Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 higher to 10.00 lower. Supply was moderate with moderate demand. Slaughter cattle traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.75/cwt on 157 head, down $19.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −17.58 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$449.75

▼ 19.46 vs prior sale

157 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$390

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

$98.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.93

vs MO average

+10.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	469.46	2,578	74
Medium and Large 1-2	549	433.68	2,382	81
Medium and Large 2	590	371.00	2,189	2thin

One grade step is worth $98.46/cwt here — about $390 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 sale157 hd

449.75

—

MO average16 barns · 2,054 hd

462.68

−12.93

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+10.60

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−17.58

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	1,407	197.02	2,771	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	179.47	2,575	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	179.21	2,174	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	156.42	1,610	13

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)	1,323	$3,464	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,079	$3,422	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,195	$3,300	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,120	$3,106	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,178	$2,398	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	980	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,400	$4,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,398.09/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,398	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	3,421.64/head	3,300.00–3,600.00	3,422	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	653	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,445	45
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	785	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,693	19
Bulls	—	—	1,576	208.88/cwt	201.00–216.00	3,292	4
Bulls	—	—	1,271	187.54/cwt	182.00–193.00	2,384	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	177.02/cwt	164.00–183.00	2,121	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	186.70/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,735	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	156.42/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,610	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	185.93/cwt	184.00–189.00	2,306	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	490.73/cwt	489.00–502.00	2,640	48
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	3,106.14/head	2,800.00–3,450.00	3,106	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	3,464.17/head	3,200.00–3,600.00	3,464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	430.20/cwt	429.00–431.00	2,452	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	454.88/cwt	449.50–480.00	2,211	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	302	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,025	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	432.51/cwt	425.00–437.00	2,176	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	383.03/cwt	372.00–394.00	2,800	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	2,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	262	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,125	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,521	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	337.04/cwt	333.00–346.00	3,094	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	439.42/cwt	427.00–444.00	2,663	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	470.81/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,034	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	762	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	353	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,012	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	393.84/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,229	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	489.31/cwt	489.00–490.00	2,016	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,359	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,151	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	415.92/cwt	382.00–440.00	2,200	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	510.53/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,063	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	453.19/cwt	420.00–462.00	1,949	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	416.88/cwt	405.00–429.00	1,980	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	346.91/cwt	331.00–350.50	2,487	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	409.90/cwt	402.00–413.00	2,714	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	398.85/cwt	387.00–415.00	2,086	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	567.28/cwt	540.00–587.00	2,173	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	452	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	420.62/cwt	405.00–427.00	2,385	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	369.95/cwt	353.00–381.00	2,283	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	345	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	346	499.31/cwt	495.00–512.00	1,728	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	369.92/cwt	364.00–382.00	2,338	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	380.82/cwt	371.00–401.00	2,220	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	419.89/cwt	400.00–447.00	1,982	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	469	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,096	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	452	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	413.95/cwt	391.00–420.00	2,550	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	448.45/cwt	427.00–469.00	2,372	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,189	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,746	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	361.13/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,589	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	446	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,016	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,270	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,258	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,517	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,631	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	980	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	203.36/cwt	194.00–222.00	2,387	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,115	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	898	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,927	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	178.27/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,549	30

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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