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DECEMBER 31, 2025. VOLUME 4 | BULLETIN 52

Missouri Weekly Agricultural Market Prices and Trends

AGRICULTURAL MARKET PRICES BULLETIN

CONTENT:

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 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.

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 b. Small Ruminants .............................................6 c. Beef Box Prices ..................................................6 3. Educational Farming Events & Resources.............................................................7 4. Contact information...........................................8

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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 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

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.

Table 4. Four State Stockyards Table 5. Gainesville Livestock Auction Table 5. Mid Missouri Stockyards Table 6. Ozarks Livestock Marketing Center Table 7. Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Table 8. Wright County Livestock LLC

Beef Prices in the Northeast Region

Table 9. Eastern Missouri Comision Table 10. F&T Livestock Table 11. Edina Livestock Beef Prices in the Central Region Table 12. Boonville Livestock Center Table 13. Callaway Livestock Center Table 13. Inter State Regional Stockyards Table 15. South Central Regional Stockyards

Beef Prices in the Northwest Region

Table 14. Green City Livestock Marketing LLC

Beef Prices in the Southeast Region

Table 15. Farmington Regional Stockyards Table 16. SEMO Livestock Sales

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. Joplin Regional Stockyards

Source: Agricultural Economics and Marketing-Lincoln University Cooperative Extension with data from the National Beef Wire reports

Table 4. 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 5. Boxed Livestock 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.

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. Register to attend module 3 in classroom.

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.

This week trending news.

Regenerative Agriculture Pilot Program. This week the USDA anounced a investment of $700 million to specifically support regenerative agriculture. NRCS will manage the incentive to support regenrative agriculture. Read more here.

USDA Extends Enforcement Deadline for Hemp to be Tested by DEA-Registered Laboratories. Due to inadequate DEA-registered laboratory testing capacity, testing can be conducted by labs that are not DEA registered until Dec. 31, 2026. Click here for more information.

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.

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 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