Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-03-10

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Mar 10
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,432 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 1,446▲ 1,432 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 89▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 90▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher, over 650 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower. On the heifer side, heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher with the exception of 4 weight heifers selling 15.00 to 40.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Supply was moderate with good demand. Several good replacement cows were in the offering this evening as well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $452.64/cwt on 155 head, up $3.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 33 comparable sales and sits +3.07 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.
Average price
$452.64
▲ 3.07 vs prior sale
155 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,519
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$637
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$119.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.73
vs MO average
−19.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555469.362,60471
Medium and Large 1-2557444.842,47777
Medium and Large 2578383.002,2144thin
Large 2562350.001,9673thin
One grade step is worth $119.36/cwt here — about $637 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 sale155 hd
452.64
—
MO average18 barns · 2,036 hd
470.37
−17.73
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
−19.56
This barn, trailing median33 sales
449.57
+3.07
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—High1,696198.113,36112
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,507166.482,5086thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216164.141,99621
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,002132.121,32416

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 (2-4 yrs)1,135$3,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,168$3,62920
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,124$3,5567
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$3,4504thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,144$3,3644thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,221$3,2306
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,142$2,66914
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)903$3,0512thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)897$2,7956
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)727$2,6877
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)890$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$4,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,8002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,190$3,5752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$2,5001thin

Every lot

90 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2298540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6093
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,6383
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325607.36/cwt600.00–615.001,97418
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,2235
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,2334
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374601.55/cwt590.00–607.002,2507
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2392522.91/cwt495.00–542.002,0505
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned404540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,1828
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406586.71/cwt572.00–607.002,38217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430515.17/cwt487.00–540.002,21526
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned464490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2747
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468546.51/cwt533.00–572.002,55825
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,53116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479509.98/cwt493.00–525.002,44332
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2494470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,32211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned496455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2575
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511511.02/cwt497.00–520.002,61113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,5509
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,4299
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530455.10/cwt430.00–486.002,41230
Steers550–600Large 2562350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9673
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574453.23/cwt440.00–482.002,60249
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,2144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585433.14/cwt422.00–441.002,53438
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612431.22/cwt422.00–435.002,63918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617410.36/cwt400.00–412.002,53222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,2643
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned627422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,6464
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679415.09/cwt408.00–424.002,81830
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,6732
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748365.50/cwt365.50–365.502,73414
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777363.76/cwt359.00–365.502,82687
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810358.88/cwt354.00–360.002,90716
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,863186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2262595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,5597
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322585.16/cwt560.00–600.001,8846
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2323551.73/cwt532.00–565.001,7825
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,2082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8103
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned404465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8798
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422422.15/cwt400.00–465.001,78119
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423533.32/cwt497.00–555.002,25661
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468493.35/cwt477.00–515.002,30959
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476432.05/cwt411.00–449.002,05721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2508374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,9005
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515448.63/cwt430.00–465.002,31027
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1048
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned566353.75/cwt350.00–365.002,00212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573423.16/cwt416.00–427.002,42599
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576386.94/cwt371.00–396.002,22912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627374.33/cwt355.00–385.002,34738
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680381.06/cwt375.00–382.002,59138
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2704340.01/cwt337.00–342.002,39410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723361.90/cwt346.00–384.002,61787
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0403
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,2005
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned450500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2503
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463514.79/cwt480.00–535.002,38313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2537475.21/cwt465.00–485.002,5524
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,3584
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2612387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,3683
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2693360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4955
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2848310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6293
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,398171.72/cwt159.00–180.002,4013
Bulls——1,743219.79/cwt216.00–224.003,8312
Bulls——1,811203.22/cwt188.00–212.003,6807
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%994116.80/cwt110.00–124.001,1617
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,009144.04/cwt131.00–154.001,4539
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216164.14/cwt151.00–170.001,99621
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,3771
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530165.58/cwt154.50–170.002,5335
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1243,556.34/head2,600.00–3,875.003,5567
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1353,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1422,669.36/head2,300.00–2,800.002,66914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1443,363.61/head2,300.00–4,125.003,3644
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1683,629.00/head3,350.00–4,000.003,62920
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2213,229.71/head2,725.00–3,800.003,2306
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2403,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4504
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940247.05/cwt210.00–280.002,3222
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,6301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27272,687.11/head2,500.00–3,100.002,6877
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28902,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28972,795.26/head2,550.00–3,050.002,7956
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29033,050.69/head2,800.00–3,300.003,0512
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29803,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,0502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2504,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501

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.