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 for selected crops that consumers demand year-round. This week’s publication presents price trends for specialty crop markets. Crop market prices from organic production systems were unavailable this week. Price volatility was observed among different products from nonorganic growing systems. Market price reports are updated weekly; however, some of our source reports may be inconsistent with their weekly product prices report. 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
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Figure 2. Market prices of organic products in the US and the South-Central region. Comparative sample.
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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 mediumweight classes, and steers and heifers with 600 pounds or more are largeweight classes.
Beef Prices in the Southwest Region
Table 3. Four State Stockyards
Table 4. Gainesville Livestock Auction
Table 5. Joplin Regional Stockyards
Table 6. Mid Missouri Stockyards
Table 7. Ozarks Livestock Marketing Center
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Table 8. Springfield Livestock Marketing Center
Table 9. Wright County Livestock LLC
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Beef Prices in the Northeast Region
Table 10. Eastern Missouri Comision
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Beef Prices in the Central Region
Table 14. Callaway Livestock Center
Table 15. Inter State Regional Stockyards
Table 16. South Central Regional Stockyards
Table 17. 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 18. Boxed Livestock Market Prices
Lincoln University Upcoming events!
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LU Cooperative Extension. Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Certification
Agribusiness Lectures for Small Sustainable Farms: This training certification will provide the tools for small farmers to redesign their farm business model and create an agribusiness plan to operate and guide the farm through its production system and community Participation is at no cost Register here.
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Selected USDA news this week
The USDA's actions announced to strengthen the American beef industry reinforce and prioritize the critical role of American ranchers in the national security of the United States Since 2017, the United States has lost over 17% of its family farms, with more than 100,000 operations disappearing over the last decade Click this link to read more about it
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
