Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-04-28

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Apr 28
● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
968 head
▼ 1,361 vs last sale 2,329▲ 968 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 156▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 100▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. This week was a much lighter offering compared to the previous weeks due to rainy conditions in the area, but demand still remains high for all classes of calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $471.86/cwt on 162 head, down $4.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +22.21 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.
Average price
$471.86
▼ 4.97 vs prior sale
162 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$491
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$68.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.61
vs MO average
−9.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552488.652,696107
Medium and Large 1-2564440.312,48252
Medium and Large 2525420.002,2053thin
One grade step is worth $68.65/cwt here — about $491 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 sale162 hd
471.86
—
MO average18 barns · 2,956 hd
481.47
−9.61
National average169 barns · 10,621 hd
481.02
−9.16
This barn, trailing median32 sales
449.66
+22.21
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—High1,511214.753,24529
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,435182.762,62217
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,161177.492,06059
CowsLean 85-90%Low984153.871,51437

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)1,196$3,60813
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,275$3,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,276$3,0369
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,066$2,9318
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,118$2,7312thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)963$2,7002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,175$2,69317
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,150$3,8004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$3,8001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$4,1001thin

Every lot

107 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1298682.00/cwt682.00–682.002,0326
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321678.31/cwt670.00–700.002,17714
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned339615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,0854
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,1932
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned365605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,2083
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378623.22/cwt605.00–655.002,35610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386584.13/cwt550.00–602.002,2559
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned387610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,3618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411523.10/cwt520.00–527.002,1507
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418591.42/cwt575.00–602.002,4728
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422586.89/cwt565.00–610.002,47755
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474489.49/cwt480.00–500.002,3206
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475556.08/cwt530.00–577.002,64124
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476538.63/cwt522.00–547.002,56435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485507.00/cwt507.00–507.002,4594
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520515.71/cwt510.00–537.002,68220
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520463.13/cwt460.00–470.002,40810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523508.78/cwt490.00–521.002,66121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2053
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned537477.00/cwt477.00–477.002,5613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567473.06/cwt450.00–495.002,68233
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574475.03/cwt460.00–495.002,72733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575436.36/cwt432.00–445.002,50927
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,44612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605456.50/cwt455.00–458.002,7628
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,6667
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5803
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662417.90/cwt402.00–428.002,76648
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned662390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5823
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6134
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733390.23/cwt389.00–395.002,86014
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,7115
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935331.00/cwt331.00–331.003,0953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314612.11/cwt590.00–630.001,9227
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8043
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8755
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned331567.16/cwt555.00–580.001,8778
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7155
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365553.58/cwt545.00–595.002,02115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367521.62/cwt510.00–535.001,9147
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0543
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430521.63/cwt500.00–545.002,24318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430469.21/cwt450.00–482.002,01824
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned436510.03/cwt490.00–522.002,22424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8524
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466457.91/cwt455.00–460.002,1347
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned471470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2144
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474405.05/cwt400.00–412.001,9207
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477482.88/cwt467.00–520.002,30350
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483428.63/cwt420.00–437.002,0706
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,33414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1674
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537461.40/cwt442.00–481.002,47819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned558427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,3834
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned566407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,3048
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571379.61/cwt379.00–380.002,1688
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577421.37/cwt404.00–447.002,43130
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,38410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,1633
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,5036
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy698344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,4012
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,6803
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,8236
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,059237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,5105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned374600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2447
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned417575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,3985
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2678
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2498450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,5603
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned510462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,3563
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned562447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,5123
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,5673
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624424.78/cwt419.00–430.002,65117
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,7113
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,058243.09/cwt236.00–247.002,5723
Bulls——Light Weight1,125219.99/cwt210.00–229.002,4753
Bulls——1,235190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,3471
Bulls——1,576207.94/cwt196.00–227.003,27719
Bulls——2,032232.53/cwt228.00–238.004,7253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%920129.63/cwt121.00–134.001,1936
Cows—Lean 85-90%996158.56/cwt142.00–171.001,57931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,107171.51/cwt155.00–178.001,89932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224184.57/cwt178.00–196.002,25927
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,383174.70/cwt171.00–178.002,4163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446184.49/cwt180.00–189.002,66814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28253,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29582,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29632,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0652,919.62/head2,700.00–3,500.002,9205
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1182,730.87/head2,600.00–2,850.002,7312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,689.66/head2,600.00–2,800.002,69016
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,854.69/head2,600.00–3,400.002,8556
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1763,501.17/head2,600.00–3,900.003,5018
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2903,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3303,973.11/head3,900.00–4,100.003,9734
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3302,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4773,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4003
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2873200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7462
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2905217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9641
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005258.79/cwt202.50–299.002,6013
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,076244.96/cwt202.00–265.002,6365
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 21,0002,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1004,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1003,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,4004,400.00/head4,400.00–4,400.004,4001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29004,100.00/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.