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Gasconade County, MO

Cattle prices near Gasconade County, Missouri. The closest sale barn with a recent report is Cuba MO in Cuba, MO, about 26 miles away. On Nov 10, 5-weight steers (500–599 lb) averaged $392.13 per hundredweight on 57 head (USDA). Check a bid against your own costs with Ring Price.

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CRP emergency haying & grazing: Gasconade County is on FSA's list (since Oct 27, 2026). Check with your FSA county office first. Details · FSA list as of Nov 5, 2026.
Drought Abnormally dryD0 · most of county Drought pay (LFP) Eligibleup to 1 payment Burn ban Checkcall the county Cuba MO 5-wt steers $392▼ $11 since last sale

Gasconade County rain, outlook and forecast

Most of Gasconade County, MO was abnormally dry (D0) on the Nov 10 U.S. Drought Monitor map, with 3% at severe drought (D2), and D2-or-worse drought has held there 3 weeks running. Rain has run 11% of normal over the last 30 days (well below normal); Saturday carries the week's highest rain chance at 35% (high 69°) and the 6-10 day outlook for Nov 20–24 leans wetter than normal (40% chance of above-normal rain). FSA's 2026 LFP list includes Gasconade County with up to 1 monthly payment, and Cuba MO is the closest USDA-reported sale barn at 26 miles.

Rain vs normal

  • Last 30 days 11% of normal
  • Last 60 days 39% of normal
  • Last 90 days not read yet

NOAA river forecast center rain (radar plus gauges) at the county center, Nov 15, 2026. Source.

Rain outlook

  • 6-10 day outlook (Nov 20–24) Leans wetter than normal (40% chance of above-normal rain)
  • 8-14 day outlook (Nov 22–28) Leans toward near-normal rain

NOAA Climate Prediction Center precipitation outlook, issued Nov 14, 2026. Source.

Next 7 days

  1. Today Mostly Sunny, high 54°, low 28°, 0% rain, wind 2–3 mph
  2. Monday Sunny, high 57°, low 32°, 0% rain, wind 3–5 mph
  3. Tuesday Sunny, high 59°, low 38°, 0% rain, wind 3–7 mph
  4. Wednesday Mostly Sunny, high 64°, low 48°, 6% rain, wind 6–9 mph
  5. Thursday Mostly Sunny, high 67°, low 49°, 10% rain, wind 2–8 mph
  6. Friday Mostly Sunny, high 70°, low 51°, 3% rain, wind 3–13 mph
  7. Saturday Chance Light Rain, high 69°, low 43°, 35% rain, wind 7–13 mph

National Weather Service forecast for the county center, updated Nov 15, 2026. Wind, warnings and burn bans.

PRF pasture insurance: sign up by Dec 1, 2026

The 2027 Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance sales closing date for Gasconade County is Dec 1, 2026, 16 days from today. PRF (Rainfall Index) pays on a rainfall index for your grid, not on your own rain gauge. You buy it through a crop insurance agent.

How PRF works · PRF 2027 sign-up · Find your grid on RMA's PRF tool

Date from USDA RMA's actuarial data, read Aug 28, 2026 · RMA dates map. Your agent confirms the date for your policy.

Gasconade County grass production

In 2025, grassland and pasture in Gasconade County grew about 3,283 pounds per acre of grass and forbs, 109% of the county's 1991-2020 normal of 3,000 pounds per acre. That was the 5th best of 40 years on record (1986-2025). Best year: 2016 at 3,561 pounds per acre; worst: 1986 at 2,019.

Pounds per acre of new grass and forbs each year on rangeland and pasture, from the Rangeland Analysis Platform (satellite-based estimates). See every year on the Land tab.

Open loss windows 1 open

What happenedStartedTell FSA early byFSA deadline
Severe drought (D2) began (U.S. Drought Monitor) Oct 27, 2026Nov 26, 2026 (11 days left)Mar 1, 2027

If this cost you livestock, extra feed or hauled water, call your county FSA office now, while it's fresh. The 30-day date is a suggestion from Cownty; FSA's deadline for the notice of loss and application is the March 1 date. Log it in your Drought Ledger · Find your FSA office and phone

Text YES CLOCK for a reminder on day 21 and day 28.

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Cownty sends nothing to FSA.

