A 115-plus-year, five-generation farm market and packinghouse along the Missouri River bluffs — expect to buy pre-picked apples and peaches here, not pick your own, since the record confirms it isn't a u-pick operation.
Peters Orchards & Market sits at 32615 U.S. Highway 65 in Waverly, Lafayette County, along the Missouri River bluffs between Kansas City and Columbia. Per the orchard’s own site, read September 3, 2026, it’s open for the 2026 season with hours of 9am to 5pm Monday through Saturday and a shorter 12pm to 5pm window on Sundays. The site’s contact page explicitly states the current-season status, which is more of a direct 2026 confirmation than many other orchards in this research provide.
One address note worth flagging plainly: Missouri Life magazine’s own apple round-up, checked the same day, lists this orchard’s address as 32651 US-65 rather than 32615. That’s a small but real discrepancy between two sources. This record uses the number from Peters’ own contact page, 32615, as the more authoritative source, since it comes directly from the business rather than a third party — but it’s worth double-checking the number against your GPS before you leave.
Unlike most of the orchards in this Missouri research, the record explicitly marks Peters Orchards & Market as not u-pick, with pre-picked fruit confirmed instead. If part of the appeal of an orchard visit for you is walking the rows and picking your own apples, this isn’t that experience — it reads more as a farm market and packinghouse operation, where you’re buying fruit that’s already been harvested and graded rather than doing the picking yourself.
What the record’s research notes emphasize is longevity: Peters has reportedly been family-run for more than 115 years across five generations, with a 500-acre orchard and its own packinghouse. That’s a substantially larger and more established operation than most of the smaller family farms elsewhere in this research, and it likely explains why the business runs more like a market than a casual u-pick stop — a packinghouse and 500 acres suggests wholesale-scale production alongside the retail storefront.
The site also reportedly sells through a Barn2Door online storefront, which is worth knowing if you’d rather order apples or peaches for delivery or pickup than make the drive to Waverly at all.
No specific apple or peach varieties are named in the record, and no pricing is given for either fruit. Given the operation’s scale, it’s reasonable to guess a market like this carries multiple varieties across the season, but that’s an inference, not a confirmed fact — the record simply doesn’t say. If a specific variety matters to you, calling ahead to (660) 493-2368 is the way to find out what’s currently in stock.
Peters Orchards & Market is a well-established, five-generation farm market and packinghouse rather than a u-pick destination — go here expecting to buy pre-picked apples and peaches, not to spend an afternoon in the rows. Its stated 2026 hours and open-for-the-season confirmation are more concrete than most orchards in this batch, but variety selection and pricing aren’t listed anywhere in the record, so a quick call before visiting is the way to know what’s actually available.
The record confirms it's open for the 2026 season, with hours Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm; no specific apple-ripeness dates are given, so calling ahead for what's currently ready is the practical approach.
you specifically want to pick your own apples — the record confirms this is not u-pick.
No — the record explicitly marks this as not u-pick, with pre-picked fruit available instead.
Monday-Saturday 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 12pm to 5pm, per the record.
Per research notes on this record, it's been family-run for over 115 years across five generations, with a 500-acre orchard and packinghouse.
Yes — the record notes the site also sells through a Barn2Door online storefront.
The record uses 32615 US Highway 65, Waverly, MO, from the orchard's own contact page. A separate source, Missouri Life magazine, lists the address as 32651 — a minor digit discrepancy the record notes but resolves in favor of the orchard's own site as the more authoritative source.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Mon-Sat; Sunday afternoons. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
No — this orchard sells pre-picked apples from its own trees rather than u-pick.
32615 U.S. Highway 65, Waverly, MO 64096, in Lafayette County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Missouri River Bluffs.
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petersmkt.com · missourilife.com
Checked September 2026.