The Morning Wire / Missouri / Wed Oct 21, 2026

Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Wed, Oct 21

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The market in a line

Wed, Oct 21

Choice cutout held near $372.59. 5 Missouri barns reported 302 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 Wed, Oct 21, weighted by head. Spread of $24.30 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.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Windsor Livestock Auction	MO	411.88/cwt	59
Farmington Regional Stockyards	MO	392.45/cwt	62
Springfield Livestock Marketing Center	MO	387.58/cwt	153

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 21 USDA

Choice $372.59, $0.71 lower. Select $355.34, $6.20 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $17.25. 91 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, lightweight steer calves under 450lbs sold with a higher undertone, and steers over 450lbs sold unevenly steady from 2.00 higher to 4.00 lower. Heifers under 550lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone, while heifers over 550lbs were steady to 4.00 lower.
Springfield Livestock Marketing Center · Missouri

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The top selling slaughter bull sold for 217.50/cwt.
Joplin Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and bred cows and a light supply of pairs. The top slaughter bull sold for 219.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow sold for 140.00/cwt.
Ozarks Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00-14.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.
Farmington Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher except for a couple bigger groups of weaned steer calves under 500 lbs selling 15.00-25.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply.
Windsor Livestock Auction · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	246.72/cwt	$2.12 higher	674
Boner (85% lean)	253.86/cwt	$2.18 lower	1,736
Cutter (90% lean)	258.99/cwt	$0.29 lower	3,550
Premium White	271.13/cwt	$5.48 lower	1,578
Bull (92% lean)	322.35/cwt	$1.96 higher	427

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.