Drought-sale tax flag IRS list

Gasconade County is on IRS Notice 2026-54 (severe or worse drought, Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026).

Why it matters: if you sold breeding, dairy or draft livestock because of drought, the tax code may let you put off the gain (more time to buy replacement animals, or report the extra-sale income a year later). Your tax preparer decides whether either applies.

Work out your numbers and print a page for your preparer

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. Ask your tax preparer. FSA decides program eligibility. IRS Notice 2026-54 (PDF)

Prices

5-wt steers, nearest barns

Steers 500–599 lb, $/cwt, weekly average.

BarnLast sale5-wt steers
Cuba MO 26 miNov 10$392
Vienna MO 30 miNov 11$429
Kingdom City MO 42 miNov 9$412
How to read this

Each line is one barn's head-weighted average for 5-weight steers (500–599 lb) in that week; gaps are weeks with no sale or no lots that size. Past sales, not a bid.

Dollars per hundredweight ($/cwt, per 100 lb), calculated from USDA AMS Market News sale reports (Medium & Large 1 and 1-2). Not a USDA-published average. ≈ $/head = $/cwt × the middle of the weight class ÷ 100.

Guide: How to read a USDA sale barn report

Price history · Barn map · Fed vs feeder cattle

All weights at the 3 nearest barns

Cuba MO 26 mi

Cuba, MO
Sale of Nov 10, 2026
CattleHead$/cwt≈ $/head
Heifers 400-499 lb47386.70$1,740
Heifers 500-599 lb64344.61$1,900
Heifers 600-699 lb40319.18$2,070
Heifers 700-799 lb25298.48$2,240
Steers 400-499 lb38430.46$1,940
Steers 500-599 lb57392.13$2,160
Steers 600-699 lb72362.54$2,360
Steers 700-799 lb69333.41$2,500

USDA report (PDF) · Price history

Vienna MO 30 mi

Vienna, MO
Sale of Nov 11, 2026
CattleHead$/cwt≈ $/head
Heifers 400-499 lb68404.37$1,820
Heifers 500-599 lb144378.26$2,080
Heifers 600-699 lb71373.94$2,430
Heifers 700-799 lb24348.45$2,610
Steers 400-499 lb97466.30$2,100
Steers 500-599 lb146429.15$2,360
Steers 600-699 lb200376.18$2,450
Steers 700-799 lb57336.93$2,530

USDA report (PDF) · Price history

Kingdom City MO 42 mi

Kingdom City, MO
Sale of Nov 9, 2026
CattleHead$/cwt≈ $/head
Heifers 400-499 lb93391.43$1,760
Heifers 500-599 lb98351.85$1,940
Heifers 600-699 lb121339.60$2,210
Heifers 700-799 lb25308.74$2,320
Steers 400-499 lb50443.05$1,990
Steers 500-599 lb156411.61$2,260
Steers 600-699 lb182362.91$2,360
Steers 700-799 lb36326.97$2,450

USDA report (PDF) · Price history

23 more within 200 mi: Bowling Green MO (65 mi), Farmington MO (74 mi), Phillipsburg MO (93 mi), Palmyra MO (94 mi), Macon MO (104 mi), Windsor MO (109 mi), New Cambria MO (114 mi), West Plains MO (119 mi), Osceola MO (122 mi), Jackson MO (125 mi), Tina MO (129 mi), Springfield MO (130 mi), Kingsville MO (140 mi), Green City MO (148 mi), Ash Flat AR (152 mi), Butler MO (154 mi), Unionville MO (162 mi), Bloomfield IA (167 mi), Green Forest AR (180 mi), Exeter (181 mi), Ledbetter KY (190 mi), Russell IA (197 mi), Lamoni IA (198 mi).

Drought

Drought, past 12 months

3% of the county in severe drought or worse, 3 weeks running.

How to read this

Each band is how much of the county was in that drought level that week. Darker = worse. D2 (severe) and darker can trigger USDA drought pay.

Right now: 3% of the county is in severe drought or worse; some of it has been for 3 weeks running. Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Nov 10, 2026.

Guide: What D0–D4 mean

See the drought map

Programs

Drought pasture pay (LFP)

On FSA's 2026 list for 1 pasture types. Up to 1 monthly payments.

Bring head counts, grazing leases and pasture acres to your county FSA office.

How to read this

Each bar is a pasture type; the number is how many monthly payments it qualifies for (1 to 5).

