Four State Stockyards Market Report

Exeter, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 14, 2026

2,805 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $546.73/cwt -3.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,645/hd at 484 lb · 281 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $522.46/cwt -1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,719/hd at 520 lb · 174 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $496.34/cwt -10.07 vs last sale · ≈ $2,870/hd at 578 lb · 169 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	2,805	1,589
Feeder cattle	2,593	1,422
Slaughter cattle	154	146
Replacement cattle	58	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

NOTE: There will be a special replacement cow and bull sale this Friday evening, April 17th, at 5:00 pm at the Four State Stockyards, over 600 head consigned. Compared to last week, light weight steers 300 to 450 lbs sold steady to 12.00 higher, steers above 450 lbs to 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. Steers above weights of 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 15.00 higher. On the heifer side today, light weights 300 to 400 lbs sold 7.00 to 22.00 higher, 450 weight to 700 lbs sold from 5.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good to very good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

→ Feeder heifers: On the heifer side today
▲ Feeder steers: light weight steers 300 to 450 lbs sold steady to 12.00 higher
→ Replacement cows: There will be a special replacement cow and bull sale this Friday evening
→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–292 unweaned	280	7	695.00–800.00	$737.52	$2,065	—
325 unweaned	325	3	685.00	$685.00	$2,226	-50.00
305–348	328	10	695.00–740.00	$717.71	$2,354	+75.71
353–388	378	55	636.00–715.00	$654.49	$2,474	-0.15
383–395 unweaned	389	13	615.00–635.00	$622.67	$2,422	-4.83
428–445 unweaned	435	7	550.00–580.00	$566.86	$2,466	—
410–449	438	76	580.00–622.00	$588.74	$2,579	-14.06
477 unweaned	477	8	535.00	$535.00	$2,552	-33.00
452–495	484	273	520.00–577.00	$547.07	$2,648	-2.17
502–533 unweaned	516	18	495.00–550.00	$524.74	$2,708	—
505–549	521	156	500.00–550.00	$522.20	$2,721	-1.97
557–589 unweaned	569	28	471.00–495.00	$480.58	$2,735	—
554–598	580	141	482.00–510.00	$499.47	$2,897	-6.94
605–619 unweaned	617	26	449.00–467.00	$456.16	$2,815	—
605–645	629	41	440.00–477.00	$456.43	$2,871	+4.54
650–659	657	23	420.00–453.50	$449.11	$2,951	+30.68
700–749	728	56	380.00–408.00	$393.42	$2,864	+12.31
775–784	780	64	373.00–395.00	$383.59	$2,992	+5.43
817–822	821	42	360.00–364.00	$363.43	$2,984	-3.57
918–937	928	41	340.00–354.00	$348.00	$3,229	—
1002–1020	1012	11	319.00–331.00	$324.40	$3,283	+9.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–392	375	9	560.00–595.00	$570.94	$2,141	-41.26
422–448	432	49	502.00–550.00	$534.33	$2,308	+16.90
452–493	474	32	475.00–530.00	$505.14	$2,394	-8.64
484 unweaned	484	5	488.00	$488.00	$2,362	—
528–540	537	15	441.00–485.00	$473.46	$2,542	+32.46
563 unweaned	563	3	435.00	$435.00	$2,449	—
567–598	581	34	445.00–481.00	$466.51	$2,710	+17.28
605 unweaned	605	3	435.00	$435.00	$2,632	—
602–645	637	38	410.00–425.00	$422.15	$2,689	+2.46
655 unweaned	655	3	418.00	$418.00	$2,738	—
651–688	681	120	408.00–420.00	$410.78	$2,797	+20.18
738	738	3	367.00	$367.00	$2,708	-1.38
769–775	772	17	369.00–371.00	$369.77	$2,855	-6.30
822–847	844	26	341.00–360.00	$357.87	$3,020	—
879	879	4	339.00	$339.00	$2,980	-2.55
925	925	5	300.50	$300.50	$2,780	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
741–747	745	28	386.00–390.00	$388.72	$2,896	—
906	906	8	348.00	$348.00	$3,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–393	375	6	447.00–500.00	$472.23	$1,771	—
445 unweaned	445	5	450.00	$450.00	$2,002	—
532	532	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,128	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	10	329.00	$329.00	$1,652	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,105	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	3	645.00	$645.00	$1,819	—
310–324	320	16	610.00–647.00	$626.10	$2,004	+24.93
328 unweaned	328	5	585.00	$585.00	$1,919	—
368–399	383	58	567.00–597.00	$576.43	$2,208	-25.97
401–420 unweaned	409	28	522.00–552.00	$538.51	$2,203	—
400–432	410	12	520.00–560.00	$540.32	$2,215	-16.40
451–468	456	102	475.00–536.00	$531.85	$2,425	+50.06
450–478 unweaned	469	9	479.00–520.00	$492.12	$2,308	—
502–546	518	140	447.00–498.00	$463.06	$2,399	-2.03
512–528 unweaned	519	7	442.00–462.00	$450.72	$2,339	—
562–575	566	12	410.00–420.00	$416.62	$2,358	+4.02
602–622	617	26	396.00–398.00	$397.55	$2,453	+0.13
746	746	4	354.00	$354.00	$2,641	-13.86
782	782	9	360.00	$360.00	$2,815	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	3	590.00	$590.00	$1,552	-32.00
374–395 unweaned	386	14	500.00–560.00	$529.47	$2,044	—
406–425	411	36	450.00–492.00	$454.64	$1,869	-17.70
472 unweaned	472	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,935	—
460–495	477	25	420.00–462.00	$447.77	$2,136	+0.56
502–535	521	26	408.00–440.00	$420.64	$2,192	-9.41
515–538 unweaned	527	6	380.00–420.00	$399.56	$2,106	—
578 unweaned	578	5	390.00	$390.00	$2,254	—
568–591	582	14	380.00–410.00	$398.47	$2,319	+8.47
612 unweaned	612	3	367.00	$367.00	$2,246	—
614–631	624	18	352.00–365.50	$360.37	$2,249	+1.23
650–699	673	61	350.50–375.00	$362.42	$2,439	+4.42
674	674	5	357.00	$357.00	$2,406	-1.00
703–733	715	25	351.50–353.00	$352.03	$2,517	+2.03
783	783	9	342.50	$342.50	$2,682	+1.20
846–848	847	12	325.00–331.00	$328.00	$2,778	—
859	859	4	327.00	$327.00	$2,809	-7.92
948	948	3	318.00	$318.00	$3,015	—
1021	1021	4	240.00	$240.00	$2,450	-29.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	21	452.00	$452.00	$1,754	—
430–435	432	7	420.00–430.00	$425.69	$1,839	—
652 unweaned	652	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,217	—
718	718	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,369	—
848	848	6	315.50	$315.50	$2,675	+34.50
884	884	7	311.00	$311.00	$2,749	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	9	363.00	$363.00	$2,632	—

