Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-01-20

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Jan 20
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,004 head
▼ 1,884 vs last sale 3,888▲ 2,004 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 230▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 37▲ 37 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 from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher, with a few spots higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $467.32/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 22 of 32 comparable sales and sits +17.67 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.
Average price
$467.32
157 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$372
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$91.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.97
vs MO average
+1.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545482.792,632123
Medium and Large 1-2551414.862,28729
Medium and Large 2578391.002,2605thin
One grade step is worth $91.79/cwt here — about $372 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 sale157 hd
467.32
—
MO average20 barns · 4,768 hd
459.35
+7.97
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+1.99
This barn, trailing median32 sales
449.66
+17.67
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
513452391331median 449.6603/0304/2806/3009/0810/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.89, low $344.78, median $449.66 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,632182.022,9709thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,516158.802,40814
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,223149.701,83022
CowsLean 85-90%Average992109.171,08212

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)1,045$3,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,304$2,6477
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,219$2,6067
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,179$2,4196
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,190$2,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,275$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,040$1,5501thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)985$3,5002thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)978$3,0442thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,9002thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,345$3,0002thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)925$2,8001thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,8773
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned293675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,9783
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,8763
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336615.90/cwt585.00–647.002,06927
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369606.38/cwt572.00–627.002,23825
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411471.59/cwt437.00–492.001,9388
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned416549.27/cwt545.00–552.002,2858
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433554.48/cwt532.00–579.002,40129
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned464494.51/cwt480.00–519.002,2958
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473522.79/cwt486.00–565.002,47323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479462.95/cwt453.00–470.002,21821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524500.51/cwt468.00–530.002,62380
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531427.21/cwt387.00–458.002,26817
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned561437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,4524
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,2605
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580397.37/cwt390.00–410.002,30512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587451.14/cwt434.00–492.002,64839
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622396.97/cwt392.00–405.002,46912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629428.57/cwt412.00–457.002,696167
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655402.03/cwt398.00–410.002,63329
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680381.53/cwt354.00–389.002,59464
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2681341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,3228
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,4783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736380.91/cwt365.00–390.002,803235
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,5036
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772342.81/cwt341.00–346.002,64614
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773356.04/cwt353.00–362.002,75249
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2806344.12/cwt331.00–345.002,77449
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2808304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,4563
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828350.50/cwt350.50–350.502,90212
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872341.90/cwt340.00–349.002,98117
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915319.87/cwt310.00–322.002,92717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,4583
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1262555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,4543
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5254
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3124
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,8093
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1344567.00/cwt567.00–567.001,9509
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364512.06/cwt482.00–542.001,86415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381454.99/cwt442.00–475.001,73430
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415489.37/cwt480.00–505.002,03116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned422510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1526
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427453.01/cwt450.00–457.001,9349
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,9523
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469435.13/cwt421.00–450.002,04128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,8693
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488405.56/cwt395.00–415.001,97933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508402.32/cwt400.00–405.002,04412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522433.77/cwt417.00–442.002,264129
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571355.26/cwt340.00–367.002,02916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585399.29/cwt392.00–414.002,33633
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,23445
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619379.75/cwt372.00–387.002,35118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625359.75/cwt352.00–372.002,24849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2634344.97/cwt330.00–350.002,18712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673359.47/cwt354.00–364.002,41950
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679343.91/cwt341.00–345.002,33526
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2687312.19/cwt300.00–333.002,1458
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2706311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,1969
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3696
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741342.77/cwt340.00–346.002,54013
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,52519
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2778309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,4043
Heifers800–850Large 3831256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,1274
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2833303.55/cwt302.00–308.002,52915
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2857328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,8119
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2923264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,4373
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1404500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0205
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8153
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,3616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1544414.73/cwt413.00–417.002,2567
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2313
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619373.53/cwt360.00–392.002,31212
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2828301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,4923
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,628185.81/cwt174.00–201.003,0257
Bulls——1,645168.74/cwt166.00–171.002,7762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97071.00/cwt71.00–71.006891
Cows—Lean 85-90%990104.99/cwt100.00–116.001,0398
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003133.02/cwt130.00–139.001,3343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180162.19/cwt161.00–163.001,9144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208127.52/cwt119.00–136.001,5402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235149.35/cwt140.00–156.001,84416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452156.25/cwt149.00–161.002,2699
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,632163.38/cwt162.00–165.502,6665
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,0401,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0453,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1792,419.45/head2,150.00–2,550.002,4196
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2192,605.64/head2,175.00–3,050.002,6067
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2752,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3042,647.04/head2,550.00–3,050.002,6477
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7041
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060248.50/cwt225.00–260.002,6343
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29783,044.12/head2,950.00–3,150.003,0442
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29853,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29252,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.