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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Jul 14

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916

← Jul 7Jul 14Jul 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,082 head

▲ 377 vs last sale 705▲ 1,082 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

94 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 57▲ 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 41▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 — 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 $449.75/cwt on 157 head, down $19.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 33 comparable sales and sits +0.18 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.

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

Price by quality 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.

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 median33 sales

449.57

+0.18

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	—	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

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. 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	262	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,755	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	2,009	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	345	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,036	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,340	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	567.28/cwt	540.00–587.00	2,173	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	404	510.53/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,063	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,385	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	419.89/cwt	400.00–447.00	1,982	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	448.45/cwt	427.00–469.00	2,372	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	490.73/cwt	489.00–502.00	2,640	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	420.62/cwt	405.00–427.00	2,385	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	430.20/cwt	429.00–431.00	2,452	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,189	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	439.42/cwt	427.00–444.00	2,663	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	607	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,258	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	413.95/cwt	391.00–420.00	2,550	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	409.90/cwt	402.00–413.00	2,714	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,631	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	361.13/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,589	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,433	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	383.03/cwt	372.00–394.00	2,800	71
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	784	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,517	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,801	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	337.04/cwt	333.00–346.00	3,094	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,536	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,709	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	346	499.31/cwt	495.00–512.00	1,728	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,025	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	453.19/cwt	420.00–462.00	1,949	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	470.81/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,034	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,746	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,016	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,115	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	416.88/cwt	405.00–429.00	1,980	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	454.88/cwt	449.50–480.00	2,211	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	432.51/cwt	425.00–437.00	2,176	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	398.85/cwt	387.00–415.00	2,086	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	552	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,098	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	380.82/cwt	371.00–401.00	2,220	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	369.95/cwt	353.00–381.00	2,283	10
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	653	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,445	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,359	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	346.91/cwt	331.00–350.50	2,487	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,270	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	762	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,446	2
Heifers	750–800	Large 1-2	785	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,693	19
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	262	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,755	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	302	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,099	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,827	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	353	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,012	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,006	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,151	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	489.31/cwt	489.00–490.00	2,016	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	452	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,179	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	452	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,170	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,125	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	469	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,096	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	415.92/cwt	382.00–440.00	2,200	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	393.84/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,229	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	369.92/cwt	364.00–382.00	2,338	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,483	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,363	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,521	10
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	898	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,245	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,271	187.54/cwt	182.00–193.00	2,384	5
Bulls	—	—	1,576	208.88/cwt	201.00–216.00	3,292	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	156.42/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,610	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	177.02/cwt	164.00–183.00	2,121	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,927	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	185.93/cwt	184.00–189.00	2,306	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	178.27/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,549	30
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,465	186.70/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,735	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	980	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,079	3,421.64/head	3,300.00–3,600.00	3,422	4
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	1,178	2,398.09/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,398	2
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 1-2	1,323	3,464.17/head	3,200.00–3,600.00	3,464	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,174	203.36/cwt	194.00–222.00	2,387	7

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 Jul 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,082Last week 705Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 41Year ago 0

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.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,178	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,398.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,079	3,300.00–3,600.00	3,421.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	2,800.00–3,450.00	3,106.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,323	3,200.00–3,600.00	3,464.17
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,195	3,300.00	3,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	980	2,200.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	4,200.00	4,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,174	194.00–222.00	203.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	650–700	653	374.50	374.50
19	750–800	785	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	240	640.00	640.00
3	350–400	388	522.00	522.00
5	400–450	432	470.00–472.00	470.81
27	450–500	486	449.50–480.00	454.88
12	500–550	503	425.00–437.00	432.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	762	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	510.00	510.00
26	400–450	430	420.00–462.00	453.19
27	450–500	475	405.00–429.00	416.88
38	500–550	523	387.00–415.00	398.85
12	550–600	583	371.00–401.00	380.82
10	600–650	617	353.00–381.00	369.95
4	650–700	674	350.00	350.00
19	700–750	717	331.00–350.50	346.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	346	495.00–512.00	499.31
9	400–450	446	452.00	452.00
4	550–600	552	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	396.00	396.00
5	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
10	700–750	723	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	705.00	705.00
4	450–500	450	530.00	530.00
48	500–550	538	489.00–502.00	490.73
26	550–600	570	429.00–431.00	430.20
48	600–650	606	427.00–444.00	439.42
11	650–700	662	402.00–413.00	409.90
71	700–750	731	372.00–394.00	383.03
32	900–950	918	333.00–346.00	337.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	650.00	650.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	262	670.00	670.00
2	300–350	345	590.00	590.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	383	540.00–587.00	567.28
10	400–450	404	500.00–515.00	510.53
38	500–550	529	427.00–469.00	448.45
43	550–600	567	405.00–427.00	420.62
16	600–650	616	391.00–420.00	413.95
10	650–700	698	377.00	377.00
14	700–750	717	360.00–368.00	361.13
4	750–800	788	355.50	355.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	472	400.00–447.00	419.89
2	550–600	590	371.00	371.00
3	600–650	607	372.00	372.00
4	700–750	722	337.00	337.00
6	750–800	784	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	302	695.00	695.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	670.00	670.00
2	300–350	315	580.00	580.00
2	350–400	375	535.00	535.00
13	400–450	412	489.00–490.00	489.31
5	450–500	462	460.00	460.00
22	500–550	529	382.00–440.00	415.92
15	550–600	566	375.00–410.00	393.84
14	600–650	632	364.00–382.00	369.92
2	650–700	650	382.00	382.00
10	750–800	778	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	353	570.00	570.00
3	450–500	452	482.00	482.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	522.00	522.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	447.00	447.00
3	550–600	565	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
2	650–700	675	350.00	350.00
3	850–900	898	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,576	201.00–216.00	208.88
5	—	1,271	182.00–193.00	187.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,198	164.00–183.00	177.02
9	—	1,240	184.00–189.00	185.93
1	—	1,235	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,465	186.00–189.00	186.70
30	—	1,430	172.00–185.00	178.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,029	150.00–168.00	156.42

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.