Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, today's offering consisted of a very light supply due to very warm temps over the past several days, feeder steers and heifers was mostly planer calves but the trend was 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was light. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.52/cwt on 44 head, down $8.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −25.81 against this barn's trailing median of $467.33.

Average price

$441.52

▼ 8.23 vs prior sale

44 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$43.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.33

vs MO average

+22.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	451.48	2,366	34
Medium and Large 1-2	558	407.64	2,276	10thin

One grade step is worth $43.84/cwt here — about $89 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 sale44 hd

441.52

—

MO average11 barns · 779 hd

432.18

+9.33

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+22.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

467.33

−25.81

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	1,752	216.26	3,788	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	188.38	2,745	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	178.06	2,119	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,056	141.15	1,491	5thin

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)	1,100	$3,265	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,202	$2,684	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,115	$2,627	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$2,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$3,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	885	$3,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,495	$4,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,270	$3,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,005	$2,350	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$2,600	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	985	$2,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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	350–400	393	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,078	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	455.70/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,155	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	243	592.00/cwt	592.00–592.00	1,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,609	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	2,733.28/head	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	383.39/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,047	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,512	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	392.92/cwt	389.00–401.00	2,279	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	353.84/cwt	353.00–355.00	2,558	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	406.74/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,286	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,309	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,099	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,641	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,403	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	177.42/cwt	167.00–184.00	2,099	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	189.53/cwt	187.00–192.00	2,826	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	185.31/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,533	3
Bulls	—	—	1,779	223.76/cwt	207.00–238.00	3,981	5
Bulls	—	—	1,683	197.52/cwt	194.00–200.00	3,324	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,005	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	4,900.00/head	4,900.00–4,900.00	4,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	2,683.77/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,245	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,115	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,073	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	405.70/cwt	401.50–410.00	2,560	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,062	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	521.57/cwt	502.00–540.00	2,222	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,148	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,264.66/head	2,800.00–3,700.00	3,265	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	445.86/cwt	442.00–450.00	2,091	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	451.48/cwt	449.00–460.00	2,366	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	416.99/cwt	416.00–419.00	2,227	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	378.53/cwt	373.00–380.00	2,370	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	376.03/cwt	370.00–382.00	1,752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	707.08/cwt	700.00–715.00	1,577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	382.02/cwt	378.00–385.00	2,735	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	484.52/cwt	481.00–490.00	2,311	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,735	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	132.67/cwt	128.00–146.00	1,373	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	153.88/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,949	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	352.00/cwt	346.00–358.00	2,394	2

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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