The Morning Wire / Missouri / Tue Aug 11, 2026

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Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Aug 11
● 7 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Tue, Aug 11
Choice cutout held near $371.31. 7 Missouri barns reported 288 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 lb551.89/cwt$67.69 higher1378
400-499 lb487.27/cwt$7.05 higher3669
500-599 lb420.76/cwt$14.95 lower5699
600-699 lb385.94/cwt$13.32 lower5519
700-799 lb361.98/cwt$3.41 lower5447
800-899 lb339.67/cwt$9.48 lower9847

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Tue, Aug 11, weighted by head. Spread of $39.37 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
F&T Livestock MarketMO456.12/cwt25
Four State StockyardsMO425.12/cwt78
Ozarks Regional StockyardsMO416.75/cwt76

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 11 USDA
Choice $371.31, $0.11 lower. Select $349.80, $1.04 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $21.51. 124 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

Lolli Livestock held a special feeder sale with the bulk of the receipts being 9 pot loads of yearling heifers weighing from 685-806 lbs with no recent comparisons as the last sale was a month ago.

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market · Missouri

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady, Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Supply was still on the light side but buyers showed up with good demand.

Four State Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers calves were steady. Demand was good on a light supply. Higher heat and humidity returned this week keeping supplies lighter than normal. The majority of the offering was presented in small and single drafts with only one draft of 20 head or more.

Ozarks Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Supply was light and demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Kingsville Livestock Auction · Missouri

Not enough feeders in the offering for a trend comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand not establish and supply very light.

SEMO Livestock Sales · Missouri

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cow trend not established.

F&T Livestock Market · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)315.15/cwt$1.17 higher324
Boner (85% lean)334.80/cwt$3.60 higher1,210
Cutter (90% lean)337.79/cwt$6.54 higher2,247
Premium White324.86/cwt$0.28 higher1,385
Bull (92% lean)372.24/cwt$1.93 lower478

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.