Missouri Weekly Agricultural Market Prices and Trends
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 beeflivestock 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, 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
Figure 1. Market prices of conventionally grown products in the US and the South-Central region
Table 2. Organic Specialty Crops Prices
Figure 2. Market prices of organic products in the US and the South-Central region. Comparative sample.
Figure 3. Comparing prices of selected crops from conventional and organic crop markets.
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
Table 5. Joplin Regional Stockyards
Table 4. Gainesville Livestock Auction
Source:
Table 7. Ozarks Livestock Marketing Center
Table 8. Springfield Livestock Marketing Center
Table 9. Wright County Livestock LLC
Table 6. Mid Missouri Stockyards
Beef Prices in the Northeast Region
Table 10. Eastern Missouri Comision
Beef Prices in the Southeast Region
Table 11. Farmington Regional Stockyards
Table 12. SEMO Livestock Sales
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
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13. Boonville Livestock Center
Table 14. Callaway Livestock Center
Table 15. Interstate Regional Stockyards
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Table 16. 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
Table 17. Boxed Livestock Market Prices
Farming Events and News
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Selected USDA news this week. USDA Expands Efforts to Strengthen Rural Food Animal Veterinary Workforce and Protect America’s Food Supply
Read more here
USDA HHS and USDA Confirm Singular Traveler-Associated New World Screwworm Case; Precautionary and Proactive Surveillance Ongoing. More information here.
Farming Resources
The National Resource Guide for Producers
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
Collaborator: Alejandro Tovar Cardona 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
