Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-04-14

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Apr 14
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
← Apr 7Apr 14Apr 17 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,593 head
▲ 1,171 vs last sale 1,422▲ 2,593 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 146▲ 154 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 21▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOTE: There will be a special replacement cow and bull sale this Friday evening, April 17th, at 5:00 pm at the Four State Stockyards, over 600 head consigned.

Compared to last week, light weight steers 300 to 450 lbs sold steady to 12.00 higher, steers above 450 lbs to 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. Steers above weights of 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 15.00 higher. On the heifer side today, light weights 300 to 400 lbs sold 7.00 to 22.00 higher, 450 weight to 700 lbs sold from 5.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good to very good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $498.89/cwt on 408 head, up $10.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 33 comparable sales and sits +49.33 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.
Average price
$498.89
▲ 10.06 vs prior sale
408 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$180.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.19
vs MO average
+10.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549509.592,797343
Medium and Large 1-2567466.702,64752
Medium and Large 2532400.002,1283thin
Medium and Large 2-3502329.001,65210thin
One grade step is worth $180.59/cwt here — about $1,146 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 sale408 hd
498.89
—
MO average17 barns · 3,536 hd
499.08
−0.19
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
+10.54
This barn, trailing median33 sales
449.57
+49.33
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—Average1,606215.443,45921
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,424180.972,57629
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,178174.492,05541
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low960137.261,31725

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,171$3,0559
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,177$3,0398
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,375$2,7969
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,328$2,7955
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,291$2,7197
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)913$3,3072thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)900$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)895$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,500$4,1001thin

Every lot

126 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned280737.52/cwt695.00–800.002,0657
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned325685.00/cwt685.00–685.002,2263
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328717.71/cwt695.00–740.002,35410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375570.94/cwt560.00–595.002,1419
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375472.23/cwt447.00–500.001,7716
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378654.49/cwt636.00–715.002,47455
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389622.67/cwt615.00–635.002,42213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432534.33/cwt502.00–550.002,30849
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435566.86/cwt550.00–580.002,4667
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438588.74/cwt580.00–622.002,57976
Steers400–450Medium and Large 4442250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1055
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned445450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0035
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474505.14/cwt475.00–530.002,39432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,5528
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484547.07/cwt520.00–577.002,648273
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned484488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,3625
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3502329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,65210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516524.74/cwt495.00–550.002,70818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521522.20/cwt500.00–550.002,721156
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1283
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537473.46/cwt441.00–485.002,54215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4493
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned569480.58/cwt471.00–495.002,73528
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580499.47/cwt482.00–510.002,897141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581466.51/cwt445.00–481.002,71034
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,6323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617456.16/cwt449.00–467.002,81526
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629456.43/cwt440.00–477.002,87141
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637422.15/cwt410.00–425.002,68938
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned655418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,7383
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657449.11/cwt420.00–453.502,95123
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681410.78/cwt408.00–420.002,797120
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728393.42/cwt380.00–408.002,86456
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,7083
Steers700–750Large 1745388.72/cwt386.00–390.002,89628
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772369.77/cwt369.00–371.002,85517
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780383.59/cwt373.00–395.002,99264
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821363.43/cwt360.00–364.002,98442
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2844357.87/cwt341.00–360.003,02026
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2879339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,9804
Steers900–950Large 1906348.00/cwt348.00–348.003,1538
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925300.50/cwt300.50–300.502,7805
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928348.00/cwt340.00–354.003,22941
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,012324.40/cwt319.00–331.003,28311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2263590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,5523
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,8193
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320626.10/cwt610.00–647.002,00416
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned328585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,9195
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383576.43/cwt567.00–597.002,20858
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned386529.47/cwt500.00–560.002,04414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,75421
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned409538.51/cwt522.00–552.002,20328
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410540.32/cwt520.00–560.002,21512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411454.64/cwt450.00–492.001,86936
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432425.69/cwt420.00–430.001,8397
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456531.85/cwt475.00–536.002,425102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469492.12/cwt479.00–520.002,3089
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned472410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477447.77/cwt420.00–462.002,13625
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518463.06/cwt447.00–498.002,399140
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519450.72/cwt442.00–462.002,3397
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521420.64/cwt408.00–440.002,19226
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527399.56/cwt380.00–420.002,1066
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566416.62/cwt410.00–420.002,35812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned578390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2545
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582398.47/cwt380.00–410.002,31914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2463
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617397.55/cwt396.00–398.002,45326
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624360.37/cwt352.00–365.502,24918
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned652340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2173
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673362.42/cwt350.50–375.002,43961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy674357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,4065
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715352.03/cwt351.50–353.002,51725
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3693
Heifers700–750Large 1725363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,6329
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,6414
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,8159
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6829
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847328.00/cwt325.00–331.002,77812
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2848315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,6756
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2859327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,8094
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2884311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,7497
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2948318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,0153
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,021240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4504
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,2404
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,3314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned424482.07/cwt430.00–535.002,0446
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,0732
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475500.81/cwt462.00–530.002,3799
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483511.17/cwt488.00–535.002,46921
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned501485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,4306
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516491.34/cwt465.00–502.002,5357
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,5506
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566456.00/cwt421.00–466.002,58116
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,6314
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned705362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,5523
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,130211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,3841
Bulls——Light Weight1,218168.17/cwt160.00–177.002,0482
Bulls——1,462194.14/cwt191.00–196.002,8383
Bulls——1,679220.21/cwt206.00–231.003,69711
Bulls——1,825243.02/cwt241.00–247.004,4354
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893119.71/cwt100.00–136.001,0696
Cows—Lean 85-90%94383.61/cwt79.00–88.007882
Cows—Lean 85-90%985149.76/cwt140.00–165.001,47517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138181.55/cwt179.00–185.002,06617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206169.49/cwt159.00–178.002,04424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,2101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,404179.27/cwt171.00–182.002,51721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487189.22/cwt184.50–203.002,8147
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 28951,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0542,641.40/head2,500.00–2,900.002,6414
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1582,784.61/head2,500.00–3,000.002,7857
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2184,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2932,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2993,437.01/head3,400.00–3,500.003,4374
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3392,786.93/head2,500.00–2,950.002,7875
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3522,757.58/head2,400.00–2,900.002,7583
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3752,796.28/head2,550.00–2,900.002,7969
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4453,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2901214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,9284
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,072238.46/cwt235.00–271.002,55610
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28952,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-29002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-29133,306.85/head3,200.00–3,400.003,3072
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,5004,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001

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.
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