The Morning Wire / Missouri / Thu Oct 29, 2026

Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Thu, Oct 29

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The market in a line

Thu, Oct 29

Choice cutout closed $1.72 lower at $367.28. 4 Missouri barns reported 272 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 Thu, Oct 29, weighted by head. Spread of $28.90 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
New Cambria Livestock Market	MO	437.00/cwt	107
Mid Missouri Stockyards	MO	415.55/cwt	77
Wheeler Livestock Auction	MO	412.03/cwt	105
Mo-Kan Livestock Market	MO	408.10/cwt	61

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 29 USDA

Choice $367.28, $1.72 lower. Select $351.63, $3.62 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $15.65. 101 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

17,855 head traded Oct 23–Oct 29.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	356.39	2,210
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	224.25	42
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.81	6,750
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	350.74	5,400
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	352.57	1,130

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

NOTE: WLA will hold its monthly Special Replacement Cow Sale this Saturday, October 31st at 4:00pm, featuring 50 + breeding bulls, over 1,000 bred cows, bred heifers, and cow calf pairs.
Wheeler Livestock Auction · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 4.00 to 12.00 higher, and heifers were steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold from 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.
Mid Missouri Stockyards · Missouri

No recently reported market for a price comparison, undertone higher. Really high quality offering this week featuring a number of reputation consignments. Not many calves on offer and only a small percentage of them long time weaned. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.
New Cambria Livestock Market · Missouri

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 5.00 higher except for the steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs selling 20.00-25.00 higher and heifers sold steady. Demand was good for a moderate supply with a few loads of yearling steers offered. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.
Mo-Kan Livestock Market · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	251.86/cwt	$7.57 higher	534
Boner (85% lean)	246.89/cwt	$4.42 lower	1,732
Cutter (90% lean)	250.79/cwt	$3.98 lower	3,756
Premium White	262.84/cwt	$1.79 lower	1,273
Bull (92% lean)	304.92/cwt	$4.97 lower	317

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.