The Morning Wire / Missouri / Thu Oct 22, 2026

Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Thu, Oct 22

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The market in a line

Thu, Oct 22

Choice cutout closed $3.12 lower at $369.47. 3 Missouri barns reported 227 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 Thu, Oct 22, weighted by head. Spread of $18.00 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
Wheeler Livestock Auction	MO	411.01/cwt	79
Mo-Kan Livestock Market	MO	397.84/cwt	75
Mid Missouri Stockyards	MO	393.01/cwt	126

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 22 USDA

Choice $369.47, $3.12 lower. Select $350.41, $4.93 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $19.06. 123 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 sold mostly steady with the light receipts last week. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Not enough slaughter bulls for a comparison. Supply was moderate with good demand.
Mid Missouri Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher, Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Supply was moderate with moderate to good demand.
Wheeler Livestock Auction · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers sold with a higher undertone based on last week's light test. Some reputation consignments of calves and a load of yearling heifers were offered. Demand was good for a moderate supply.
Mo-Kan Livestock Market · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	249.64/cwt	$2.92 higher	609
Boner (85% lean)	253.47/cwt	$0.39 lower	1,709
Cutter (90% lean)	256.50/cwt	$2.49 lower	4,083
Premium White	268.70/cwt	$2.43 lower	1,017
Bull (92% lean)	318.53/cwt	$3.82 lower	382

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.