Four State Stockyards Market Report

Exeter, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 5, 2026

1,969 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $500.05/cwt +18.12 vs last sale · ≈ $2,410/hd at 482 lb · 112 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $426.98/cwt +26.98 vs last sale · ≈ $2,664/hd at 624 lb · 79 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $497.05/cwt +30.72 vs last sale · ≈ $2,634/hd at 530 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,969	1,198
Feeder cattle	1,642	968
Slaughter cattle	177	155
Replacement cattle	150	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600lbs sold mostly 12.00 to 25.00 higher, and steers over 600lbs were 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 600lbs sold 10.00 to 25.00 higher and heavier weights had little to compare with, but sold with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows and bulls sold from 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was very good for all classes in the offering on a moderate supply.

▲ Feeder heifers: Heifers under 600lbs sold 10.00 to 25.00 higher and heavier weights had little to compare with
▲ Feeder steers: steer calves under 600lbs sold mostly 12.00 to 25.00 higher
▲ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold from 2.00 to 8.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold from 2.00 to 8.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	334	9	620.00–650.00	$639.17	$2,135	—
355–378 unweaned	370	3	602.00–620.00	$607.75	$2,249	+2.75
360–397	373	20	580.00–625.00	$607.16	$2,265	+23.03
407–445	427	31	555.00–595.00	$581.41	$2,483	+58.31
432–445 unweaned	440	17	540.00–562.00	$556.42	$2,448	—
475 unweaned	475	4	495.00–515.00	$505.00	$2,399	-2.00
450–492	480	35	510.00–535.00	$524.93	$2,520	+35.44
520–548	529	60	481.00–529.00	$497.93	$2,634	+34.80
528–540 unweaned	537	8	455.00–502.00	$490.45	$2,634	+13.45
552–590	571	44	450.00–480.00	$471.58	$2,693	+35.22
565–588 unweaned	577	4	462.00–467.00	$464.45	$2,680	+43.45
600–643	624	79	410.00–435.00	$426.98	$2,664	+26.98
655–680	670	7	387.00–410.00	$399.34	$2,676	+9.34
700–730	720	4	340.00–380.00	$355.64	$2,561	—
793	793	13	370.00	$370.00	$2,934	—
834–847	838	11	339.00–355.00	$350.59	$2,938	—
872–885	880	5	330.00–350.00	$334.82	$2,946	—
900–945	913	5	310.00–330.00	$321.92	$2,939	-9.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	322	17	675.00–700.00	$692.94	$2,231	+14.63
320–325 unweaned	322	3	685.00–695.00	$688.37	$2,217	+43.37
375–388	383	9	647.00–670.00	$655.64	$2,511	+32.42
405–442 unweaned	427	13	602.00–622.00	$618.16	$2,640	+26.74
403–436	429	39	615.00–632.00	$618.36	$2,653	+31.47
450–475	464	22	542.00–570.00	$559.89	$2,598	+21.26
465–474 unweaned	470	12	540.00–565.00	$552.38	$2,596	-3.70
502–539	515	45	530.00–559.00	$538.18	$2,772	+22.47
526 unweaned	526	4	537.00	$537.00	$2,825	+28.22
550–572 unweaned	560	12	462.00–485.00	$478.58	$2,680	+5.52
563–589	580	38	485.00–515.00	$493.58	$2,863	+18.55
600–635	607	15	442.00–470.00	$457.34	$2,776	+0.84
600–644 unweaned	638	18	432.00–450.00	$434.49	$2,772	+4.49
662–670	669	29	410.00–430.00	$427.95	$2,863	+10.05
702–720	712	15	394.00–429.00	$407.87	$2,904	+17.64
761	761	11	384.00	$384.00	$2,922	—
771 unweaned	771	20	380.50	$380.50	$2,934	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	308	5	550.00	$550.00	$1,694	—
385	385	3	555.00	$555.00	$2,137	—
407–442	425	22	522.00–550.00	$532.84	$2,265	—
438 unweaned	438	4	495.00	$495.00	$2,168	—
482	482	5	500.00	$500.00	$2,410	—
508–549	530	12	450.00–485.00	$469.27	$2,487	+49.27
558 unweaned	558	11	420.00	$420.00	$2,344	—
552–590	575	6	410.00–432.00	$422.48	$2,429	—
618–642	632	5	382.00–400.00	$392.96	$2,484	—
685–690	687	3	331.00	$331.00	$2,274	—
710–730	720	2	330.00–340.00	$335.07	$2,413	—
752	752	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,181	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–382	376	8	467.00–502.00	$488.66	$1,837	—
402	402	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,809	—
800	800	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,768	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	5	452.00	$452.00	$2,459	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,303	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–341	338	11	620.00–650.00	$627.15	$2,120	+15.04
364 unweaned	364	5	600.00	$600.00	$2,184	—
362–385	374	10	620.00–655.00	$628.54	$2,351	+74.96
404–420	407	9	555.00–595.00	$570.63	$2,322	+49.00
458–497	478	68	495.00–515.00	$505.85	$2,418	+22.97
462–499 unweaned	488	44	472.00–508.00	$491.08	$2,396	+21.08
500–536	508	18	475.00–502.00	$495.67	$2,518	+34.27
553–591	580	10	422.00–455.00	$431.45	$2,502	+10.08
610–616	616	17	417.00–443.00	$441.48	$2,720	—
653 unweaned	653	14	418.00	$418.00	$2,730	—
657	657	6	380.00	$380.00	$2,497	+13.00
728–741	736	10	340.00–341.50	$340.91	$2,509	—
862	862	10	329.50	$329.50	$2,840	—
926	926	5	315.00	$315.00	$2,917	—
985	985	6	308.00	$308.00	$3,034	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	328	13	535.00–585.00	$564.47	$1,851	+14.47
352–395	382	43	560.00–615.00	$580.62	$2,218	+59.00
410–445	431	35	492.00–521.00	$507.72	$2,188	+38.51
450 unweaned	450	3	462.00	$462.00	$2,079	+33.37
462–499	483	34	460.00–485.00	$479.06	$2,314	+21.15
512–542	521	38	440.00–472.00	$460.23	$2,398	+55.23
558–585	569	15	405.00–422.00	$414.36	$2,358	+12.36
613–645	629	20	375.00–402.00	$391.74	$2,464	—
650–670	658	6	331.00–362.00	$344.84	$2,269	—
725–745	740	9	320.00–326.00	$324.23	$2,399	—
772–785	775	12	310.00–320.00	$316.49	$2,453	—
815–830	825	3	301.00–321.00	$314.41	$2,594	-4.59
860–870	865	2	298.00–320.00	$308.94	$2,672	-17.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 unweaned	325	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,625	—
376–390	377	10	492.00–510.00	$508.14	$1,916	+18.14
406 unweaned	406	8	450.00	$450.00	$1,827	—
405–448	429	18	447.00–470.00	$458.47	$1,967	+38.47
455–475	470	5	430.00–455.00	$439.27	$2,065	+34.22
520–540	530	22	400.00–432.00	$418.33	$2,217	—
558	558	9	370.00	$370.00	$2,065	-9.61
618–632	624	10	340.00–356.00	$349.23	$2,179	+11.23
732	732	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,342	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–485	475	4	380.00–400.00	$389.79	$1,852	—
502–528	520	8	350.00–380.00	$363.31	$1,889	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
818	818	7	311.00	$311.00	$2,544	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–374	373	6	600.00–622.00	$614.72	$2,293	—
404–423	411	8	505.00–550.00	$532.64	$2,189	+12.64
460 unweaned	460	2	540.00	$540.00	$2,484	—
482–485	483	5	500.00–510.00	$502.01	$2,425	+52.01
516–548	533	28	471.00–500.00	$481.51	$2,566	—
570–587	580	5	421.00–450.00	$438.60	$2,544	—
600–602	601	7	370.00–407.00	$396.45	$2,383	-15.55

