Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-06-23

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Jun 23
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
823 head
▼ 943 vs last sale 1,766▲ 823 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 215▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 0▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher with a few spots 15.00 to 30.00 higher under 600 lbs. Supply was light to moderate with very good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. The area has seen some good rains and fairly good temps for early summer, grass and water are plentiful for this time of year, buyers are eager to buy and sellers are happy with a great cattle market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $409.73/cwt on 115 head, up $11.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 33 comparable sales and sits +13.39 against this barn's trailing median of $396.34.
Average price
$409.73
▲ 11.22 vs prior sale
115 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$407
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$90.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.58
vs MO average
−6.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522456.672,38634
Medium and Large 1-2554400.602,22056
Medium and Large 2540366.351,97925
One grade step is worth $90.32/cwt here — about $407 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale115 hd
409.73
—
MO average17 barns · 1,895 hd
425.31
−15.58
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−6.10
This barn, trailing median33 sales
396.34
+13.39
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
461409358307median 396.3403/0304/2806/3009/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $446.88, low $320.53, median $396.34 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,646222.333,66026
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,460183.482,6788thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,192176.822,10855
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low934146.051,36443

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,285$3,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,272$3,48620
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,290$2,59613
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,190$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,285$2,2502thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,040$3,2001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,443$4,9803thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,480$4,7002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,440$3,6001thin

Every lot

106 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1234777.42/cwt765.00–790.001,8194
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325652.95/cwt610.00–677.002,12213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382573.00/cwt573.00–573.002,1894
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned388537.00/cwt537.00–537.002,0843
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned415460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9093
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461527.92/cwt515.00–537.002,43414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478479.19/cwt450.00–497.002,29115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530477.69/cwt462.00–500.002,53233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,1774
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned553477.99/cwt473.00–485.002,64312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573461.64/cwt439.00–473.002,64545
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,5193
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned612421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,5775
Steers600–650Large 1-2616400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4644
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617432.71/cwt422.00–452.002,67015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640410.03/cwt400.00–415.002,6249
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,5933
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,7402
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685410.61/cwt404.00–431.002,81345
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned709391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,7729
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724379.50/cwt379.50–379.502,74820
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,8098
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6434
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,5522
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861359.00/cwt359.00–359.003,09113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5932
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,7813
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313528.43/cwt520.00–540.001,6545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369486.68/cwt476.00–490.001,7968
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385521.87/cwt521.00–522.002,0097
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419434.00/cwt420.00–442.001,81820
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437469.01/cwt450.00–500.002,05035
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438455.63/cwt450.00–460.001,9967
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489423.54/cwt420.00–425.002,07110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,9768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1492459.36/cwt435.00–466.002,26014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned511416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,1264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511375.93/cwt371.00–378.001,92115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519458.38/cwt426.00–489.002,37931
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536419.47/cwt417.00–420.002,24822
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy557400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,4503
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575383.02/cwt380.00–385.002,20227
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584351.99/cwt351.00–353.002,05610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609364.48/cwt340.00–378.002,22038
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614380.42/cwt380.00–381.002,3367
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned617363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,2403
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,3925
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667356.13/cwt352.50–361.002,37528
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy672334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,2443
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,4398
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy732326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,3862
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,58614
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2834316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,6354
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,7365
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,9282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1301607.00/cwt607.00–607.001,8275
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2328501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,6433
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2371550.35/cwt520.00–562.002,0427
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0403
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,8063
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4504
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,2863
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,5745
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571431.50/cwt430.00–432.002,46412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579415.19/cwt411.00–420.002,40411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2621395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,4535
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644416.45/cwt410.00–420.002,68217
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6727
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682368.00/cwt360.00–392.002,5108
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2701358.01/cwt342.00–366.002,5106
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,005194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9501
Bulls——Light Weight1,120241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,6991
Bulls——1,393202.65/cwt189.00–212.002,8238
Bulls——1,830229.75/cwt214.00–243.004,20414
Bulls——1,955254.00/cwt254.00–254.004,9662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%743108.00/cwt108.00–108.008026
Cows—Lean 85-90%930175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6281
Cows—Lean 85-90%931134.02/cwt120.00–141.001,24810
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed955180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7191
Cows—Lean 85-90%980157.47/cwt147.00–173.001,54325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171174.59/cwt158.00–183.002,04441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263185.78/cwt184.00–191.002,34613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420181.99/cwt181.00–183.002,5844
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,499184.96/cwt183.00–187.002,7734
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2971255.98/cwt241.00–267.002,4865
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,9352
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,099195.23/cwt180.00–215.002,1464
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1452,343.01/head2,200.00–2,500.002,3434
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1793,308.17/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3088
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2052,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2Broken Mouth1,2752,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2853,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Bred Cows—Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2952,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Large 11,3093,841.97/head3,700.00–3,950.003,8427
Bred Cows—Large 11,3153,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3842,617.43/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6177
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4093,363.56/head3,200.00–3,500.003,3644
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,4403,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,4434,980.00/head4,980.00–4,980.004,9803
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,4804,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0403,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001

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.