The Morning Wire / Missouri / Tue Nov 3, 2026

Missouri cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Nov 3

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Summary

Tue, Nov 3

Choice cutout held near $365.23. 7 Missouri barns reported 284 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Missouri, week of Nov 2 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	484.42/cwt	$22.81 lower	68	3
400-499 lb	429.64/cwt	$35.55 lower	457	3
500-599 lb	392.04/cwt	$21.89 lower	877	3
600-699 lb	365.74/cwt	$16.48 lower	757	3
700-799 lb	347.17/cwt	$11.54 lower	592	3
800-899 lb	334.09/cwt	$8.22 lower	1,093	3

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, Nov 3, weighted by head. Spread of $42.22 between the top and bottom of 5 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
Lolli Brothers Livestock Market	MO	420.63/cwt	67
Ozarks Regional Stockyards	MO	411.77/cwt	149
Interstate Regional Stockyards	MO	402.92/cwt	81
Kingsville Livestock Auction	MO	397.05/cwt	178
SEMO Livestock Sales	MO	378.41/cwt	39

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Nov 3 USDA

Choice $365.23, $0.19 higher. Select $358.37, $3.43 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $6.86. 140 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

23,467 head traded Oct 28–Nov 3.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.75	2,483
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	224.25	42
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	222.60	8,032
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	347.40	8,107
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	352.57	1,130

At the Missouri barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, steer calves under 750 lbs sold 10.00-20.00 lower following last weeks higher market and those over 750 lb's were too lightly tested last week for a trend but a lower undertone was noted. A few packages of some thinner/fancy type steers sold near steady.
Kingsville Livestock Auction · Missouri

Compared to last week, feeder steers were 5.00-10.00 lower with feeder heifers not well tested. Steer calves were steady to 5.00 lower with heifer calves 5.00-10.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply. The largest draft of the day was 135 head of 776 lb. steers which sold for 328.00/cwt.
Ozarks Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-600 lbs sold unevenly steady with 650-750 lb feeder steers not well tested with last week's scarce offering of same weight feeders, over 800 lbs sold with a lower undertone with limited comparisons on groups and pot load of steers weighing 904 lbs .
Lolli Brothers Livestock Market · Missouri

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 9.00 higher, the offering over 600 lbs sold uneven under a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported this week; Demand uneven and supply moderate.
SEMO Livestock Sales · Missouri

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply light. Hard to sell the small packages of unweaned calves right now coming out of a prolonged period of warm days and cool nights.
Interstate Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher.
F&T Livestock Market · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	239.17/cwt	$7.89 lower	653
Boner (85% lean)	248.01/cwt	$1.80 higher	1,790
Cutter (90% lean)	252.65/cwt	$1.88 higher	3,789
Premium White	258.01/cwt	$7.25 lower	801
Bull (92% lean)	303.38/cwt	$0.79 lower	441

Reports 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.