Four State Stockyards Market Report

Exeter, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 2, 2026

2,654 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $430.61/cwt -13.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,693/hd at 625 lb · 174 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $420.36/cwt -21.20 vs last sale · ≈ $2,434/hd at 579 lb · 108 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $385.28/cwt -27.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,017/hd at 523 lb · 102 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	2,654	2,449
Feeder cattle	2,292	2,096
Slaughter cattle	253	213
Replacement cattle	109	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last auction 2 weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 20.00 lower. There was a good to moderate offering in today's supply with good demand. Slaughter cattle traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower from the previous sale. There was a good selection later in the sale of bred cows and cow/calf pairs to take back home for replacements.

▼ Feeder heifers: feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 20.00 lower
▼ Feeder steers: feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 20.00 lower
→ Replacement cows: There was a good selection later in the sale of bred cows and cow/calf pairs to take back home for replacements
▼ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter cattle traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower from the previous sale

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	3	805.00	$805.00	$1,650	—
298	298	3	665.00	$665.00	$1,982	—
330	330	5	590.00	$590.00	$1,947	-64.56
360–382	367	11	565.00–605.00	$590.06	$2,166	-27.23
400 unweaned	400	3	530.00	$530.00	$2,120	-37.59
405–423	409	37	532.00–570.00	$546.30	$2,234	-47.50
459–462 unweaned	460	15	498.00–509.00	$505.32	$2,324	—
458–473	470	28	492.00–495.00	$492.63	$2,315	-54.12
502–539	508	79	470.00–499.00	$491.74	$2,498	-22.29
564–596	573	100	441.00–486.00	$468.27	$2,683	-14.68
603–649	625	168	419.00–450.00	$431.24	$2,695	-12.45
633 unweaned	633	6	413.00	$413.00	$2,614	—
651–691	679	60	397.00–415.00	$404.24	$2,745	-8.49
709	709	10	387.00	$387.00	$2,744	+8.82
908	908	6	323.00	$323.00	$2,933	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–395	376	11	500.00–545.00	$522.72	$1,965	-65.29
400–436	416	16	480.00–522.00	$509.21	$2,118	-19.76
450–496	481	68	439.00–492.00	$466.22	$2,243	-33.95
502–546	529	98	410.00–461.00	$436.00	$2,306	-33.90
550–598	579	108	372.00–440.00	$420.36	$2,434	-21.20
601–633	618	58	370.00–407.00	$396.63	$2,451	-12.13
655–697	678	48	368.00–391.50	$384.00	$2,604	-9.93
714–748	717	68	340.00–368.50	$360.76	$2,587	-2.67
756–796	768	34	343.00–362.00	$355.01	$2,726	-4.99
864	864	7	335.00	$335.00	$2,894	—
931	931	5	305.00	$305.00	$2,840	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	9	467.00	$467.00	$1,630	—
400	400	4	443.00	$443.00	$1,772	—
445	445	4	415.00	$415.00	$1,847	—
460–496	489	36	410.00–435.00	$426.94	$2,088	—
579	579	8	385.00	$385.00	$2,229	—
638	638	3	360.00	$360.00	$2,297	—
677	677	3	359.00	$359.00	$2,430	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
649	649	8	400.00	$400.00	$2,596	—
694	694	4	368.00	$368.00	$2,554	-6.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	3	361.00	$361.00	$2,083	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–399	384	25	450.00–500.00	$461.14	$1,771	-53.82
421 unweaned	421	5	443.00	$443.00	$1,865	+23.00
427–439	434	42	410.00–432.00	$425.40	$1,846	-35.78
446	446	5	410.00	$410.00	$1,829	-51.18
460–498	477	75	390.00–425.00	$409.22	$1,952	-24.36
497	497	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,988	-33.58
500–549	523	99	369.50–400.00	$385.74	$2,017	-26.75
538 unweaned	538	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,991	—
559	559	11	370.00	$370.00	$2,068	-28.66
565–590	578	51	359.00–380.00	$368.80	$2,132	-29.86
605–613	609	6	350.00	$350.00	$2,132	-23.41
655	655	6	341.00	$341.00	$2,234	-15.45
651–686	670	27	337.00–355.00	$344.23	$2,306	-12.22
710	710	3	328.00	$328.00	$2,329	-2.00
868	868	4	311.00	$311.00	$2,699	—
1010	1010	11	250.00	$250.00	$2,525	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–290	272	6	595.00–655.00	$622.96	$1,694	—
323	323	3	560.00	$560.00	$1,809	-47.97
388	388	20	500.00	$500.00	$1,940	-38.00
403–415	407	21	457.00–462.00	$460.33	$1,874	-25.67
450–495	483	51	420.00–440.00	$427.23	$2,064	-38.39
501–530	522	81	414.00–437.00	$428.69	$2,238	-9.97
550–591	579	50	392.00–411.00	$398.43	$2,307	-26.43
602–649	620	45	366.00–377.00	$371.29	$2,302	-21.43
626	626	24	413.00	$413.00	$2,585	+20.28
677–689	680	31	355.00–374.00	$366.71	$2,494	-12.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	4	505.00	$505.00	$1,505	—
312	312	3	487.00	$487.00	$1,519	—
353 unweaned	353	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,412	—
350–398	382	9	420.00–445.00	$437.36	$1,671	+17.36
438–441	440	20	370.00–401.00	$385.26	$1,695	—
485	485	5	361.00	$361.00	$1,751	-44.00
533	533	6	363.00	$363.00	$1,935	—
630	630	4	341.00	$341.00	$2,148	+1.00
660	660	3	332.00	$332.00	$2,191	—
775–778	777	11	310.00–324.00	$318.92	$2,478	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	7	410.00	$410.00	$2,288	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	3	374.00	$374.00	$1,952	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	560.00	$560.00	$2,089	—
425	425	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,040	-56.48
456–485	467	29	415.00–483.00	$452.21	$2,112	-61.00
501–546	516	44	400.00–455.00	$438.02	$2,260	-37.45
552 unweaned	552	5	428.00	$428.00	$2,363	—
573	573	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,292	±0.00
625	625	3	379.00	$379.00	$2,369	-30.15
652–698	669	11	356.00–370.00	$363.32	$2,431	-1.72
710–748	730	10	331.00–350.00	$341.36	$2,492	—
930	930	4	268.00	$268.00	$2,492	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	4	615.00	$615.00	$2,116	—
350	350	7	640.00	$640.00	$2,240	—
414	414	6	560.00	$560.00	$2,318	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523–530	526	5	360.00–380.00	$371.94	$1,956	—
544 unweaned	544	5	388.00	$388.00	$2,111	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1350	1191	80-85%	26	160.00–186.00	$174.52	$2,079	-6.04
1210	1210	80-85%	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,779	—
1230–1240	1235	80-85%	2	187.00–189.00	$188.00	$2,322	—
1255	1255	80-85%	1	204.00	$204.00	$2,560	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1675	1406	75-80%	16	175.00–186.00	$180.44	$2,537	-3.39
1325–1520	1423	75-80%	2	187.00–188.00	$187.53	$2,669	+3.70

