The Morning Wire / Missouri / Mon Aug 10, 2026

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Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 10
● 4 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Mon, Aug 10
Choice cutout closed $7.06 higher at $371.42. 4 Missouri barns reported 169 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Missouri, week of Aug 10 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 lb545.40/cwt$61.20 higher15811
400-499 lb475.81/cwt$4.41 lower50514
500-599 lb419.26/cwt$16.45 lower86014
600-699 lb385.94/cwt$13.32 lower92614
700-799 lb356.71/cwt$8.68 lower73611
800-899 lb339.05/cwt$10.10 lower1,12510

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 10, weighted by head. Spread of $35.81 between the top and bottom of 3 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
Tina LivestockMO448.03/cwt40
Callaway Livestock CenterMO426.15/cwt35
Joplin Regional StockyardsMO412.22/cwt286

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 10 USDA
Choice $371.42, $7.06 higher. Select $350.84, $1.53 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $20.58. 69 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
48,598 head traded Aug 1–Aug 7.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered375.393,154
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered239.181,090
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB235.326,326
KansasDressed Delivered370.0039
KansasLive FOB234.943,813
NebraskaDressed Delivered370.3914,747

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

CLOSE Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 8.00 lower with the exception of four weight steers which sold 7.00-12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs. sold from 2.00 higher to 10.00 lower. Weights over 750 lbs. sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Supply was light with moderate demand.

Joplin Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, the only good test was on a pot load of 821 lb steers off the same consignment as last week and sold 6.00 higher, all other weights were lightly tested on a light offering. Numbers continue to be light as we are in the "Dog Days of Summer".

Callaway Livestock Center · Missouri

Compared to two weeks ago, few good comparisons with mostly small packages of calves that were not weaned and no shots. One load of feeder heifers that weighed 731 lbs and sold for 348.00 marked fleshy had no comparison from 2 weeks ago. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Tina Livestock · Missouri

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)313.98/cwt$3.22 higher340
Boner (85% lean)331.20/cwt$2.87 higher1,338
Cutter (90% lean)331.25/cwt$1.49 higher2,344
Premium White324.58/cwt$1.20 lower1,409
Bull (92% lean)374.17/cwt$1.17 higher371

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.