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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Jun 16

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916

← Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,766 head

▲ 839 vs last sale 927▲ 1,766 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

215 head

▲ 81 vs last sale 134▲ 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 20 of 33 comparable sales and sits +5.40 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.

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

Price by quality 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.

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 median33 sales

449.57

+5.40

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.89, low $344.78, median $449.57 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	687.00/cwt	687.00–687.00	1,855	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	297	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	1,788	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	316	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,896	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	339	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,068	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,792	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	562.50/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,081	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	575.38/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,140	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	375	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,931	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	512.38/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,932	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,212	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,169	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	543.95/cwt	525.00–552.00	2,355	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	525.91/cwt	522.00–532.00	2,288	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	532.15/cwt	522.00–540.00	2,320	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,400	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	527.92/cwt	522.00–547.00	2,508	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	488.51/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,350	49
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	489	477.94/cwt	461.00–495.00	2,337	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	483.40/cwt	472.00–502.00	2,480	71
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,477	4
Steers	500–550	Large 1	521	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,459	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	438.37/cwt	430.00–446.00	2,297	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	458.65/cwt	438.00–468.00	2,472	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,429	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	552	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,423	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	454.33/cwt	422.00–476.00	2,576	76
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2Unweaned	571	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,518	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	432.71/cwt	427.00–437.00	2,484	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	591	440.64/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,604	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	593	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,081	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,521	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	431.29/cwt	424.00–442.00	2,700	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	628	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,644	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	406.30/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,576	12
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	3
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	650	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,477	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,648	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	666	393.25/cwt	392.00–394.00	2,619	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	410.68/cwt	408.00–420.00	2,743	46
Steers	650–700	Large 1	674	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,790	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	695	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,773	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,765	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	380.43/cwt	376.00–391.00	2,800	98
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,631	5
Steers	750–800	Large 2	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	805	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,665	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	359.31/cwt	356.00–363.00	3,029	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,032	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	302	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,646	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,647	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,638	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	483.71/cwt	461.00–501.00	1,780	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	460.90/cwt	450.00–482.00	1,880	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	431	429.81/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,852	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	434.93/cwt	426.00–438.00	1,883	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	434.68/cwt	430.00–437.00	2,034	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	419.19/cwt	410.00–421.00	1,987	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	382.84/cwt	360.00–401.00	1,853	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	485	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,013	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	400.38/cwt	390.00–421.00	2,074	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,865	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	417.79/cwt	416.00–420.00	2,189	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	358.55/cwt	355.00–361.00	1,997	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,251	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	415.54/cwt	400.00–434.00	2,364	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	388.54/cwt	379.00–401.00	2,257	85
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,269	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	390.77/cwt	376.00–397.00	2,450	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	361.91/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,280	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	647	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,203	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	345.06/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,281	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	361.52/cwt	355.00–363.50	2,393	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	355.36/cwt	336.00–364.00	2,551	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,430	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,461	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	807	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,421	3
Heifers	800–850	Large 2-3	816	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,513	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,964	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	519.35/cwt	494.00–530.00	2,192	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	461	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,245	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	489.99/cwt	467.00–510.00	2,372	22
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	432.81/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,303	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	434.44/cwt	427.00–442.00	2,468	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	411.06/cwt	392.00–419.00	2,544	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	370.10/cwt	360.00–384.00	2,461	12
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,190	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,380	1
Bulls	—	—	1,579	223.58/cwt	210.00–241.00	3,530	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	155.86/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,524	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	179.51/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,836	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	124.53/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,283	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,158	180.49/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,090	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	171.49/cwt	163.00–178.00	2,029	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,412	184.18/cwt	184.00–185.00	2,601	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,466	171.73/cwt	162.00–178.00	2,518	8

This sale against other markets

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Four State Stockyards – Cattle Auction - Exeter, MO

Tue Jun 16, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,766Last week 927Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 134Year ago 0

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.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	602.00	602.00
10	350–400	370	550.00–600.00	562.50
5	400–450	435	522.00–532.00	525.91
49	450–500	481	450.00–505.00	488.51
16	500–550	539	438.00–468.00	458.65
34	550–600	574	427.00–437.00	432.71
12	600–650	634	400.00–420.00	406.30
2	650–700	662	400.00	400.00
5	700–750	741	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	600.00	600.00
6	400–450	432	502.00	502.00
8	450–500	489	461.00–495.00	477.94
26	500–550	524	430.00–446.00	438.37
38	550–600	591	430.00–445.00	440.64
3	600–650	628	421.00	421.00
32	650–700	666	392.00–394.00	393.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	687.00	687.00
3	350–400	388	570.00	570.00
10	400–450	433	525.00–552.00	543.95
44	450–500	475	522.00–547.00	527.92
71	500–550	513	472.00–502.00	483.40
76	550–600	567	422.00–476.00	454.33
51	600–650	626	424.00–442.00	431.29
46	650–700	668	408.00–420.00	410.68
98	700–750	736	376.00–391.00	380.43
49	800–850	843	356.00–363.00	359.31
10	850–900	884	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	610.00	610.00
10	350–400	372	560.00–590.00	575.38
9	400–450	436	522.00–540.00	532.15
8	450–500	466	515.00	515.00
4	500–550	514	482.00	482.00
2	600–650	612	412.00	412.00
11	650–700	695	399.00	399.00
10	700–750	720	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	642	400.00	400.00
3	650–700	650	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	472.00	472.00
8	650–700	674	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	750	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	571	441.00	441.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	552	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	527.00	527.00
6	350–400	377	500.00–525.00	512.38
3	550–600	552	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	515.00	515.00
3	550–600	593	351.00	351.00
4	800–850	805	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	540.00	540.00
24	350–400	368	461.00–501.00	483.71
16	400–450	433	426.00–438.00	434.93
39	450–500	474	410.00–421.00	419.19
53	500–550	518	390.00–421.00	400.38
85	550–600	581	379.00–401.00	388.54
19	600–650	630	340.00–375.00	361.91
10	650–700	661	330.00–354.00	345.06
8	700–750	734	331.00	331.00
15	750–800	763	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
15	600–650	605	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	525.00	525.00
13	400–450	408	450.00–482.00	460.90
22	450–500	468	430.00–437.00	434.68
28	500–550	524	416.00–420.00	417.79
28	550–600	569	400.00–434.00	415.54
79	600–650	627	376.00–397.00	390.77
43	650–700	662	355.00–363.50	361.52
43	700–750	718	336.00–364.00	355.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	816	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	380.00	380.00
14	450–500	484	360.00–401.00	382.84
2	500–550	518	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	557	355.00–361.00	358.55
3	800–850	807	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	302	545.00	545.00
19	400–450	431	415.00–440.00	429.81
4	450–500	485	415.00	415.00
3	550–600	560	402.00	402.00
6	600–650	647	340.50	340.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	487.00	487.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	550.00	550.00
15	400–450	422	494.00–530.00	519.35
22	450–500	484	467.00–510.00	489.99
16	500–550	532	410.00–470.00	432.81
6	550–600	568	427.00–442.00	434.44
13	600–650	619	392.00–419.00	411.06
12	650–700	665	360.00–384.00	370.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,183	163.00–178.00	171.49
2	—	1,158	180.00–181.00	180.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	978	140.00–170.00	155.86
2	—	1,030	124.00–125.00	124.53
2	—	1,023	179.00–180.00	179.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,412	184.00–185.00	184.18
8	—	1,466	162.00–178.00	171.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	200.00	200.00
7	—	1,579	210.00–241.00	223.58

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.