Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-02-24

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Feb 24
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,072 head
▲ 2,072 vs last sale 0▲ 2,072 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 0▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 622 vs last sale 641▲ 19 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, a few spots were 15.00 to 20.00 higher on the more attractive calves. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady, but the higher yielding cows traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady with top yielding bulls up 2.00 to 5.00 over last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $483.01/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +33.45 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.
Average price
$483.01
130 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$517
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$95.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.40
vs MO average
−4.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539514.562,77164
Medium and Large 1-2559455.712,54760
Medium and Large 2538419.502,2556thin
One grade step is worth $95.06/cwt here — about $517 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 sale130 hd
483.01
—
MO average21 barns · 3,319 hd
489.42
−6.40
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
−4.01
This barn, trailing median33 sales
449.57
+33.45
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—High1,762196.593,46514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,416163.972,32216
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,145162.801,86420
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,007139.681,40613

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,233$3,1094thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,065$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,105$2,6214thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,140$2,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)880$2,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)805$2,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,115$1,9001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,060$3,4012thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)910$2,8833thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$3,1001thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278698.19/cwt685.00–702.001,9419
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2289621.22/cwt621.00–622.001,79522
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,1027
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8818
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364566.85/cwt512.00–584.002,06335
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370623.21/cwt600.00–650.002,30623
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned392590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,3134
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned392535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0973
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415593.49/cwt570.00–630.002,46317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2444472.04/cwt460.00–480.002,09610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3454252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,14416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470515.65/cwt507.00–520.002,42412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472557.00/cwt557.00–557.002,6298
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481556.84/cwt547.00–570.002,67845
Steers450–500Large 1Unweaned490492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,4114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520533.80/cwt512.00–562.002,77647
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,2723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned525485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,5463
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535466.17/cwt450.00–487.002,49421
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,2313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574449.45/cwt437.00–458.002,58025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned579442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,55911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590461.38/cwt459.00–473.002,72217
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned615399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,4546
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626436.69/cwt423.00–461.002,73499
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635410.09/cwt391.00–423.002,60412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,4883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy667385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5688
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669422.40/cwt410.00–432.002,826162
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679397.78/cwt397.50–400.002,70127
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717390.87/cwt390.00–391.002,80322
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy718347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4913
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739394.82/cwt393.00–403.002,91839
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765381.98/cwt380.00–385.002,92225
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773372.86/cwt369.00–373.502,88237
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,8859
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839361.15/cwt357.50–375.503,030296
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8223
Steers850–900Large 2867336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,9133
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,1193
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,5343
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5396
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8043
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327520.11/cwt505.00–530.001,70114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366500.75/cwt487.00–522.001,83329
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370557.89/cwt532.00–590.002,0647
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2401410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6444
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423520.32/cwt485.00–532.002,20138
Heifers400–450Large 1-2Unweaned424410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7387
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned426467.00/cwt467.00–467.001,9894
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8966
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4487
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464406.18/cwt400.00–412.001,8856
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476482.31/cwt450.00–520.002,29643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,1529
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,10714
Heifers500–550Large 2503387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,9473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517426.31/cwt410.00–437.002,20417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520459.60/cwt440.00–485.002,39081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy543388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,1076
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569359.54/cwt340.00–370.002,04620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580404.58/cwt393.00–416.002,34743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy581415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,4114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582433.92/cwt426.00–445.002,52533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned586350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy593360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2612329.45/cwt310.00–349.002,0166
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625412.40/cwt400.00–420.002,57892
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,44613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668385.44/cwt377.00–399.002,575125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669366.59/cwt364.00–372.002,4529
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2263
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,5403
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724374.65/cwt360.00–389.002,71248
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy742339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,5153
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,4966
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8203
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2963229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,2053
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350552.00/cwt552.00–552.001,9323
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2439562.63/cwt540.00–580.002,4707
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned469497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,3315
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2543447.53/cwt440.00–452.002,4308
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618387.15/cwt375.00–400.002,3936
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2687352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,4183
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2752351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,6403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,734197.87/cwt188.00–207.003,43110
Bulls——1,818169.86/cwt156.00–181.003,0882
Bulls——1,848216.93/cwt211.00–223.004,0092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%982105.42/cwt100.00–110.001,0353
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010165.31/cwt164.00–167.001,6702
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015146.12/cwt139.00–153.001,4838
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131160.15/cwt150.00–165.001,81111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153169.41/cwt166.00–173.001,9538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7241
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390171.94/cwt168.00–176.002,3902
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417163.66/cwt161.00–165.502,31913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,2121
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28052,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28802,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0652,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1052,621.32/head2,300.00–3,050.002,6214
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1151,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2333,108.52/head2,900.00–3,300.003,1094
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0603,400.71/head3,350.00–3,450.003,4012
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1103,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001

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.