	489.99/cwt	467.00–510.00	2,372	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	483.40/cwt	472.00–502.00	2,480	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	454.33/cwt	422.00–476.00	2,576	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,269	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,964	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	575.38/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,140	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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