25-31 Missouri Agricultural Market Prices and Trends-Bulletin 31
AGRICULTURAL MARKET PRICES BULLETIN
Edited by Dr Eleazar Gonzalez
This weekly bulletin aims to provide market prices and trends of the main Missouri agricultural products. It helps Missouri stakeholders, including farmers, ranchers, and consumers, make informed decisions when marketing and finding prices for farm products. Agricultural products include two categories: Animal-origin products and plantorigin products. Prices indicate the average weekly value of each product. The bulletin offers prices for selected crops and livestock products When data is available, the publication reports beef-livestock market prices paid at live auctions in five regions of Missouri (Southwest, Northeast, Central Region, Southeast, and Northwest). In addition, other livestock market prices, such as sheep, goats, pork, whole milk, and eggs, are also reported All information and discussion in this bulletin are the responsibility of the authors. If you want more information on the previous publication, follow us on Facebook or visit our Agricultural Economics and Marketing program website
SPECIALTY CROPS MARKETS
The bulletin shows market prices of selected crops that consumers demand all year round The publication compares weekly trends of specialty crop prices of conventional and organic production systems. Consistently, products from organic production systems offer a higher value market when compared with conventionally grown products; however, product price volatility observes different product trends in both production systems. Market price reports vary weekly; some of our source reports might be inconsistent with weekly product prices. If a product has no price, our source didn't report a price that week. Red numbers imply that prices dropped from the previous week, while green numbers indicate a positive trend change compared with last week's prices.
Table 1. Conventional Specialty Crops Prices
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing Program Cooperative Extension Lincoln University with data from USDA- Agriculture Marketing Service https://www ams usda gov/Specialty Crops Market News Divisionhttps://www ams usda gov/mnreports/fvwretail pd South-Central States:Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing Program, Cooperative Extension, Lincoln University with data from USDA- Agriculture Marketing Service https://www ams usda gov/Specialty Crops Market News Divisionhttps://www ams usda gov/mnreports/fvwretail pd South-Central States:Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Table 2. Organic Specialty Crops Prices
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing Program Cooperative Extension Lincoln University with data from USDA- Agriculture Marketing Service https://www ams usda gov/Specialty Crops Market News Divisionhttps://www ams usda gov/mnreports/fvwretail pd
Figure 2. Market prices of organic products in the US and the South-Central region. Comparative sample.
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing Program, Cooperative Extension, Lincoln University with data from USDA- Agriculture Marketing Service https://www ams usda gov/Specialty Crops Market News Divisionhttps://www ams usda gov/mnreports/fvwretail pd South-Central States:Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
MISSOURI LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Market prices for livestock in Missouri are reported from the National Beef Wire database and USDA sources. Beef prices at live auctions report medium and large weight classes. Steers and heifers with 599 pounds or less are medium-weight classes, and steers and heifers with 600 pounds or more are large-weight classes.
Beef Prices in the Southwest Region
Table 3. Four State Stockyards
4. Gainesville Livestock Auction
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Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Beef Prices in the Northeast Region
Table 8. Eastern Missouri Comision
Beef Prices in the Central Region
Table 9. F&T Livestock
Table 10. Boonville Livestock Center
Table 13. Semo Livestock Sales
Table 12. Interstate Regional Stockyards
Table 14. Small Ruminants Market Prices
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing Program with data from USDA- Missouri Weekly Sheep/Goat Auction Summary AMS Livestock Poultry & Grain Market News Missouri Dept of Ag Mrkt News
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Table 15. Boxed Livestock Market Prices
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing Program with data from USDA- National Daily Boxed Beef Cutout And Boxed Beef CutsNegotiated Sales - Morning
Farming Events and News
Lincoln University Upcoming events!
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Selected USDA news this week.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service's recent report on Cattle inventory observed a drop to 94.2 million as of July 1, 2025.
USDA ERS released “The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report.” It observed a decrease in Total Federal spending on USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs compared to 2023
Farming Resources
The National Resource Guide for Producers' last update is June 9, 2025.
The national resource guide for producers team is making an effort to sort informational resources that help farmers respond to the rapidly changing funding and support in the agricultural industry for all sizes and scales of production. Note: “The American Farmland Trust will endeavor to update this list once a week; external links are maintained by their respective owners ”
Missouri Agribusiness Revolving Loan fund
The fund offers financing to Qualifying Missouri Agribusinesses, such as value-added agriculture enterprises, agriculture support businesses, marketers or retailers of agricultural products, and businesses with emerging agricultural technology This funding is provided, in part, by the USDA Rural Development’s Intermediary Relending Program Check eligibility here
USDA-NRCS Programs supporting farmers
This link provides multiple options for accessing resources for your farm The USDA offers farm loans and conservation management programs to sustain your farming operations
USDA-FSA. Announces August 2025 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide essential access to capital, helping agricultural producers start or expand their farming operations, purchase equipment and storage structures, or meet cash flow needs Find out the new rates here
Managing risk in the farm update. This link will connect you with the USDA market-based risk management tools that aim to strengthen the economic stability of agricultural producers and rural communities
For more information, contact: Dr. Eleazar Gonzalez State Extension Specialist
Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Small Sustainable Farms Telephone. 573-681-5541 GonzalezE@lincolnu.edu
Collaborators: Alejandro Tovar
Agricultural Markets and Marketing Assistant
Agricultural Economics and Marketing Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
This bulletin was initially created with funds sponsored by BFRDP and NCR-SARE projects. Then sustained with State Match-Agricultural Natural Resources-Small Farms
