Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-08-11

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Aug 11
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 609▲ 500 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 101▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 73▲ 89 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, Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Supply was still on the light side but buyers showed up with good demand. The area is still going through the usual summer heat waves and producers are not moving many cattle at the moment. Several replacement cows and pairs were also on hand today in the afternoon cow sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $425.12/cwt on 78 head, down $7.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −24.44 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.
Average price
$425.12
▼ 7.20 vs prior sale
78 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,276
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.98
vs MO average
+23.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528430.902,27760
Large 1-2548413.002,2638thin
Medium and Large 1-2568400.142,27110thin
One grade step is worth $30.76/cwt here — about $6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale78 hd
425.12
—
MO average15 barns · 944 hd
424.14
+0.98
National average153 barns · 6,255 hd
401.83
+23.29
This barn, trailing median33 sales
449.57
−24.44
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
513452391331median 449.5703/0304/2806/3009/0811/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,764217.473,8366thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,512167.902,5385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225165.742,03022
CowsLean 85-90%High981148.641,45839

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)1,145$4,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,254$3,64710
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)955$3,2772thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,116$3,1857
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,252$2,9605
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,086$2,55624
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,040$2,1501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,011$1,8007
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$3,8001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)913$3,5003thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,400$4,9002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,310$4,2333thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,344$3,5948
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,300$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,275$3,2502thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,014$4,3878
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)882$2,4343thin

Every lot

84 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310536.60/cwt505.00–550.001,6639
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320628.59/cwt600.00–660.002,0114
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326446.00/cwt446.00–446.001,4545
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368513.82/cwt490.00–527.001,8918
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374548.02/cwt540.00–570.002,0507
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430500.23/cwt480.00–510.002,15130
Steers450–500Large 1-2453460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463472.97/cwt467.00–490.002,19022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465451.02/cwt445.00–455.002,0975
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,8443
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517438.65/cwt428.00–455.002,26843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540410.28/cwt404.00–420.002,2165
Steers500–550Large 1-2548413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,2638
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557411.30/cwt410.00–432.002,29117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616386.70/cwt380.00–395.002,3829
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620399.51/cwt399.00–400.002,4778
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670386.75/cwt380.00–390.002,59133
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2697364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,5375
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825331.87/cwt325.00–339.002,7382
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,8102
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 1-21,250241.00/cwt241.00–241.003,0132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314509.02/cwt506.00–565.001,59819
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342451.63/cwt445.00–455.001,5453
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369437.62/cwt434.00–452.001,6157
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387500.24/cwt497.00–505.001,93612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413447.96/cwt430.00–485.001,85011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456398.45/cwt391.00–401.001,8174
Heifers450–500Large 1-2478390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487423.14/cwt402.00–432.002,06130
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6402
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3773
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532396.72/cwt382.00–417.002,11115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534370.18/cwt365.00–377.001,9775
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563358.46/cwt350.00–366.002,01811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668329.50/cwt329.00–330.002,2014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700328.50/cwt326.00–331.002,3002
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,4263
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,71220
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2987276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,7243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380468.09/cwt445.00–500.001,7799
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2409491.00/cwt491.00–491.002,0084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485413.85/cwt390.00–450.002,00715
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531427.66/cwt398.00–450.002,27119
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2567366.15/cwt340.00–397.002,0763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2609377.73/cwt362.00–385.002,30010
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2668332.73/cwt320.00–345.002,2232
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3202
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,764217.47/cwt210.00–225.003,8366
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%918109.71/cwt101.00–119.001,0076
Cows—Lean 85-90%939137.28/cwt129.00–144.001,2896
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004158.72/cwt148.00–171.001,59425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008173.52/cwt173.00–174.001,7492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,186171.06/cwt164.00–183.002,02914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293156.44/cwt145.00–163.002,0238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405159.51/cwt158.00–161.002,2412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,583173.49/cwt170.00–176.002,7463
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29553,276.70/head2,950.00–3,600.003,2772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2Broken Mouth1,0111,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0171,989.82/head1,600.00–2,400.001,9904
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0402,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,669.72/head2,500.00–3,000.002,67020
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1043,521.78/head3,150.00–3,650.003,5227
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1163,184.51/head2,900.00–3,500.003,1857
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1302,225.88/head2,200.00–2,250.002,2262
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1454,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2353,573.99/head3,450.00–3,700.003,5742
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5303,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,6033,939.92/head3,800.00–4,000.003,9403
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29133,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5003
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0403,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 29003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0304,557.14/head4,300.00–4,600.004,5577
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3083,466.67/head3,400.00–3,500.003,4676
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3654,700.00/head4,500.00–4,900.004,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4004,900.00/head4,900.00–4,900.004,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5004,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-28822,434.22/head2,000.00–3,000.002,4343

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.