Pasture table
Pasture typeGrazing periodQualifying datePayments
Long Season Small Grains2025-11-01 to 2026-04-012026-02-091

FSA "Counties & Pasture Types Eligible for 2026 LFP", file dated Nov 5, 2026 (download). FSA decides eligibility. Fetched Nov 9, 2026.

Guide: How LFP works and who qualifies

Guide: ELAP and LIP basics

USDA disaster declarations

  • Mar 25, 2025 · Drought
    Neighboring county declared (counts for Gasconade) · crop year 2025

"Declared" means USDA named this county. "Neighboring" means it touches a declared county. Either way, FSA emergency loans can open for about 8 months. FSA designation files (dated Jan 28, 2026). Fetched Nov 9, 2026.

Guide: What a disaster designation means

CRP emergency haying and grazing

Open Gasconade County is on FSA's emergency haying and grazing list, starting Oct 27, 2026. Trigger: D2 (severe) drought on the Drought Monitor. Get an updated conservation plan from FSA before cutting or turning out.

Before haying and grazing, contact your FSA county office to see if your county remains eligible and/or obtain a modified conservation plan. This list is cumulative for the year and current local conditions may have changed.

Source: FSA eligible-county table posted Nov 5, 2026 · map · FSA program page. FSA posts a new file every Thursday. Fetched Nov 9, 2026.

Guide: CRP emergency haying and grazing rules

Screwworm (Texas Animal Health Commission)

Data pending. animal-health alerts are read for Texas (TAHC) and Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico (state ag departments); Missouri's state veterinarian isn't read yet

Guide: Screwworm: what to know

New FSA programs: watch list
DateScopeReleaseFlag
Nov 4, 2026MississippiUSDA Designates one Tennessee Counties as Natural Disaster Areas
Nov 4, 2026Hawaii and Pacific IslandsUSDA Extends Application Deadline for Emergency Conservation Program Assistance for Guam and CNMI Counties for Typhoon Bavi Impacts
Nov 4, 2026NebraskaUSDA Authorizes Deadline Extension for Emergency Conservation Program in Several Wildfire-Impacted Counties
Nov 4, 2026FloridaUSDA Designates 9 Alabama Counties as Natural Disaster Areas
Nov 3, 2026AlabamaUSDA Designates 9 Alabama Counties as Natural Disaster Areas

Weather & fire

Next 7 days · National Weather Service

Weather for Gasconade County

Forecast for the center point of Gasconade County.

  • Freeze on 2 nights
  1. Today Mostly Sunny 54° 28° E 2–3 mph 0% rain
  2. Mon Sunny 57° 32° S 3–5 mph 0% rain
  3. Tue Sunny 59° 38° S 3–7 mph 0% rain
  4. Wed Mostly Sunny 64° 48° S 6–9 mph 6% rain
  5. Thu Mostly Sunny 67° 49° SW 2–8 mph 10% rain
  6. Fri Mostly Sunny 70° 51° S 3–13 mph 3% rain
  7. Sat Chance Light Rain 69° 43° S 7–13 mph 35% rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service, updated Nov 15, 2026. Wind arrows point where the wind is going; the letters say where it comes from. Windy = 25 mph or more; freeze = a low of 32°F or less. Open the full forecast.

Burn ban

Data pending. Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for Missouri; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices

No official ban list to check here, so Cownty shows the National Weather Service fire-weather alerts for the county instead: none right now.

Guide: Burn bans: where to check and what they mean

Weather warnings right now

None right now

National Weather Service active alerts for this county, as of Nov 15, 2026 (source). Fetched Nov 15, 2026.

Rainfall vs normal

Oct 2026
1.36 in 42% of normal
Last 12 months
39.83 in 92%
How to read this

Bars are the rain that fell each month; the dashed line is a normal month (1991-2020 average). Bars below the line = drier than normal.

County-average precipitation, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026. Normal = NCEI's own 1991-2020 average for each month (Oct 2026 normal 3.21 in; same month last year 3.41 in). NCEI posts each month around the 8th of the next and may revise recent months. Source: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance. Fetched Nov 14, 2026.

Wildfires

No current fire perimeter in the county

No current perimeter within 100 mi of the county center (48 mapped nationally).

