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Name: Four State Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Feb 10

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916

← Feb 6Feb 10Feb 17 →

Receipts

2,449 head

▼ 189 vs last sale 2,638▲ 2,449 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous sale, feeder steers weighing under 650 sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher, heavier weight steers over 650 sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 25.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $479.03/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 28 of 33 comparable sales and sits +29.47 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.

Average price

$479.03

248 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

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

$86.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.66

vs MO average

+0.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	496.22	2,713	137
Medium and Large 1-2	567	459.15	2,601	108
Medium and Large 2	580	410.00	2,378	3thin

One grade step is worth $86.22/cwt here — about $335 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 sale248 hd

479.03

—

MO average19 barns · 4,883 hd

483.69

−4.66

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+0.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

449.57

+29.47

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

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.

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	815.00/cwt	815.00–815.00	1,752	12
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	710.34/cwt	700.00–735.00	2,010	43
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	565.22/cwt	557.00–585.00	1,803	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	638.33/cwt	600.00–700.00	2,055	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,936	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	366	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,178	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	646.65/cwt	600.00–675.00	2,386	59
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,675	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	526.05/cwt	517.00–542.00	2,241	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	592.25/cwt	570.00–627.00	2,564	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	434	507.74/cwt	502.00–515.00	2,204	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,994	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,828	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	549.08/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,608	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	487.26/cwt	477.00–500.00	2,334	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	513.66/cwt	497.00–522.00	2,697	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	484.84/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,565	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	491.43/cwt	481.00–500.00	2,639	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	488.88/cwt	470.00–530.00	2,743	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	450.58/cwt	430.00–477.00	2,609	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,378	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	357.47/cwt	340.00–381.00	2,202	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	452.78/cwt	427.00–469.00	2,794	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	407.98/cwt	396.00–421.00	2,558	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,798	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	427.58/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,843	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	397.05/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,696	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	696	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,575	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	405.52/cwt	385.00–416.00	2,867	64
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	381.34/cwt	380.00–384.00	2,780	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	735	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,749	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	366.60/cwt	365.00–367.00	2,782	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	380.52/cwt	368.00–385.00	2,934	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,749	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,992	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,989	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,126	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	217	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	1,617	16
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,691	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,711	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	304	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,037	34
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	575.09/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,806	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	534.82/cwt	510.00–545.00	1,744	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,030	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	514.21/cwt	502.00–540.00	1,980	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	427.10/cwt	411.00–435.00	1,772	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	515.72/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,192	105
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	450.11/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,913	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,153	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	459	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,974	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	423.50/cwt	410.00–437.00	1,990	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	475.86/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,260	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	405.21/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,046	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	439.98/cwt	421.00–470.00	2,288	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	391.00/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,092	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	536	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,251	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	434.73/cwt	419.00–445.00	2,413	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	367.69/cwt	342.00–375.00	2,081	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	398.70/cwt	380.00–408.00	2,308	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	581	412.88/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,399	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	381.08/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,374	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,214	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	396.66/cwt	387.00–416.00	2,503	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	642	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,054	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,223	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,498	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	669	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,382	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,537	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,342	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	781	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,179	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	799	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,637	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,801	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,876	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,370	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	541.01/cwt	532.00–545.00	2,591	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,520	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,140	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,590	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	437.31/cwt	422.00–450.00	2,484	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	430.94/cwt	415.00–446.00	2,465	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,502	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,478	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 Feb 10, 2026

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Receipts 2,449Last week 2,638Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	457	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	580	410.00	410.00
7	600–650	616	340.00–381.00	357.47
4	650–700	696	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	319	557.00–585.00	565.22
3	350–400	352	550.00	550.00
14	400–450	426	517.00–542.00	526.05
25	450–500	479	477.00–500.00	487.26
27	500–550	529	450.00–500.00	484.84
81	550–600	579	430.00–477.00	450.58
23	600–650	627	396.00–421.00	407.98
46	650–700	679	384.00–400.00	397.05
28	700–750	729	380.00–384.00	381.34
20	750–800	759	365.00–367.00	366.60
9	850–900	879	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	215	815.00	815.00
43	250–300	283	700.00–735.00	710.34
25	300–350	322	600.00–700.00	638.33
59	350–400	369	600.00–675.00	646.65
35	400–450	433	570.00–627.00	592.25
62	450–500	475	530.00–575.00	549.08
38	500–550	525	497.00–522.00	513.66
74	550–600	561	470.00–530.00	488.88
72	600–650	617	427.00–469.00	452.78
55	650–700	665	405.00–440.00	427.58
64	700–750	707	385.00–416.00	405.52
23	750–800	771	368.00–385.00	380.52
7	800–850	831	360.00	360.00
5	900–950	929	336.50	336.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	735	374.00	374.00
3	750–800	790	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	502.00–515.00	507.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	595.00	595.00
25	500–550	537	481.00–500.00	491.43
3	650–700	660	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	418	640.00	640.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	605.00	605.00
8	400–450	443	535.00	535.00
13	450–500	479	532.00–545.00	541.01
6	500–550	518	500.00	500.00
19	550–600	572	415.00–446.00	430.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	444.00	444.00
14	550–600	568	422.00–450.00	437.31
8	600–650	624	401.00	401.00
4	650–700	652	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	536	420.00	420.00
24	550–600	581	410.00–422.00	412.88
11	750–800	799	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	304	670.00	670.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	669	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	415	411.00–435.00	427.10
10	500–550	535	382.00–400.00	391.00
31	550–600	566	342.00–375.00	367.69
7	600–650	629	352.00	352.00
4	650–700	652	341.00	341.00
6	700–750	732	320.00	320.00
7	750–800	781	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	200–250	217	745.00	745.00
3	250–300	275	615.00	615.00
8	300–350	314	570.00–580.00	575.09
3	350–400	350	580.00	580.00
105	400–450	425	480.00–540.00	515.72
36	450–500	475	450.00–510.00	475.86
56	500–550	520	421.00–470.00	439.98
14	550–600	555	419.00–445.00	434.73
20	600–650	631	387.00–416.00	396.66
10	650–700	654	382.00	382.00
12	700–750	731	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	590.00	590.00
18	300–350	326	510.00–545.00	534.82
22	350–400	385	502.00–540.00	514.21
38	400–450	425	440.00–485.00	450.11
39	450–500	470	410.00–437.00	423.50
10	500–550	505	400.00–417.00	405.21
42	550–600	579	380.00–408.00	398.70
23	600–650	623	370.00–386.00	381.08
13	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
5	850–900	892	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	642	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	430.00	430.00
7	500–550	515	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	458	470.00	470.00

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.