Sale reports / Missouri / Four State Stockyards / 2026-06-09

Four State Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Exeter, Missouri · Tue, Jun 9
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3916
Feeder Cattle receipts
927 head
▼ 1,365 vs last sale 2,292▲ 927 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 253▲ 134 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 109▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 12.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher in spots, bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate with 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 $468.71/cwt on 112 head, up $19.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 32 comparable sales and sits +19.05 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.
Average price
$468.71
▲ 19.30 vs prior sale
112 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$51.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.38
vs MO average
+14.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538482.942,59681
Medium and Large 1-2549431.522,36831
One grade step is worth $51.42/cwt here — about $228 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 sale112 hd
468.71
—
MO average20 barns · 4,482 hd
469.09
−0.38
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
+14.99
This barn, trailing median32 sales
449.66
+19.05
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—Average1,896227.344,3108thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,519181.632,75925
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,190174.252,07436
CowsLean 85-90%Average994154.001,53127

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)1,301$3,1447
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,039$3,1036
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)913$2,7013thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,171$2,69028
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,085$2,6138
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,154$2,2805
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,216$2,2446
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$2,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,245$3,4003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,230$2,7001thin

Every lot

79 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1276742.07/cwt720.00–755.002,0485
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2292640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,8693
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317627.61/cwt610.00–660.001,9903
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,9212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,0952
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406541.29/cwt532.00–544.002,1989
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437504.30/cwt497.00–512.002,2044
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2449422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,8956
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470488.68/cwt481.00–500.002,2975
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1492
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487472.35/cwt452.00–485.002,30010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500512.31/cwt510.00–512.502,56239
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527444.83/cwt441.00–447.002,3448
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530447.95/cwt420.00–467.002,37412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569459.94/cwt443.00–471.002,61736
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585403.92/cwt400.00–411.002,36311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned594430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,5546
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned605433.20/cwt425.00–440.002,62120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628425.29/cwt421.00–432.002,67118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636401.28/cwt400.00–412.002,55212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3682
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669417.86/cwt404.00–424.002,795134
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1703383.30/cwt375.00–384.002,69513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned707400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,8283
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned755361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,7269
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1793352.09/cwt350.50–370.002,79273
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831338.15/cwt338.00–339.002,81013
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,108273.00/cwt273.00–273.003,0252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned297530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5743
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2298565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,6842
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,6282
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2394452.90/cwt448.00–460.001,78412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423464.67/cwt450.00–507.001,96615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437411.64/cwt400.00–430.001,79913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470400.43/cwt390.00–419.001,88234
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned507403.63/cwt403.00–404.002,0468
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512392.18/cwt380.00–401.002,00814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514419.94/cwt410.00–422.002,15817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541353.79/cwt352.00–355.001,9145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,1072
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,22916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,2736
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy589370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1794
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,32913
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626357.99/cwt350.00–360.002,24110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1698350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4435
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4142
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773314.72/cwt312.00–320.002,4333
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775331.92/cwt330.00–333.002,57220
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2403
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834320.75/cwt320.75–320.752,67564
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,1122
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478466.47/cwt440.00–492.002,23014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533432.59/cwt416.00–462.002,30610
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575404.87/cwt390.00–410.002,3284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2607385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3373
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2668356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,3784
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2839285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3914
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,896227.34/cwt208.00–248.004,3108
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%951122.74/cwt107.00–134.001,1675
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004161.11/cwt151.00–171.001,61822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115181.66/cwt181.00–183.002,0266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205172.77/cwt161.00–180.002,08230
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,512178.84/cwt172.00–183.002,70418
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,536188.82/cwt185.00–198.502,9007
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1933,375.00/head3,350.00–3,400.003,3752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2302,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3503,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29132,701.46/head2,500.00–2,800.002,7013
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0352,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0393,102.97/head2,800.00–3,350.003,1036
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0702,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,613.11/head2,600.00–2,650.002,6138
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1542,280.00/head2,280.00–2,280.002,2805
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1712,690.35/head2,450.00–3,100.002,69028
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2452,272.87/head2,225.00–2,400.002,2735
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3013,143.99/head2,700.00–3,650.003,1447
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2858277.43/cwt270.00–280.002,3804
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,3222

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.