The Morning Wire / Missouri / Wed Aug 5, 2026

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Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Wed, Aug 5
● 5 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Wed, Aug 5
Choice cutout closed $1.68 lower at $367.97. 5 Missouri barns reported 224 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 Wed, Aug 5, weighted by head. Spread of $13.77 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
Springfield Livestock Marketing CenterMO439.53/cwt78
Windsor Livestock AuctionMO425.76/cwt161

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 5 USDA
Choice $367.97, $1.68 lower. Select $348.06, $1.56 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $19.91. 109 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
30,529 head traded Jul 30–Aug 5.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered373.722,639
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed FOB365.0070
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered235.821,542
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB234.227,582
KansasDressed Delivered370.0039
KansasLive FOB232.881,441

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to the last tested market five weeks ago, yearling cattle traded 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower. This week's offering was made up of almost entirely load lots of backgrounded yearlings. Supply light, demand moderate.

Green City Livestock Auction · Missouri

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00-10.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Joplin Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 15.00 to 25.00 higher, and heifers were steady to 10.00 higher based on limited comparisons. Demand was good on a light supply.

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center · Missouri

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Demand was moderate on a light supply. The top slaughter bull sold for 251.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow sold for 204.00/cwt. On the replacement side the top pair sold for 4500.00 and the top bred cows sold for 4200.00/head.

Ozarks Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)319.67/cwt$3.57 higher382
Boner (85% lean)334.53/cwt$2.41 lower1,556
Cutter (90% lean)332.70/cwt$5.57 lower2,919
Premium White327.74/cwt$0.50 lower2,087
Bull (92% lean)376.94/cwt$0.98 higher358

What published

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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.