Four State Stockyards Market Report

Exeter, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 20, 2026

1,784 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $380.91/cwt -6.33 vs last sale · ≈ $2,803/hd at 736 lb · 235 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $428.57/cwt +2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,696/hd at 629 lb · 167 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $433.77/cwt -1.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,264/hd at 522 lb · 129 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,784	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	3	690.00	$690.00	$1,877	—
293 unweaned	293	3	675.00	$675.00	$1,978	—
302–348	336	27	585.00–647.00	$615.90	$2,069	+12.36
364–392	369	25	572.00–627.00	$606.38	$2,238	+41.15
406–432 unweaned	416	8	545.00–552.00	$549.27	$2,285	—
417–442	433	29	532.00–579.00	$554.48	$2,401	+3.88
460–466 unweaned	464	8	480.00–519.00	$494.51	$2,295	—
456–488	473	23	486.00–565.00	$522.79	$2,473	+9.68
500–539	524	80	468.00–530.00	$500.51	$2,623	+2.55
561 unweaned	561	4	437.00	$437.00	$2,452	—
570–593	587	39	434.00–492.00	$451.14	$2,648	-8.34
602–647	629	167	412.00–457.00	$428.57	$2,696	+2.67
650–664	655	29	398.00–410.00	$402.03	$2,633	-7.00
703–749	736	235	365.00–390.00	$380.91	$2,803	-6.33
753–784	773	49	353.00–362.00	$356.04	$2,752	-10.58
828	828	12	350.50	$350.50	$2,902	-4.06
852–880	872	17	340.00–349.00	$341.90	$2,981	-8.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	560.00	$560.00	$1,876	+35.77
407–414	411	8	437.00–492.00	$471.59	$1,938	-3.89
463–498	479	21	453.00–470.00	$462.95	$2,218	-20.44
521–544	531	17	387.00–458.00	$427.21	$2,268	-26.27
558–593	580	12	390.00–410.00	$397.37	$2,305	-12.43
604–631	622	12	392.00–405.00	$396.97	$2,469	+4.06
658–692	680	64	354.00–389.00	$381.53	$2,594	-0.59
702	702	3	353.00	$353.00	$2,478	—
767–782	772	14	341.00–346.00	$342.81	$2,646	-12.19
805–823	806	49	331.00–345.00	$344.12	$2,774	-2.38
914–920	915	17	310.00–322.00	$319.87	$2,927	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	5	391.00	$391.00	$2,260	—
681	681	8	341.00	$341.00	$2,322	+11.00
745	745	6	336.00	$336.00	$2,503	—
808	808	3	304.00	$304.00	$2,456	+4.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	595.00	$595.00	$1,458	—
262	262	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,454	—
332 unweaned	332	3	545.00	$545.00	$1,809	—
344	344	9	567.00	$567.00	$1,950	+16.01
350–385	364	15	482.00–542.00	$512.06	$1,864	-1.13
402–425	415	16	480.00–505.00	$489.37	$2,031	-32.72
422 unweaned	422	6	510.00	$510.00	$2,152	—
451–486	469	28	421.00–450.00	$435.13	$2,041	-18.43
500–544	522	129	417.00–442.00	$433.77	$2,264	-1.83
581–592	585	33	392.00–414.00	$399.29	$2,336	-4.68
605–629	619	18	372.00–387.00	$379.75	$2,351	-6.20
651–684	673	50	354.00–364.00	$359.47	$2,419	+1.89
740–742	741	13	340.00–346.00	$342.77	$2,540	-11.91

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	500.00	$500.00	$1,525	-5.25
351–391	381	30	442.00–475.00	$454.99	$1,734	+10.13
413–439	427	9	450.00–457.00	$453.01	$1,934	+33.98
468 unweaned	468	3	417.00	$417.00	$1,952	—
465–499	488	33	395.00–415.00	$405.56	$1,979	-14.96
502–516	508	12	400.00–405.00	$402.32	$2,044	—
588	588	45	380.00	$380.00	$2,234	+2.13
606–632	625	49	352.00–372.00	$359.75	$2,248	-4.23
676–686	679	26	341.00–345.00	$343.91	$2,335	-10.31
718	718	6	330.00	$330.00	$2,369	—
778	778	19	324.50	$324.50	$2,525	-4.76
853–859	857	9	328.00	$328.00	$2,811	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,312	—
483	483	3	387.00	$387.00	$1,869	+17.00
566–578	571	16	340.00–367.00	$355.26	$2,029	—
629–638	634	12	330.00–350.00	$344.97	$2,187	—
677–693	687	8	300.00–333.00	$312.19	$2,145	-18.81
706	706	9	311.00	$311.00	$2,196	—
778	778	3	309.00	$309.00	$2,404	+7.00
806–843	833	15	302.00–308.00	$303.55	$2,529	—
923	923	3	264.00	$264.00	$2,437	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
831	831	4	256.00	$256.00	$2,127	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,815	—
478	478	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,912	+8.00
572	572	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,231	-4.99
604–643	619	12	360.00–392.00	$373.53	$2,312	-3.47
828	828	3	301.00	$301.00	$2,492	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	5	500.00	$500.00	$2,020	—
477	477	6	495.00	$495.00	$2,361	+22.68
541–547	544	7	413.00–417.00	$414.73	$2,256	-51.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1345	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1355	1180	80-85%	4	161.00–163.00	$162.19	$1,914	-0.36
1205–1210	1208	80-85%	2	119.00–136.00	$127.52	$1,540	-20.43
1070–1350	1235	80-85%	16	140.00–156.00	$149.35	$1,844	+1.40

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1600	1452	75-80%	9	149.00–161.00	$156.25	$2,269	+16.25
1580–1670	1632	75-80%	5	162.00–165.50	$163.38	$2,666	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$689	-32.56
920–1030	990	85-90%	8	100.00–116.00	$104.99	$1,039	+1.43
895–1105	1003	85-90%	3	130.00–139.00	$133.02	$1,334	+5.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1875	1628	7	174.00–201.00	$185.81	$3,025	—
1485–1805	1645	2	166.00–171.00	$168.74	$2,776	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,704
1045–1068	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	225.00–260.00	$248.50	$2,634

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00
935–1308	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,150.00–2,550.00	$2,419.45
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
905–1555	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,175.00–3,050.00	$2,605.64
1275	1275	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1205–1550	1304	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,550.00–3,050.00	$2,647.04

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00
920–1035	978	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,950.00–3,150.00	$3,044.12
985	985	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.