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 displays market prices of selected crops that consumers demand throughout the year. This week’s publication shows specialty crop market price trends of conventional crops. Crop market prices from organic production systems were unavailable this week. Price volatility was observed among different products from non-organic growing systems. Market price reports are updated weekly; however, some of our source reports may be inconsistent with the 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
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
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 4. Gainesville Livestock Auction
Table 5. Joplin Regional Stockyards
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Ozarks
Table 8. Springfield Livestock Marketing Center
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
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12. Boonville Livestock Center
Table 13. Callaway Livestock Center
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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
Table 15. Boxed Livestock Market Prices
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Selected USDA news this week
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The USDA will invest up to $18 million in farm-to-school projects that connect farmers to USDA’s child nutrition programs through local food procurement, agricultural education, school gardens, and other initiatives. Learn more about it here.
USDA- The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Forecasts US
Corn Production Up, Soybean and Cotton Production Down from 2024 NASS surveyed more than 7,600 producers across the country and conducted objective yield surveys for corn and soybeans in preparation for this report You can learn more here
Farming Events and News 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 September 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
