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Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

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

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916

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Feeder Cattle receipts

927 head

▲ 927 vs last sale 0▲ 927 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

203 head

▲ 203 vs last sale 0▲ 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 596 vs last sale 621▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 25.00 higher, some spots were much higher. Demand was good to very good on a light to moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.27/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −19.17 against this barn's trailing median of $397.43.

Average price

$378.27

88 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$530

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$125.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.43

vs MO average

−19.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	395.84	2,131	28
Medium and Large 1-2	542	379.28	2,055	49
Medium and Large 2	549	351.15	1,927	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	593	270.00	1,601	3thin

One grade step is worth $125.84/cwt here — about $530 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 sale88 hd

378.27

—

MO average18 barns · 1,740 hd

387.70

−9.43

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−19.59

This barn, trailing median32 sales

397.43

−19.17

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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $446.88, low $320.53, median $397.43 across 32 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	1,661	186.38	3,096	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	166.73	2,400	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	157.64	1,910	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,031	135.61	1,398	27

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,209	$2,347	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,075	$2,225	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,090	$1,600	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$2,000	1thin

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	592.75/cwt	590.00–597.00	1,660	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	313	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	908	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	378	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,533	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	439.70/cwt	435.00–443.00	1,662	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	595.92/cwt	517.50–617.00	2,259	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	422	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,435	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	511.97/cwt	465.00–585.00	2,196	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	450.22/cwt	441.00–455.00	1,936	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	497.58/cwt	497.00–500.00	2,304	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	422.54/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,973	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,989	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	530	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,226	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	423.37/cwt	407.00–437.00	2,257	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	466.13/cwt	441.00–494.00	2,494	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	563	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,520	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	367.66/cwt	367.00–368.00	2,099	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	448.00/cwt	445.00–452.00	2,652	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	602	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,047	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	445.66/cwt	440.00–448.00	2,759	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,490	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	351.15/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,388	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,873	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,987	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,924	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	3,174	10
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	3,025	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,374	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	290	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,325	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,269	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	464.00/cwt	430.00–502.00	1,503	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	434.15/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,572	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,577	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,294	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	404.23/cwt	400.00–416.00	1,544	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,724	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	414	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,656	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,566	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	397.11/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,696	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	419.00/cwt	417.00–420.00	1,911	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	385.62/cwt	379.00–410.00	1,762	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,907	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	374.26/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,781	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,713	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	381.82/cwt	372.00–387.00	1,963	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	399.62/cwt	390.00–409.00	2,098	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,180	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	356.34/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,060	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	375.89/cwt	369.00–380.00	2,176	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	593	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,601	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	351.84/cwt	348.50–355.00	2,224	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,978	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	379.63/cwt	350.00–389.50	2,433	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	686	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,195	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,511	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,359	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,365	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	778	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,326	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	799	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,685	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	320.60/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,594	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,773	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	852	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,607	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,888	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	958	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,625	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	974	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,260	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	243	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,458	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	1,641	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,382	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	367	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,817	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,934	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,369	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	562.41/cwt	502.00–605.00	2,407	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	442.74/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,961	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	429.90/cwt	401.00–451.00	2,021	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	499	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,747	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	395.18/cwt	374.00–407.50	2,079	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,156	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,075	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	367.45/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,271	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,377	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	784	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,438	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,461	169.12/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,471	4
Bulls	—	—	1,702	190.17/cwt	178.00–201.00	3,237	12
Bulls	—	—	1,975	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,148	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	108.13/cwt	90.00–125.00	1,020	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	152.50/cwt	152.00–153.00	1,545	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	140.79/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,485	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	156.41/cwt	146.00–162.00	1,874	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	139.30/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,725	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	167.26/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,096	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,404	163.73/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,299	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	171.22/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,556	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,090	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,209	2,347.48/head	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,347	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	204.08/cwt	179.00–269.00	1,884	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	969	209.92/cwt	162.00–283.00	2,034	4

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 Oct 14, 2025

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Feeder CattleReceipts 927Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 203Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 621Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	435.00–443.00	439.70
16	400–450	430	441.00–455.00	450.22
18	450–500	467	410.00–440.00	422.54
33	500–550	533	407.00–437.00	423.37
3	650–700	673	370.00	370.00
6	800–850	801	365.00	365.00
2	1050–1100	1,065	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	280	590.00–597.00	592.75
22	350–400	379	517.50–617.00	595.92
33	400–450	429	465.00–585.00	511.97
5	450–500	463	497.00–500.00	497.58
21	500–550	535	441.00–494.00	466.13
7	600–650	619	440.00–448.00	445.66
16	700–750	713	403.00	403.00
12	750–800	766	390.00	390.00
10	850–900	872	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	290.00	290.00
5	550–600	563	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	670.00	670.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	522	381.00	381.00
12	550–600	571	367.00–368.00	367.66
3	600–650	602	340.00	340.00
15	650–700	680	350.00–353.00	351.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	592	445.00–452.00	448.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	457.00	457.00
3	350–400	372	424.00	424.00
5	450–500	464	411.00	411.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	505.00	505.00
15	300–350	324	430.00–502.00	464.00
10	350–400	362	430.00–440.00	434.15
10	400–450	401	430.00	430.00
9	450–500	456	417.00–420.00	419.00
17	500–550	525	390.00–409.00	399.62
11	550–600	559	390.00	390.00
31	600–650	641	350.00–389.50	379.63
9	700–750	729	344.50	344.50
12	750–800	799	336.00	336.00
6	800–850	843	329.00	329.00
6	850–900	875	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	416.00	416.00
12	350–400	382	400.00–416.00	404.23
20	400–450	427	370.00–420.00	397.11
18	450–500	457	379.00–410.00	385.62
28	500–550	514	372.00–387.00	381.82
21	550–600	579	369.00–380.00	375.89
19	600–650	632	348.50–355.00	351.84
2	700–750	735	321.00	321.00
5	750–800	763	310.00	310.00
10	800–850	809	320.00–321.00	320.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	373	347.00	347.00
4	400–450	426	367.50	367.50
8	450–500	476	365.00–380.00	374.26
3	500–550	500	342.50	342.50
5	550–600	578	345.00–364.00	356.34
4	600–650	638	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	686	320.00	320.00
11	750–800	778	299.00	299.00
2	850–900	852	306.00	306.00
3	950–1000	958	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	414	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	270.00	270.00
7	950–1000	974	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	243	600.00	600.00
4	300–350	300	547.00	547.00
5	400–450	428	502.00–605.00	562.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	440.00	440.00
7	350–400	393	492.00	492.00
7	400–450	443	430.00–455.00	442.74
10	450–500	470	401.00–451.00	429.90
18	500–550	526	374.00–407.50	395.18
1	550–600	550	392.00	392.00
6	600–650	618	360.00–375.00	367.45
3	650–700	662	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	405	338.00	338.00
5	450–500	499	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	598	347.00	347.00
4	750–800	784	311.00	311.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	152.00–153.00	152.50
5	—	943	90.00–125.00	108.13
20	—	1,055	130.00–147.00	140.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,404	161.00–169.00	163.73
6	—	1,493	169.00–174.00	171.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	133.00–146.00	139.30
7	—	1,253	164.00–169.00	167.26
25	—	1,198	146.00–162.00	156.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,702	178.00–201.00	190.17
4	—	1,461	160.00–175.00	169.12
1	—	1,975	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	2,000.00	2,000.00

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,209	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,347.48
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,075	2,225.00	2,225.00

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)	2	—	1,090	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	969	162.00–283.00	209.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	923	179.00–269.00	204.08

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.