The Morning Wire / Missouri / Wed Oct 28, 2026

Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Wed, Oct 28

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The market in a line

Wed, Oct 28

Choice cutout closed $3.22 lower at $369.00. 6 Missouri barns reported 343 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 Wed, Oct 28, weighted by head. Spread of $59.23 between the top and bottom of 4 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
South Central Regional Stockyards	MO	444.48/cwt	126
Windsor Livestock Auction	MO	417.57/cwt	141
Farmington Regional Stockyards	MO	393.00/cwt	24
Springfield Livestock Marketing Center	MO	385.25/cwt	117

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 28 USDA

Choice $369.00, $3.22 lower. Select $355.25, $3.60 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.75. 107 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

11,551 head traded Oct 22–Oct 28.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	357.12	1,980
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	224.23	4,381
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.19	3,735
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	353.00	885
Nebraska	Live FOB	224.36	314

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, steers under 800 lb's sold 10.00-20.00 higher, heifer calves under 600 lb's sold 5.00-15.00 higher and heifers over 600 lb's sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a moderate supply of calves and yearlings with several loads offered.
Windsor Livestock Auction · Missouri

Compared to last week, peewee steer calves under 450lbs sold with a steady undertone, and steers over 450lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Lightweight heifer calves sold with a steady undertone, and heifers over 600lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher.
Springfield Livestock Marketing Center · Missouri

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Demand was good on a heavy supply. The top slaughter bull sold for 209.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow sold for 142.50/cwt. On the replacement side the top pair sold for 3950.00/pair and the top bred cow sold of 3700.00/head.
Ozarks Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand.
Joplin Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 600 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher, few over 600 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers firm to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply light.
South Central Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 12.00 lower in a light test. Slaughter cows sold steady and a few bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand uneven and supply light.
Farmington Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	244.29/cwt	$3.13 higher	558
Boner (85% lean)	251.31/cwt	$2.50 higher	1,757
Cutter (90% lean)	254.76/cwt	$2.00 higher	3,900
Premium White	264.63/cwt	$0.12 lower	1,586
Bull (92% lean)	309.89/cwt	$2.03 lower	428

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.