The Morning Wire / Missouri / Tue Oct 20, 2026

Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 20

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 20

Choice cutout closed $1.72 higher at $373.30. 5 Missouri barns reported 343 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Missouri, week of Oct 19 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.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	500.17/cwt	$7.66 higher	265	13
400-499 lb	449.83/cwt	$8.73 higher	1,229	15
500-599 lb	401.94/cwt	$0.52 lower	1,833	15
600-699 lb	366.21/cwt	$7.79 lower	2,080	15
700-799 lb	349.59/cwt	$0.56 higher	1,869	12
800-899 lb	327.39/cwt	$4.89 lower	1,502	11

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, Oct 20, weighted by head. Spread of $33.19 between the top and bottom of 5 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.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Interstate Regional Stockyards	MO	410.11/cwt	44
Kingsville Livestock Auction	MO	406.75/cwt	98
Ozarks Regional Stockyards	MO	402.78/cwt	191
SEMO Livestock Sales	MO	401.13/cwt	44
Four State Stockyards	MO	376.92/cwt	112

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 20 USDA

Choice $373.30, $1.72 higher. Select $361.54, $1.63 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.76. 98 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

24,753 head traded Oct 10–Oct 16.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.40	3,231
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	350.84	679
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	225.48	73
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.03	5,858
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.23	9,484
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	354.00	639

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. were 4.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 240 head of 922 lb. steers which sold for 324.00/cwt.
Ozarks Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 10.00 to 35.00 higher. 6 to up to 7 weights sold steady and the heavier weights were selling steady to 5.00 higher. On the heifer side, compared to last week they sold steady with a few spots up to 7.00 higher.
Four State Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with some steer calves under 550 lbs selling up to 10.00 higher. Supply and demand were moderate. Calves are starting to make up a higher percentage of the offering with just a few consignments of true grass yearlings offered.
Kingsville Livestock Auction · Missouri

Compared to last week, 300 lbs heifers and 500 lbs steers sold 7.00-10.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 2.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand uneven and supply moderate.
SEMO Livestock Sales · Missouri

Compared to last Tuesday, steers and heifers steady on a limited test. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Light run with mostly smaller packages of calves, some weaned 30-45 days and several still bulls.
Interstate Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	244.60/cwt	$8.63 lower	527
Boner (85% lean)	256.04/cwt	$1.41 lower	1,765
Cutter (90% lean)	259.28/cwt	$0.33 higher	3,630
Premium White	276.61/cwt	$7.86 higher	1,400
Bull (92% lean)	320.39/cwt	$0.63 higher	436

What published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

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.