Missouri Agricultural Market Prices and Trends-Bulletin 37

SEPTEMBER 18 2026. VOLUME 5 | BULLETIN 37

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 pricing farm products. Agricultural products are categorized into two main groups: 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 are available, this publication reports beef livestock market prices paid at stockyards across five regions of Missouri (Southwest, Northeast, Central, 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. College of Agriculture, Environmental and Human Sciences (CAEHS). Cooperative Extension. Agricultural Economics and Marketing Program (AEMP)

CONTENT: 1. Specialty Crops Market price trends...........................2 a. Comparing prices among conventional specialty crops markets at the national level and regional level..............................................................3 b. Organic specialty crops market price trends........................................................4 c. Conventional and organic prices..............................5 2. Missouri Livestock Market a. Beef Prices: Southwest Region.............................................................6 Northeast Region .............................................................7 Central Region .................................................................. Southeast Region ............................................................ b. Small ruminants..................................................................8 c. Beef Box Prices ...................................................................8 3. Educational Farming Events & Resources..............................................................................9 4. Contact information............................................................10

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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. Over the years, we have consistently observed price changes across 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 price reports. If a product listed in the tables has no price, it means our source of information didn't report a price for that week. Red numbers indicate prices dropped from the previous week, while green numbers indicate a positive change compared with last week's prices.

Table 1. Conventional Specialty Crops Prices WEEK 37

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. Comparing market prices of conventionally grown products in the US and the South-Central region WEEK 37

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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Table 2. Organic Specialty Crops Prices WEEK 37

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. WEEK 37

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 3. Comparing Market Prices of Organic and Conventional Products at Major National Retail Supermarket Outlets WEEK 37

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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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 1. Four State Stockyards - Exeter, MO.