Four State Stockyards Market Report

Exeter, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 24, 2026

2,169 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $361.15/cwt ≈ $3,030/hd at 839 lb · 296 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $422.40/cwt ≈ $2,826/hd at 669 lb · 162 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $385.44/cwt ≈ $2,575/hd at 668 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	2,169	641
Feeder cattle	2,072	—
Slaughter cattle	78	—
Replacement cattle	19	641

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher, a few spots were 15.00 to 20.00 higher on the more attractive calves. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady, but the higher yielding cows traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady with top yielding bulls up 2.00 to 5.00 over last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277–280	278	9	685.00–702.00	$698.19	$1,941	—
339	339	7	620.00	$620.00	$2,102	—
352–382	370	23	600.00–650.00	$623.21	$2,306	—
392 unweaned	392	4	590.00	$590.00	$2,313	—
400–438	415	17	570.00–630.00	$593.49	$2,463	—
472 unweaned	472	8	557.00	$557.00	$2,629	—
455–492	481	45	547.00–570.00	$556.84	$2,678	—
500–530	520	47	512.00–562.00	$533.80	$2,776	—
568–595	590	17	459.00–473.00	$461.38	$2,722	—
618–646	626	99	423.00–461.00	$436.69	$2,734	—
652–682	669	162	410.00–432.00	$422.40	$2,826	—
706–746	739	39	393.00–403.00	$394.82	$2,918	—
756–772	765	25	380.00–385.00	$381.98	$2,922	—
800–845	839	296	357.50–375.50	$361.15	$3,030	—
945	945	3	330.00	$330.00	$3,118	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286–290	289	22	621.00–622.00	$621.22	$1,795	—
342	342	8	550.00	$550.00	$1,881	—
350–393	364	35	512.00–584.00	$566.85	$2,063	—
392 unweaned	392	3	535.00	$535.00	$2,097	—
466–475	470	12	507.00–520.00	$515.65	$2,424	—
525 unweaned	525	3	485.00	$485.00	$2,546	—
507–549	535	21	450.00–487.00	$466.17	$2,494	—
550–591	574	25	437.00–458.00	$449.45	$2,580	—
579 unweaned	579	11	442.00	$442.00	$2,559	—
615 unweaned	615	6	399.00	$399.00	$2,454	—
618–645	635	12	391.00–423.00	$410.09	$2,604	—
667	667	8	385.00	$385.00	$2,568	—
677–679	679	27	397.50–400.00	$397.78	$2,701	—
707–719	717	22	390.00–391.00	$390.87	$2,803	—
753–775	773	37	369.00–373.50	$372.86	$2,882	—
807	807	9	357.50	$357.50	$2,885	—
855	855	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,822	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442–446	444	10	460.00–480.00	$472.04	$2,096	—
520	520	3	437.00	$437.00	$2,272	—
555	555	3	402.00	$402.00	$2,231	—
660	660	3	377.00	$377.00	$2,488	—
718	718	3	347.00	$347.00	$2,491	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	16	252.00	$252.00	$1,144	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490 unweaned	490	4	492.00	$492.00	$2,411	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
867	867	3	336.00	$336.00	$2,913	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	590.00	$590.00	$1,534	—
325	325	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,804	—
358–385	370	7	532.00–590.00	$557.89	$2,064	—
405–439	423	38	485.00–532.00	$520.32	$2,201	—
426 unweaned	426	4	467.00	$467.00	$1,989	—
453–496	476	43	450.00–520.00	$482.31	$2,296	—
501–548	520	81	440.00–485.00	$459.60	$2,390	—
581	581	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,411	—
557–598	582	33	426.00–445.00	$433.92	$2,525	—
603–628	625	92	400.00–420.00	$412.40	$2,578	—
655–692	668	125	377.00–399.00	$385.44	$2,575	—
700–749	724	48	360.00–389.00	$374.65	$2,712	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	6	540.00	$540.00	$1,539	—
309–345	327	14	505.00–530.00	$520.11	$1,701	—
350–385	366	29	487.00–522.00	$500.75	$1,833	—
431	431	6	440.00	$440.00	$1,896	—
488 unweaned	488	9	441.00	$441.00	$2,152	—
479–496	490	14	430.00	$430.00	$2,107	—
508–529	517	17	410.00–437.00	$426.31	$2,204	—
575–586	580	43	393.00–416.00	$404.58	$2,347	—
586 unweaned	586	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,051	—
593	593	3	360.00	$360.00	$2,135	—
637	637	13	384.00	$384.00	$2,446	—
650–678	669	9	364.00–372.00	$366.59	$2,452	—
692	692	3	367.00	$367.00	$2,540	—
742	742	3	339.00	$339.00	$2,515	—
940	940	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,820	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,644	—
450–478	464	6	400.00–412.00	$406.18	$1,885	—
543	543	6	388.00	$388.00	$2,107	—
555–572	569	20	340.00–370.00	$359.54	$2,046	—
610–613	612	6	310.00–349.00	$329.45	$2,016	—
685	685	3	325.00	$325.00	$2,226	—
775	775	6	322.00	$322.00	$2,496	—
963	963	3	229.00	$229.00	$2,205	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	7	329.00	$329.00	$1,448	—
563	563	5	297.00	$297.00	$1,672	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424 unweaned	424	7	410.00	$410.00	$1,738	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	3	387.00	$387.00	$1,947	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	3	552.00	$552.00	$1,932	—
435–445	439	7	540.00–580.00	$562.63	$2,470	—
469 unweaned	469	5	497.00	$497.00	$2,331	—
540–545	543	8	440.00–452.00	$447.53	$2,430	—
600–635	618	6	375.00–400.00	$387.15	$2,393	—
687	687	3	352.00	$352.00	$2,418	—
752	752	3	351.00	$351.00	$2,640	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1285	1131	80-85%	11	150.00–165.00	$160.15	$1,811	—
1075–1245	1153	80-85%	8	166.00–173.00	$169.41	$1,953	—
1240	1240	80-85%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,724	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1410	1390	75-80%	2	168.00–176.00	$171.94	$2,390	—
1348–1580	1417	75-80%	13	161.00–165.50	$163.66	$2,319	—
1455	1455	75-80%	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,212	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1060	982	85-90%	3	100.00–110.00	$105.42	$1,035	—
885–1135	1010	85-90%	2	164.00–167.00	$165.31	$1,670	—
890–1130	1015	85-90%	8	139.00–153.00	$146.12	$1,483	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1935	1734	10	188.00–207.00	$197.87	$3,431	—
1620–2015	1818	2	156.00–181.00	$169.86	$3,088	—
1825–1870	1848	2	211.00–223.00	$216.93	$4,009	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1005–1215	1105	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,300.00–3,050.00	$2,621.32
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1140	1140	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1180–1285	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,900.00–3,300.00	$3,108.52

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1075	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,350.00–3,450.00	$3,400.71
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,350.00	$3,350.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,650.00	$2,650.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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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.