See the fire map

Interagency fire outlines. Small or brand-new fires are often not mapped yet; call 911 for a fire you can see. Layer updated Nov 15, 2026. Source: National Interagency Fire Center. Fetched Nov 15, 2026.

Frost dates

Frost and freeze dates

30-year averages (1991–2020) from the weather stations nearest Gasconade County. Frost = 32°F; hard freeze = 28°F.

Rosebud weather station (7 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
168-day growing season
 Apr 27
1 year in 10 it's after May 12
 Oct 13
1 year in 10 it's before Sep 29
Hard freeze (28°F)
191-day growing season
 Apr 14
1 year in 10 it's after May 5
 Oct 24
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 9

Freedom weather station (11 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
191-day growing season
 Apr 11
1 year in 10 it's after Apr 30
 Oct 21
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 6
Hard freeze (28°F)
214-day growing season
 Mar 31
1 year in 10 it's after Apr 19
 Nov 1
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 18

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Rosebud, Freedom), NOAA files as of Jun 27, 2023. Fetched Nov 11, 2026.

Money

FSA grain loan rates (2026)

What FSA will lend on stored grain, per bushel. Lets you hold grain instead of selling at harvest.

CropGasconade CountyNational average
Corn$2.52 /bu $2.42 /bu
Grain sorghum$4.20 /cwt
($2.35 /bu)
 $2.42 /bu
Soybeans$6.95 /bu $6.82 /bu
Hard red winter wheat$3.71 /bu $3.72 /bu
Soft red winter wheat$3.27 /bu $3.72 /bu

County marketing-loan rates. Sorghum's county rate is set per 100 lb; the per-bushel figure uses 56 lb a bushel. Source: FSA 2026 corn/sorghum/soybean schedule, wheat schedule, national rates. Fetched Nov 9, 2026.

FSA farm loan interest rates

FSA direct loanRate
Farm Operating - Direct5.625%
Farm Operating - Microloan5.625%
Farm Ownership - Direct6.250%
Farm Ownership - Microloan6.250%
Farm Ownership - Direct, Joint Financing4.250%
Farm Ownership - Down Payment2.250%
Emergency Loan - Amount of Actual Loss3.750%

Set nationally by FSA; the same in every county. Effective Nov 1, 2026. Source: FSA current loan interest rates. Fetched Nov 9, 2026.

Farm program payments by crop (ARC and PLC)

ARC pays when county crop revenue falls below its guarantee. PLC pays when the national price falls below the reference price. You picked one per crop when you enrolled.

Data pending. last fetch failed: HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/arc-plc/program-data

PLC, 2026 FSA table of Oct 30, 2026

CropReference priceSeason avg pricePLC payment
Wheat /bushel$6.35$6.30 projected$0.05 projected
Barley /bushel$5.58$5.70 projected$0.00 projected
Oats /bushel$3.05$3.35 projected$0.00 projected
Corn /bushel$4.42$4.70 projected$0.00 projected
Grain Sorghum /bushel$4.67$4.50 projected$0.17 projected
Soybeans /bushel$10.71$12.00 projected$0.00 projected

PLC rates are national (paid on the farm's PLC yield). Source: FSA 2026 PLC table. FSA decides who is paid.

FSA payments in Gasconade County

Data pending. last fetch failed: HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/tools/informational/freedom-information-act-foia/electronic-reading-room/frequently-requested/payment-files

Guide: ARC and PLC basics

Crop conditions (statewide)

Missouri crop and pasture condition

Missouri statewide, not just your county. Wheat planting is on pace with normal (81% vs 80%). From USDA's weekly Crop Progress report, week ending Nov 8, 2026.

ConditionPoor or
very poor		FairGood or
excellent
Winter Wheat2%25% 73%

Progress

MissouriThis weekLast weekNormal (5-yr avg)
Winter Wheat Planted81%74%80%
Winter Wheat Emerged63%50%57%
Cotton Harvested93%87%85%
Corn Harvested89%86%89%

Source: USDA NASS Crop Progress released Nov 9, 2026 (ESMIS), Missouri rows. Week ending Nov 8, 2026. Fetched Nov 9, 2026.