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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	4	640.00	$640.00	$2,240	—
370 unweaned	370	4	630.00	$630.00	$2,331	—
420–427 unweaned	424	6	430.00–535.00	$482.07	$2,044	—
430	430	2	482.00	$482.00	$2,073	-47.14
470–482 unweaned	475	9	462.00–530.00	$500.81	$2,379	—
468–497	483	21	488.00–535.00	$511.17	$2,469	+18.90
501 unweaned	501	6	485.00	$485.00	$2,430	—
514–520	516	7	465.00–502.00	$491.34	$2,535	+27.29
563 unweaned	563	6	453.00	$453.00	$2,550	—
555–588	566	16	421.00–466.00	$456.00	$2,581	+14.02
625	625	4	421.00	$421.00	$2,631	—
705 unweaned	705	3	362.00	$362.00	$2,552	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1335	1138	80-85%	17	179.00–185.00	$181.55	$2,066	—
1080–1382	1206	80-85%	24	159.00–178.00	$169.49	$2,044	+2.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	75-80%	1	159.00	$159.00	$2,210	—
1325–1720	1404	75-80%	21	171.00–182.00	$179.27	$2,517	—
1305–1615	1487	75-80%	7	184.50–203.00	$189.22	$2,814	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–990	893	85-90%	6	100.00–136.00	$119.71	$1,069	+2.24
920–965	943	85-90%	2	79.00–88.00	$83.61	$788	—
785–1092	985	85-90%	17	140.00–165.00	$149.76	$1,475	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	211.00	$211.00	$2,384	-19.69
1170–1265	1218	2	160.00–177.00	$168.17	$2,048	—
1355–1630	1462	3	191.00–196.00	$194.14	$2,838	—
1235–2140	1679	11	206.00–231.00	$220.21	$3,697	—
1750–1950	1825	4	241.00–247.00	$243.02	$4,435	+2.52

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
901	901	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	214.00	$214.00	$1,928
1030–1077	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	235.00–271.00	$238.46	$2,556

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1150	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,641.40
940–1402	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,784.61
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1255–1330	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1160–1465	1339	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,500.00–2,950.00	$2,786.93
1155–1450	1352	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,757.58
1130–1475	1375	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,550.00–2,900.00	$2,796.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195–1240	1218	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	4,000.00	$4,000.00
1160–1485	1299	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,400.00–3,500.00	$3,437.01
1445	1445	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
850–975	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,200.00–3,400.00	$3,306.85

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500	1500	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—

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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.