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382 unweaned	382	8	627.00	$627.00	$2,395	—
432	432	3	570.00	$570.00	$2,462	—
464	464	4	555.00	$555.00	$2,575	—
558 unweaned	558	11	465.00	$465.00	$2,595	—
632	632	4	413.00	$413.00	$2,610	-14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491 unweaned	491	5	485.00	$485.00	$2,381	—
492	492	2	440.00	$440.00	$2,165	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1497	1353	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	2,900.00–4,000.00	$3,774.70	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1220	1109	80-85%	4	159.00–171.00	$166.30	$1,844	-5.21
1062–1482	1228	80-85%	45	172.00–185.00	$180.20	$2,213	-4.37
1320–1465	1429	80-85%	9	186.00–189.50	$188.57	$2,695	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1200	1038	85-90%	3	135.00–144.00	$141.07	$1,464	—
735–1250	1057	85-90%	30	151.00–172.00	$158.72	$1,678	—
1110–1185	1147	85-90%	3	172.00–177.00	$174.39	$2,000	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1605	1473	75-80%	16	177.00–187.00	$181.14	$2,668	—
1505–1610	1543	75-80%	3	189.50–190.50	$190.17	$2,934	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–2095	1626	14	207.00–228.00	$220.01	$3,577	—
1450–1875	1663	2	180.00–197.00	$187.41	$3,117	—
1220–2425	1878	4	227.00–246.00	$234.92	$4,412	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–945	918	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	252.00–330.00	$307.83	$2,826
765–1175	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	210.00–305.00	$250.89	$2,471
1055–1100	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	181.00–192.00	$188.23	$2,014

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1390	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	3,000.00–3,250.00	$3,100.76
1020–1388	1193	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,629.41
935–1610	1283	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	2,400.00–3,400.00	$2,837.21
925–1560	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	2,550.00–3,550.00	$3,093.01

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1115	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,700.00–3,800.00	$3,747.53
920–1255	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,250.00–3,600.00	$3,398.05
1280	1280	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	3,300.00	$3,300.00
1296	1296	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1260	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,801.06

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1220	1126	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,900.00–3,650.00	$3,516.67	-483.33
1115–1255	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,400.00–4,600.00	$4,466.67	—
1238	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1310–1435	1373	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,700.00–4,350.00	$4,025.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1087–1320	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	4,850.00–5,000.00	$4,962.50	—
1340	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	4,250.00	$4,250.00	—
1515	1515	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	4,750.00	$4,750.00	—

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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.