Missouri Weekly Agricultural Market Prices and Trends
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 pricing farm products. Agricultural products are categorized into two main groups: animal-origin products and plant-origin products Prices indicate the average weekly value of each product. The bulletin offers prices for selected crops and livestock products. When data is available, this publication reports beef-livestock market prices paid at stockyards in five regions of Missouri (Southwest, Northeast, Central Region, Southeast, and Northwest) Additionally, prices for other livestock, such as sheep, goats, pork, whole milk, and eggs, are also reported when available. 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 throughout the year. This week’s publication presents price trends for specialty crop markets. Over the years, we have consistently observed changing pricing among different products from both non-organic and organic 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 listed on the tables has no price, it means that our source of information 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
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 mediumweight classes, and steers and heifers with 600 pounds or more are largeweight classes.
Beef Prices in the Southwest Region
Table 4. Gainesville Livestock Auction
Table 5. Joplin Regional Stockyards
Table 6. Ozarks Livestock Marketing Center
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Beef Prices in the Northeast Region
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports Table 8. F&T Livestock
Table 9. Boonville Livestock Center Beef Prices in the Central Region
Table 10. Callaway Livestock Center
Table 11. Small Ruminants Market Prices
Table 12. Boxed Livestock Market Prices
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Livestock Poultry & Grain Market News Missouri Dept of Ag Mrkt News
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Livestock Poultry, & Grain Market News Missouri Dept of Ag Mrkt News
Farming Events and News
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LU Cooperative Extension. Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Certification
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USDA-FSA- New and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans.
The Farm service Agency offer multiple options for farmers to connect with different resources and loan options At this website farmers and ranchers are able to access the farm answer library, factsheets, farm business planning resources Information of available loans and location of FSA service centers.
Is there another mental healt awarness among farmers? Recently, we celebrated Thanksgiving. Our assumptions about accessing food have been systematically accepted as norms; however, most consumers are unaware of the emotional crisis many farmers and ranchers face in producing food. In recent months, farmers have faced multiple market distortions and inflationary pressures on production costs, which have increased their stress This statmeent is addressed by this article in the successful farming website that states that farmers calls to mental health hotlines is in the rise Reed more 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 Check eligibility here
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SDA-NRCS
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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 to help producers start or expand their farming operations, purchase equipment and storage structures, or meet cash flow needs Find out the new rates here
The Missouri CRCL Project – Conservation Fieldscapes is accepting applications from November 3, 2025, to January 31, 2026 Fieldscape sizes may vary, but must be on an area of approximately 1/8 acre (5,445 square feet) or more. Know more 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
