Four State Stockyards Market Report

Exeter, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 21, 2026

2,585 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $481.28/cwt ≈ $2,764/hd at 574 lb · 192 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $519.09/cwt ≈ $2,712/hd at 522 lb · 150 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $439.64/cwt ≈ $2,520/hd at 573 lb · 121 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	2,585	693
Feeder cattle	2,329	—
Slaughter cattle	156	—
Replacement cattle	100	693

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher and heifers sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. There was a good supply of 400 to 600 lb weaned and unweaned calves in the offering today with very good demand, along with some reputation yearling cattle as well. The overall supply was moderate to heavy with good demand. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady in the average dressing cows and bulls, the higher dressing cows and bulls were light in comparables this week.

↕ Feeder heifers: steers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher and heifers sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher
↕ Feeder steers: steers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher and heifers sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher
→ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady in the average dressing cows and bulls

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258 unweaned	258	4	790.00	$790.00	$2,038	—
264–296	285	12	700.00–790.00	$734.25	$2,093	—
300–335	316	23	665.00–750.00	$693.61	$2,192	—
302–342 unweaned	318	8	655.00–700.00	$669.36	$2,129	—
350–377	367	30	630.00–680.00	$644.07	$2,364	—
383 unweaned	383	3	617.00	$617.00	$2,363	—
400–444	420	70	570.00–650.00	$589.79	$2,477	—
425–428 unweaned	426	7	570.00–582.00	$576.84	$2,457	—
451–492	476	97	527.00–569.00	$551.18	$2,624	—
503–545	522	77	502.00–545.00	$523.98	$2,735	—
504–549 unweaned	523	73	486.00–539.00	$513.94	$2,688	—
551–586	573	146	470.00–526.00	$484.50	$2,776	—
551–595 unweaned	578	46	460.00–497.00	$471.08	$2,723	—
608 unweaned	608	6	448.00	$448.00	$2,724	—
605–630	619	52	450.00–480.00	$467.19	$2,892	—
653	653	15	415.00	$415.00	$2,710	—
702–726	712	55	391.00–419.00	$400.70	$2,853	—
780	780	13	393.00	$393.00	$3,065	—
807	807	9	366.00	$366.00	$2,954	—
925	925	3	337.00	$337.00	$3,117	—
980	980	3	326.00	$326.00	$3,195	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–248	244	6	730.00–775.00	$752.13	$1,835	—
327–348	341	16	581.00–640.00	$599.74	$2,045	—
376–389	383	19	562.00–600.00	$578.95	$2,217	—
403–448	439	43	500.00–585.00	$537.41	$2,359	—
452–499	479	71	480.00–525.00	$503.78	$2,413	—
478–492 unweaned	483	8	477.00–480.00	$478.15	$2,309	—
501–543	517	63	432.00–485.00	$463.91	$2,398	—
552 unweaned	552	4	450.00	$450.00	$2,484	—
550–598	574	117	411.00–467.00	$439.29	$2,522	—
615–638	625	47	416.00–433.00	$420.53	$2,628	—
636 unweaned	636	6	387.00	$387.00	$2,461	—
660	660	7	387.00	$387.00	$2,554	—
695	695	5	360.00	$360.00	$2,502	—
709	709	34	385.00	$385.00	$2,730	—
760	760	3	353.00	$353.00	$2,683	—
785	785	3	361.00	$361.00	$2,834	—
815–843	838	49	346.00–360.00	$357.79	$2,998	—
867	867	3	341.00	$341.00	$2,956	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	379	13	500.00–550.00	$528.94	$2,005	—
473–487	478	9	380.00–429.00	$396.65	$1,896	—
516–522	519	7	417.00–422.00	$419.16	$2,175	—
554–556	555	18	390.00–401.00	$394.88	$2,192	—
668	668	3	387.00	$387.00	$2,585	—
711	711	10	356.00	$356.00	$2,531	—
940	940	3	319.00	$319.00	$2,999	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	9	432.00	$432.00	$2,605	—
666 unweaned	666	10	388.00	$388.00	$2,584	—
654–692	673	12	389.00–395.00	$392.08	$2,639	—
734	734	4	352.00	$352.00	$2,584	—
765	765	10	356.00	$356.00	$2,723	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 unweaned	300	2	595.00	$595.00	$1,785	—
302–337	326	25	585.00–630.00	$612.05	$1,995	—
358–396	382	47	550.00–590.00	$579.14	$2,212	—
400–435	425	24	500.00–542.00	$514.99	$2,189	—
466–498	475	38	472.00–497.00	$485.82	$2,308	—
485–496 unweaned	491	12	452.00–460.00	$455.29	$2,235	—
500–538	519	117	440.00–490.00	$461.94	$2,397	—
564	564	7	442.00	$442.00	$2,493	—
555–593 unweaned	581	36	397.00–432.00	$407.21	$2,366	—
608	608	3	404.00	$404.00	$2,456	—
652	652	11	369.00	$369.00	$2,406	—
755	755	13	353.00	$353.00	$2,665	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–342	338	13	544.00–575.00	$556.34	$1,880	—
