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