Deadlines

  • Dec 1, 2026in 16 days
    Last day to buy 2027 pasture rain insurance (PRF)
    Crop insurance (RMA)
    Details and source
    Plans: Rainfall Index
    Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)
    Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
  • Mar 1, 2027in 106 days
    Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP): application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date.
    FSA disaster programs · 7 CFR 1416.206(a)
    Details and source
    Rule: 7 CFR 1416.206(a) (FSA rule, Jan 17, 2025)
    Source: USDA FSA · checked Oct 18, 2026
  • Mar 1, 2027in 106 days
    Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP): notice of loss, application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date.
    FSA disaster programs · 7 CFR 1416.107
    Details and source
    Rule: 7 CFR 1416.107 (FSA rule, Jan 17, 2025)
    Source: USDA FSA · checked Oct 18, 2026
  • Mar 1, 2027in 106 days
    Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP): notice of loss, application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date.
    FSA disaster programs · 7 CFR 1416.305(b)
    Details and source
    Rule: 7 CFR 1416.305(b) (FSA rule, Jan 17, 2025)
    Source: USDA FSA · checked Oct 18, 2026

All deadlines and report dates · FSA disaster-program deadlines are pending (no official feed).

Guide: PRF insurance and the Dec 1 deadline

Guide: How to apply for EQIP or CSP

Guide: Ag land property tax in OK, KS and NM

Land

Where it is, with barns within 200 mi

Dots are sale barns USDA reports on. Tap one for its latest prices.

Who owns this land? Open the county property map

Grass grown on rangeland and pasture

Grass grown in 2025: 3,283 lb per acre, a little above normal (109% of the 1991-2020 average of 3,000).

How to read this

Each bar is one year's grass (darker = perennial grasses, lighter = annuals). The dashed line is the 1991-2020 average. A county average with cropland excluded, not your pasture.

How we got this

Satellite estimate of new above-ground growth of grasses and forbs for the year (annual + perennial, lb/acre), averaged over the county's grassland, pasture and shrubland (27% of the county in USDA's 2025 cropland map; farm fields are left out because the estimate isn't valid there, and the same 2025 map is used for every year). About about 120 m (RAP overview). Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform biomass v3 (data, Jones et al. 2021, CC0) and USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer.

Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform, 2025 season. Fetched Nov 13, 2026.

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Nearest USDA-reported sale barns

  1. Interstate Regional Stockyards, Inc. Cuba, MO 26 mi · sells Tuesdays · latest USDA report Nov 10, 2026
  2. South Central Regional Stockyards Vienna, MO 30 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Nov 11, 2026
  3. Callaway Livestock Center Kingdom City, MO 42 mi · sells Mondays · latest USDA report Nov 9, 2026
  4. Eastern Missouri Commission Company Bowling Green, MO 65 mi · sells Fridays · latest USDA report Nov 13, 2026
  5. Farmington Livestock Auction Farmington, MO 74 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Nov 11, 2026

Miles are straight-line from the county center. Sale days come from the barns' recent USDA AMS reports; call the barn to confirm. All barns

Printable county brief (PDF) · Everything on one page · Hay prices in Missouri

Common questions and nearby counties

Is Gasconade County eligible for LFP in 2026?

Yes. Gasconade County is on FSA's 2026 Livestock Forage Disaster Program county list, with up to 1 monthly payment for some pasture types. FSA decides each operation's eligibility; apply at your county FSA office by March 1 after the loss year.

Source: FSA LFP county file of Nov 5, 2026

What is the drought level in Gasconade County this week?

On the Drought Monitor map of Nov 10, 2026, most of Gasconade County was in abnormally dry (D0), and the worst part was severe drought (D2) on 3% of the county. 3 straight weeks with some severe drought (D2) or worse.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Nov 10, 2026

Is there a burn ban in Gasconade County?

No official statewide list to check: Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for Missouri; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices.

What sale barns are near Gasconade County?

The nearest USDA-reported sale barns: Cuba MO (26 mi), last report Nov 10, 2026; Vienna MO (30 mi), last report Nov 11, 2026; Kingdom City MO (42 mi), last report Nov 9, 2026.

Source: USDA AMS Market News reports

What are the upcoming FSA and farm deadlines?

Next: Nov 20, 2026: Micro Farm 2027: last day to buy crop insurance; Nov 20, 2026: Whole Farm Revenue Protection 2027: last day to buy crop insurance. FSA program dates not posted officially are marked "confirm at source" on the calendar.

Source: official agency pages (see Calendar)

Information only; not financial or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Always check the linked official source.