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$980	-83.49
855–1095	1004	85-90%	9	143.00–178.00	$160.87	$1,615	-0.40

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1905	1537	6	186.00–207.00	$195.78	$3,009	—
1585	1585	1	252.00	$252.00	$3,994	—
1255–2060	1604	17	210.00–245.00	$223.47	$3,584	+0.12

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
969	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,250.00	$3,250.00
945–1060	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,900.00–3,250.00	$3,025.76
1055–1085	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,225.35
980–1185	1089	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	2,200.00–2,600.00	$2,434.53
1020–1180	1135	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,550.00–2,850.00	$2,734.39
1096–1272	1149	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1095–1290	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	2,550.00–3,300.00	$2,988.52
1125–1260	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	3,000.00–3,300.00	$3,176.95

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1285	1285	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1315	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1320–1560	1401	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,600.00–3,325.00	$3,029.33
1310–1485	1408	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	3,200.00–3,400.00	$3,299.38
1410	1410	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–980	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,300.00–2,850.00	$2,594.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1280	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00

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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
1050–1300	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,500.00–4,400.00	$3,950.00	-358.33
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	5,000.00	$5,000.00	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—
1550	1550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,700.00	$4,700.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
840–950	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,500.00–3,600.00	$3,087.50	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,600.00	$4,600.00	—

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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.