366–382	374	8	505.00–520.00	$512.66	$1,917	—
415–439	429	40	442.00–500.00	$474.55	$2,036	—
460–485	469	21	422.00–457.00	$437.23	$2,051	—
483–495 unweaned	490	13	415.00–452.00	$436.15	$2,137	—
514–525	519	14	402.00–421.00	$410.24	$2,129	—
561 unweaned	561	8	404.00	$404.00	$2,266	—
566–592	570	18	382.00–400.00	$385.11	$2,195	—
615–625 unweaned	619	16	381.00–385.50	$383.80	$2,376	—
602–642	623	45	352.00–388.00	$374.33	$2,332	—
651–696	679	16	342.00–364.00	$356.06	$2,418	—
681 unweaned	681	9	351.00	$351.00	$2,390	—
747	747	12	339.00	$339.00	$2,532	—
755	755	5	347.00	$347.00	$2,620	—
869	869	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,781	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551 unweaned	551	11	430.00	$430.00	$2,369	—
726	726	13	361.00	$361.00	$2,621	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504–539	523	9	340.00–385.00	$359.26	$1,879	—
573–592	584	7	367.00–375.00	$371.64	$2,170	—
881	881	8	302.00	$302.00	$2,661	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	14	370.50	$370.50	$2,312	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	4	535.00	$535.00	$2,327	—
465	465	3	500.00	$500.00	$2,325	—
455–486 unweaned	477	10	512.00–582.00	$532.04	$2,538	—
513–540 unweaned	531	12	490.00	$490.00	$2,602	—
507–545	533	16	479.00–507.00	$487.32	$2,597	—
560–575	568	6	407.00–417.00	$411.93	$2,340	—
651–678	662	14	371.00–400.00	$384.82	$2,548	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	3	427.00	$427.00	$2,336	—
578	578	3	445.00	$445.00	$2,572	—
697	697	5	369.00	$369.00	$2,572	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1280	1152	80-85%	32	160.00–173.00	$167.04	$1,924	—
1005–1310	1220	80-85%	13	176.00–180.00	$178.42	$2,177	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
728–1040	876	85-90%	13	100.00–139.00	$123.79	$1,084	—
995	995	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$796	—
940–1045	1026	85-90%	6	169.00–175.00	$173.07	$1,776	—
905–1165	1041	85-90%	17	144.00–166.00	$156.41	$1,628	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1395	1335	75-80%	2	180.00–181.00	$180.52	$2,410	—
1280–1545	1400	75-80%	25	168.00–179.00	$173.54	$2,430	—
1540–1620	1580	75-80%	2	160.00–164.00	$161.95	$2,559	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	1	217.00	$217.00	$2,550	—
1215–1375	1319	4	170.00–188.00	$176.00	$2,321	—
1260–1900	1547	8	194.00–220.00	$206.61	$3,196	—
1595–2500	2040	4	230.00–238.00	$233.96	$4,773	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1060	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	200.00–310.00	$255.78	$2,535
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,163
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	248.00	$248.00	$2,753

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	193.00	$193.00	$2,586

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1160	1092	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,000.00–2,700.00	$2,478.78
1023–1165	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	2,500.00–3,550.00	$2,951.22
1000–1295	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,750.00–3,800.00	$3,569.61
1055–1210	1125	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,720.30
1045–1315	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,800.00–3,400.00	$3,065.68

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1310–1322	1319	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,800.00–3,500.00	$2,973.81
1370	1370	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1310–1485	1373	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,637.36
1345–1505	1422	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,500.00–4,100.00	$3,491.42
1480	1480	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
993–1112	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,000.00–3,100.00	$2,552.85

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
923	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,700.00	$4,700.00	+1,100.00
1500	1500	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	-1,350.00
1500	1500	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	4,400.00	$4,400.00	±0.00
1600	1600	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	5,000.00	$5,000.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	4,800.00	$4,800.00	+2,000.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	+100.00

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

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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.