Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-01-06

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Jan 6
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,378 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 2,558▲ 2,378 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
390 head
▲ 390 vs last sale 0▲ 390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 0▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 15.00 to 45.00 higher, heavier weight steers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold 10.00 to 50.00 higher, over 550 lbs sold 3.00 to 25.00 higher. First sale of 2026 had very good demand on all weight classes with a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $440.73/cwt on 287 head. That ranks 14 of 33 comparable sales and sits −8.84 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.
Average price
$440.73
287 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,444
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$875
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$158.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.44
vs MO average
−25.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558464.492,594191
Medium and Large 1-2543420.022,27963
Medium and Large 2549363.821,99721
Medium and Large 3562305.821,71912thin
One grade step is worth $158.67/cwt here — about $875 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 sale287 hd
440.73
—
MO average14 barns · 5,226 hd
457.17
−16.44
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
−25.60
This barn, trailing median33 sales
449.57
−8.84
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—Low1,643179.752,95433
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,432155.952,23347
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,199152.761,832132
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,023124.171,27151

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)945$2,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,177$2,59312
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,340$2,3501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,101$2,2946
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)998$2,2752thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,300$2,20853
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,178$2,1969
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,075$1,8504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,225$3,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,073$2,97313
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$2,6252thin

Every lot

108 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1246710.00/cwt710.00–710.001,7474
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned256695.00/cwt695.00–695.001,7794
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1257683.74/cwt655.00–700.001,7575
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned302615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,8574
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323622.37/cwt575.00–647.002,01042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6833
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372524.77/cwt512.00–540.001,95227
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374586.99/cwt552.00–627.002,19517
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned384503.26/cwt502.00–505.001,9337
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,1373
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7539
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned426434.67/cwt399.00–450.001,85214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430476.89/cwt442.00–502.002,05129
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431532.98/cwt510.00–580.002,29732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464514.71/cwt502.00–527.002,38882
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485480.29/cwt450.00–495.002,32927
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned487511.43/cwt507.00–517.002,49111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2494418.32/cwt405.00–425.002,0676
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2506370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,87210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521437.34/cwt420.00–465.002,27943
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525499.56/cwt470.00–527.002,62349
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3562305.82/cwt300.00–314.001,71912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570452.39/cwt420.00–481.002,579142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588358.21/cwt356.00–359.002,10611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589382.77/cwt376.00–417.002,25520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620422.82/cwt390.00–449.002,621117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657357.02/cwt350.00–360.002,34610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683395.90/cwt382.00–417.002,70489
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718381.80/cwt364.00–386.002,741108
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775339.62/cwt331.00–345.002,6329
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781352.82/cwt346.00–357.002,7568
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823346.37/cwt343.00–351.002,85124
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2848320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7143
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,78410
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2878291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,5553
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned274578.61/cwt560.00–600.001,5856
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned278530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4735
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278511.57/cwt500.00–532.001,4228
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1287575.18/cwt550.00–595.001,6517
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326575.73/cwt555.00–585.001,87712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340522.00/cwt522.00–522.001,7752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367525.23/cwt515.00–552.001,92817
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned369510.34/cwt507.00–530.001,88320
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,3273
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383477.49/cwt451.00–500.001,82938
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned383472.41/cwt467.00–482.001,80919
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418464.71/cwt455.00–477.001,94222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421422.98/cwt389.00–457.001,78128
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2664
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6308
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468458.13/cwt445.00–470.002,14494
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473395.02/cwt370.00–422.001,86857
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482438.53/cwt435.00–442.002,11412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4553
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2492370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8206
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518424.79/cwt409.00–438.002,20058
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522352.63/cwt351.00–357.501,84112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533378.88/cwt370.00–402.002,01939
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned558350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571383.06/cwt380.00–389.002,18757
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580347.65/cwt330.00–360.002,01624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582365.09/cwt350.00–380.002,12534
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609373.85/cwt360.00–380.002,27739
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630330.84/cwt320.00–340.002,0849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631349.60/cwt342.00–355.002,20644
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665366.39/cwt349.00–400.002,4369
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677339.41/cwt336.00–342.002,29814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2693330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2873
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,4085
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,5947
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2885272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,4075
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2931270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5146
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 21,175176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,0682
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1357604.35/cwt555.00–640.002,15811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483437.00/cwt417.50–445.002,1117
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1498487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,42510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,4623
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,4488
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2983
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2729333.98/cwt333.00–335.002,4356
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2812303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,4603
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,554165.81/cwt151.00–172.002,57711
Bulls——1,688186.72/cwt175.00–196.003,15222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%963107.45/cwt94.00–113.001,03512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041135.29/cwt120.00–145.001,40835
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05077.09/cwt70.00–83.008094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,186162.85/cwt162.00–164.001,93122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200152.32/cwt142.00–160.001,82899
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219136.56/cwt131.00–141.001,66511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417155.53/cwt149.50–160.002,20442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453149.52/cwt148.00–151.002,1732
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,630166.09/cwt164.50–167.502,7073
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29452,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29982,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,0751,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1012,293.64/head2,150.00–2,400.002,2946
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1772,592.67/head2,125.00–3,100.002,59312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1782,196.11/head2,100.00–2,250.002,1969
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2702,153.67/head2,000.00–2,700.002,15439
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3402,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3832,359.07/head2,250.00–2,400.002,35914
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2880186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6371
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,2041
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29502,625.00/head2,200.00–3,050.002,6252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0503,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0772,931.82/head2,800.00–3,100.002,93211
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2253,000.00/head2,500.00–3,500.003,0002

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.