The Morning Wire / Missouri / Tue Oct 27, 2026

Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 27

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 27

Choice cutout closed $2.78 higher at $372.22. 9 Missouri barns reported 464 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Missouri, week of Oct 26 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	505.66/cwt	$5.49 higher	310	13
400-499 lb	465.97/cwt	$16.14 higher	1,184	18
500-599 lb	414.30/cwt	$12.36 higher	2,494	18
600-699 lb	381.66/cwt	$15.45 higher	1,945	18
700-799 lb	359.57/cwt	$9.98 higher	1,964	17
800-899 lb	342.41/cwt	$15.02 higher	2,056	13

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 27, weighted by head. Spread of $71.49 between the top and bottom of 7 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
Unionville Livestock Market LLC	MO	459.44/cwt	100
Lolli Brothers Livestock Market	MO	430.91/cwt	56
Kingsville Livestock Auction	MO	427.46/cwt	150
F&T Livestock Market	MO	426.89/cwt	83
Ozarks Regional Stockyards	MO	417.64/cwt	337
Interstate Regional Stockyards	MO	417.47/cwt	56
Four State Stockyards	MO	387.94/cwt	133

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 27 USDA

Choice $372.22, $2.78 higher. Select $358.85, $1.29 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.37. 120 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

671 head traded Oct 21–Oct 27.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	361.31	432
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-12.00 higher with five-weight steers selling 20.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The market was very active with the quality of the offering above average. The largest draft of the day was 153 head of 712 lb.
Ozarks Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, feeder steers up to 500lbs selling steady to 10.00 higher, 550 weight and up,sold sold steady to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 lbs and up were selling 5.00 to 15.00 higher, Slaughter cows trending lower this week 2.00 to 4.00 with the slaughter bulls selling mostly steady.
Four State Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Big recovery from two weeks ago for the local cash market with all weights and classes of cattle tacking on significant gains.
Unionville Livestock Market LLC · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 15.00-20.00 higher and heifers calves sold 5.00-15.00 higher with yearling heifers lightly tested but selling mostly steady. Demand was good for a moderate supply made up mostly of calves and some calf weight yearlings.
Kingsville Livestock Auction · Missouri

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, steer calves under 500 lbs were scarce with 500-550 lb steer calves trading firm to 5.00 higher, steer calves weighing 600-650 lbs and four pot loads of feeder steers over 850 lbs all sold with a higher undertone on very limited sales from two weeks ago.
Lolli Brothers Livestock Market · Missouri

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steer and heifer trend not established. Slaughter cows steady.
F&T Livestock Market · Missouri

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply light.
Interstate Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, bulls not well tested; Demand uneven and supply light.
SEMO Livestock Sales · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	241.16/cwt	$2.32 lower	575
Boner (85% lean)	248.81/cwt	$1.32 lower	1,608
Cutter (90% lean)	252.76/cwt	$0.88 lower	3,103
Premium White	264.75/cwt	$3.66 higher	892
Bull (92% lean)	311.92/cwt	$3.87 lower	379

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.