Missouri Weekly Direct Slaughter Cattle Report- June 05, 2026

Week:  560          Last Week  320           Last Year 280

These prices acquired from Missouri producers, trading as of this Friday morning June 05, trade so far this Friday morning is light to moderate with Flat dressed sales trading steady at 405.00 on Friday morning. Grid dressed sales are steady with last week's bid at 410.00   The fed cattle market so far this week is mostly steady as of this Friday morning with most sales from 255.00-258.00 and a few dressed sales at 405.00. Last week's slaughter was 448,000, down 84,000 from previous Holiday week and 40,000 less than a year ago. Comprehensive carcass weights, the weighted average for both steers and heifers were at 955 lbs., up 2 lbs. from previous week and 40 lbs above last year at this time. May overall was a slow wholesale beef month ahead of the Memorial Day Weekend and now is trying to gear up for Father's Day and 4th of July. Even with the grilling season getting started, boxed-beef prices have struggled to trade higher for the most part looking at spring demand and along with the sharp rise in fed cattle prices boxed-beef is still slowly trading in a sideways pattern to slightly higher. There is a high abundance of high-quality grades of beef cuts as record levels of fed cattle are grading Choice and Prime which is keeping the narrow spread between Choice and Select. Choice boxed-beef on Thursday closed 3.20 lower at 392.66 and Select retreating 1.39 at 383.04 with a Choice-Select spread remaining narrow at 9.62. Compared to last Thursday s close with Choice at 392.32 and Select at 385.58.  Slaughter Cattle under Federal inspection on Thursday was estimated at 428, 000, last week 329,000 and last year 478,000.  The hide and offal value from a typical slaughter steer on Thursday was 14.65 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)   9 loads Tuesday and Wednesday Flat 405.00, .
Grid Dressed Sales:  (over 90 percent Choice)    5 loads Wednesday morning 410.00.  

Source:  MO Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Perry, MO         
      Greg Harrison, Market Reporter