OCTOBER 8, 2025. VOLUME 4 | BULLETIN 40
Missouri Weekly Agricultural Market Prices and Trends
AGRICULTURAL MARKET PRICES BULLETIN
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Edited by Dr. Eleazar Gonzalez
1. Specialty Crops Markets..............................2
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.
a. Conventional Specialty Crops Market Prices .............................................3 b. Organic Specialty Crops Market Prices .............................................4 c. Comparative Market Prices of Conventional and Organic Products.......5 2. Missouri Livestock Market a. Beef Prices: Southwest Region......................................6 Northeast Region ......................................8 Northwest Region ......................................8 Southeast Region ......................................9 Central Region ............................................9 b. Small Ruminants ........................................11 c. Beef Box Prices ............................................11 3. Educational Farming Events & Resources........................................................12 4. Contact information......................................13
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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
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
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Figure 1. Market prices of conventionally grown products in the US and the South-Central region
South-Central States:Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
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Table 2. Organic Specialty Crops Prices
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.
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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
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Table 6. Mid Missouri Stockyards
Table 7. Ozarks Livestock Marketing Center
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
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Beef Prices in the Northeast Region Table 10. Eastern Missouri Comision
Table 11. Edina Livestock Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Table 11. F&T Livestock
Beef Prices in the Northwest Region Table 12. Green City Livestock Marketing LLC
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
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Beef Prices in the Southeast Region Table 13. Farmington Regional Stockyards
Table 14. SEMO Livestock Sales
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
Beef Prices in the Central Region Table 15. Boonville Livestock Center
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Table 16. Callaway Livestock Center
Table 17. Interstate Regional Stockyards
Table 18. South Central Regional Stockyards
Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports
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Table 19. 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 20. Boxed Livestock Market Prices
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Farming Events and News Lincoln University Upcoming events! Lincoln University offers a diverse range of activities to support stakeholders with their everyday life initiatives. Connect to LU's upcoming events today 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.
Selected USDA news this week. The USDA-Agriculture Outlook Forum. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins spoke on the current state of the farm economy in the United States and addressed the ways President Trump is supporting American agriculture.”
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.
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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
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