Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-05-19

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, May 19
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,096 head
▼ 346 vs last sale 2,442▲ 2,096 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 204▲ 213 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 80▲ 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: NO SALE on Tuesday May 26th.

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher, there was a good offering of replacement cows and pairs from two herd dispersals. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was heavy in most classes with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $479.14/cwt on 357 head, down $5.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +29.57 against this barn's trailing median of $449.57.
Average price
$479.14
▼ 5.44 vs prior sale
357 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$78.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.55
vs MO average
+4.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548488.532,677237
Medium and Large 1-2544462.332,517116
Large 1-2590410.002,4194thin
One grade step is worth $78.53/cwt here — about $258 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 sale357 hd
479.14
—
MO average19 barns · 5,430 hd
480.69
−1.55
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
+4.66
This barn, trailing median33 sales
449.57
+29.57
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—Average1,604225.093,61013
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,456186.682,71825
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,174182.662,14548
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,009159.191,60737

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)1,227$3,61728
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,153$3,31510
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)978$2,9184thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,216$2,90629
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,110$2,7925
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,230$2,7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,098$2,39520
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$4,3083thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,225$3,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,261$3,6805
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,035$3,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,055$3,0001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,230$2,3773thin

Every lot

102 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326636.20/cwt635.00–637.002,0748
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334654.56/cwt650.00–657.002,1868
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned373622.00/cwt622.00–622.002,3205
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382617.29/cwt612.00–635.002,35816
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384588.01/cwt550.00–622.002,25823
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424593.80/cwt587.00–605.002,51811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned427542.00/cwt542.00–542.002,3143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433567.59/cwt557.00–580.002,45820
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445528.97/cwt521.00–542.002,35467
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472500.17/cwt482.00–520.002,3618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481546.75/cwt530.00–560.002,63070
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512514.03/cwt495.00–524.002,63239
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519491.92/cwt487.00–502.002,55327
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535469.90/cwt441.00–492.002,51485
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560482.95/cwt464.00–491.002,705165
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570441.56/cwt429.50–460.002,51731
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned583461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,6886
Steers550–600Large 1-2590410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4194
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611443.69/cwt421.00–455.002,71175
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623408.76/cwt399.00–417.002,54731
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,62213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670412.73/cwt400.00–424.002,765103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6803
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672393.93/cwt390.00–401.002,64722
Steers650–700Large 1-2693374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,5923
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned700391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,73710
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716363.43/cwt358.50–376.002,60235
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733378.18/cwt371.00–413.002,77228
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7116
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787388.50/cwt388.50–388.503,05721
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813338.78/cwt330.00–350.002,75412
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867347.00/cwt347.00–347.003,00811
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,092280.00/cwt280.00–280.003,05810
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321607.97/cwt600.00–620.001,9525
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned323600.15/cwt575.00–615.001,9388
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned324555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,7984
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned355555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,9703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370538.00/cwt538.00–538.001,9919
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5543
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384514.96/cwt480.00–547.001,97746
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409486.00/cwt481.00–491.001,98817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435461.18/cwt438.00–476.002,00618
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned445420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8696
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463449.84/cwt441.00–467.002,08324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned473432.84/cwt420.00–451.002,04721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478465.62/cwt458.00–480.002,22628
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481433.58/cwt405.00–447.002,086137
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9854
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,2727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527412.49/cwt402.00–420.002,17450
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533438.66/cwt422.00–452.502,33865
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574398.66/cwt380.00–405.002,28823
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579424.86/cwt405.00–442.002,460110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,20421
Heifers600–650Large 1-2608382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,3233
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612392.72/cwt381.00–400.002,40331
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635373.41/cwt370.00–374.502,37128
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,40414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,50518
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671356.45/cwt348.00–368.002,39219
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727374.51/cwt371.00–379.002,72320
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4163
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3194
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1797340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,71023
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833361.00/cwt361.00–361.003,00719
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2854300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5626
Heifers1100–1150Large 1-21,102278.00/cwt278.00–278.003,0647
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2326502.00/cwt502.00–502.001,6374
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2444536.48/cwt532.00–550.002,38212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2462513.21/cwt500.00–520.002,37112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523475.47/cwt439.00–490.002,48739
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2723
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2624409.15/cwt390.00–432.002,55318
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685365.04/cwt356.00–369.002,50110
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2752355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6703
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2961285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,7394
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,230246.00/cwt246.00–246.003,0261
Bulls——1,635223.35/cwt216.00–235.003,65212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%933120.79/cwt114.00–133.001,1273
Cows—Lean 85-90%985183.49/cwt181.00–186.001,8072
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018161.27/cwt150.00–178.001,64232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159189.73/cwt186.00–195.002,19911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179180.56/cwt171.00–185.002,12937
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405183.83/cwt175.00–187.002,58315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,532190.95/cwt189.00–194.002,92510
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28752,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29782,918.09/head2,400.00–3,100.002,9184
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1102,791.77/head2,700.00–2,900.002,7925
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1232,433.12/head2,050.00–2,800.002,43318
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1533,314.56/head2,950.00–3,500.003,31510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2162,905.88/head2,200.00–3,300.002,90629
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2253,464.55/head2,900.00–3,650.003,46522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2302,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2324,175.00/head4,175.00–4,175.004,1756
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0353,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,041254.55/cwt210.00–305.002,65014
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0553,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,376.96/head2,100.00–2,500.002,3773
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1504,308.33/head3,900.00–4,675.004,3083
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2253,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2613,680.00/head3,200.00–3,800.003,6805

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.