The Morning Wire / Missouri / Mon Aug 3, 2026

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Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 3
● 3 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Mon, Aug 3
Choice cutout closed $5.35 higher at $366.73. 3 Missouri barns reported 175 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Missouri, week of Aug 3 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb484.20/cwt$46.95 lower28710
400-499 lb480.22/cwt$17.54 higher57211
500-599 lb435.71/cwt$7.79 higher1,19613
600-699 lb399.26/cwt$20.38 higher1,27115
700-799 lb365.39/cwt$18.23 higher1,04413
800-899 lb349.15/cwt$10.59 higher64111

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Aug 3, weighted by head. Spread of $18.18 between the top and bottom of 2 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.
BarnStateAverageHead
Callaway Livestock CenterMO447.11/cwt193
Joplin Regional StockyardsMO428.93/cwt290

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 3 USDA
Choice $366.73, $5.35 higher. Select $344.45, $1.78 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $22.28. 85 loads traded.

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

CLOSE Compared to last week feeder steers sold 10.00-25.00 higher with the most gain on five weights. Feeder heifers sold steady to 20.00 higher with the most gain on weights over 600 lbs. Supply was light with very good demand.

Joplin Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, the best test was on a pot load of 822 lb steers trading 4.00 higher than a pot load of similar weight from last week, all other weights of steers have not had a good recent market test, but overall going back over the last several weeks would have a lower undertone.

Callaway Livestock Center · Missouri

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. A good run of replacements this week that were in very high demand. Supply was moderate.

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)316.11/cwt$2.66 higher421
Boner (85% lean)335.01/cwt$4.76 higher1,390
Cutter (90% lean)334.67/cwt$1.99 higher2,327
Premium White327.87/cwt$0.35 lower1,836
Bull (92% lean)375.79/cwt$0.64 lower424

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Missouri only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.