Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-09-29

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Sep 29
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,496 head
▼ 281 vs last sale 1,777▲ 1,496 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 116▲ 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 34▲ 70 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 under 600 lbs sold from 7.00 lower to 5.00 higher, in spots, Yearling cattle sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher with several groups in the offering. Conditions in the local area remain dry and with several cattle coming off to be sold as the grass has become scarce for many cattlemen. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Supply was moderate to good with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $388.46/cwt on 174 head, down $12.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −61.10 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.
Average price
$388.46
▼ 12.92 vs prior sale
174 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$292
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$63.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.75
vs MO average
−26.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535412.982,21060
Medium and Large 1-2558378.072,109103
Large 1-2544355.001,9315thin
Medium and Large 2549349.501,9196thin
One grade step is worth $63.48/cwt here — about $292 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 sale174 hd
388.46
—
MO average19 barns · 2,493 hd
399.21
−10.75
National average184 barns · 17,632 hd
414.66
−26.20
This barn, trailing median33 sales
449.57
−61.10
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—High1,765181.263,20018
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,455133.831,94730
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,196131.861,57746
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,002110.831,11026

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)1,133$3,6002thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$3,19316
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,253$3,0115
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,237$2,6118
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,210$2,4626
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)945$2,1001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,170$2,8501thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)885$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$3,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)941$2,32318

Every lot

115 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned309547.00/cwt547.00–547.001,6905
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned410422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,7304
Steers400–450Medium 2417380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5856
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419462.03/cwt450.00–465.001,93616
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned424454.83/cwt442.00–462.001,9288
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427443.53/cwt435.00–450.001,8947
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,71612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465461.51/cwt456.00–472.002,1469
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned468381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,7836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned469400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8768
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476454.43/cwt427.00–485.002,16324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485400.45/cwt382.00–420.001,94211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned508387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,9663
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned518350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531414.90/cwt402.00–421.002,20352
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2434
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536384.49/cwt374.00–400.002,06138
Steers500–550Large 1-2Unweaned544355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568377.62/cwt363.00–381.002,14542
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,0243
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned586365.50/cwt365.50–365.502,14220
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1591381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,2524
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0869
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622360.13/cwt328.00–373.002,24040
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631377.33/cwt371.00–380.002,38121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned646347.26/cwt345.00–370.002,24332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned661326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1554
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2783
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678344.45/cwt340.00–349.002,33517
Steers650–700Large 1-2686329.30/cwt315.00–335.502,25910
Steers700–750Large 1-2715311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2243
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725356.11/cwt352.00–361.002,58232
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2483
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4355
Steers750–800Large 1-2Unweaned761325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4736
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768341.33/cwt337.00–344.002,62133
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822332.52/cwt331.00–333.002,73325
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1862324.15/cwt321.00–330.002,79428
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308439.61/cwt420.00–470.001,3545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,5293
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned372400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4889
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375396.77/cwt395.00–400.001,4888
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,6892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned418386.10/cwt380.00–391.001,6147
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned419408.03/cwt400.00–412.001,71027
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438380.99/cwt360.00–392.001,66919
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned443351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5553
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455413.08/cwt400.00–418.001,88030
Heifers450–500Large 2457342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,5633
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2Unweaned464347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,6104
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476361.25/cwt350.00–377.001,72030
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476344.89/cwt340.00–351.001,64218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned494353.41/cwt345.00–371.001,74644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,9597
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522339.70/cwt330.00–350.001,77320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy550331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8213
Heifers550–600Large 2566318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,8007
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568351.46/cwt351.00–352.001,99618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573365.26/cwt362.00–370.002,09318
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576304.74/cwt300.00–311.001,7559
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned579331.83/cwt322.00–344.001,92111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy602329.50/cwt329.50–329.501,9849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619331.09/cwt326.00–340.002,0498
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0924
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663332.47/cwt329.00–341.002,20419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2671326.45/cwt310.00–335.002,19012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1507
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1362
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3695
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,48514
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2949266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,5249
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,4833
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,108210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,3274
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290517.00/cwt517.00–517.001,4993
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6832
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned393427.62/cwt422.00–452.001,68110
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned417435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8143
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418374.43/cwt369.00–380.001,5656
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2432412.90/cwt400.00–432.001,7849
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2451432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,9485
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned472415.73/cwt382.00–457.001,96227
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477360.52/cwt360.00–361.001,7206
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2506349.13/cwt343.00–351.001,76713
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned519364.73/cwt352.00–370.001,89325
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528379.90/cwt370.00–402.002,00627
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574329.22/cwt320.00–340.001,89014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578346.26/cwt342.00–350.002,00111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned611340.48/cwt326.00–347.502,08035
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2637325.77/cwt321.00–339.002,07511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,732166.86/cwt161.00–174.002,8908
Bulls——1,784191.08/cwt178.00–206.003,4099
Bulls——1,865208.00/cwt208.00–208.003,8791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93082.72/cwt80.00–85.007692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003107.56/cwt97.00–117.001,07914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014121.02/cwt118.00–126.001,22710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170148.35/cwt146.00–151.001,7362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171120.51/cwt120.00–122.001,4118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203133.47/cwt125.00–145.001,60636
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430144.36/cwt143.00–146.002,0642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,456133.88/cwt125.00–140.001,94926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470122.59/cwt120.00–125.001,8022
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29412,323.38/head1,850.00–2,600.002,32318
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7961
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,172163.61/cwt162.00–167.501,9183
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29452,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0153,192.55/head3,000.00–3,400.003,19316
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1333,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,461.67/head2,200.00–2,700.002,4626
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2372,611.05/head2,200.00–3,200.002,6118
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2533,010.53/head2,700.00–3,500.003,0115
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28852,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29503,200.00/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.