Missouri Weekly Direct Slaughter Cattle Report- Nov 07, 2025
Week: 360 Last Week 280 Last Year 340
These prices acquired from Missouri producers, Trading as of this Friday morning November 07, trade so far this Friday morning is light with Flat dressed sales mostly steady at 358.00 with Grid dressed sales 3.00 lower than last week's bid at 364.00. Negotiated live sales started at mid week with light trade in the Southern Plains mostly 3.00-4.00 lower at 232.00, while in the North live sales were mostly steady at 230.00-230.50. CME cattle futures have whipped sawed back and forth and continue to struggle to put together and kind of stability and has the cattle market in a cautious and jittery mindset even though fundamentals remain strong. Last week's slaughter was 559,000,down 14,000 from previous week and 56,000 less than a year ago. Comprehensive carcass weights the weighted average for both steers and heifers was at 948 lbs, par with last week and 24 lbs above last year at this time. Boxed-beef values over the last several weeks have moved higher but this week gains have topped out as beef demand has been in a seasonally slow period as we enter into Thanksgiving. As we enter the fall season with the holidays around the corner boxed-beef prices should get a boost when Thanksgiving turns the page. Choice boxed-beef on Thursday closed .29 cents lower at 377.927 and Select up .51 cents at 360.76 with a Choice-Select spread narrowing to 17.21 compared to last Thursday’s close with Choice at 378.27 and Select at 359.22. Slaughter Cattle under Federal inspection on Thursday was estimated at 456, 000, last week 457,000 and last year 496,000. The hide and offal value from a typical slaughter steer on Thursday was 11.40 per cwt unchanged when compared to Wednesday 's value.
Live Sales: Slaughter steers and heifers: (over 90 percent Choice) No Sales
(Note: Weighing conditions some plant delivered weights and some net weights FOB feedlot after a 4 percent shrink. Dressed Carcass Sales: Paid on Hot Carcass Weights) Delivered or Picked up
Steers and Heifers (80 percent Choice) 5 loads Wednesday Flat 358.00.
Grid Dressed Sales: (over 80 percent Choice) 4 loads Thursday 364.00.
Source: MO Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Perry, MO
Greg Harrison, Market Reporter