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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

WEIL WILLIAM S

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

NO. 1 LEGGETT ROAD

(Street)

CARTHAGE

64836

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/11/2004

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LEGGETT & PLATT INC [ LEG ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Vice Pres. - Corp. Controller

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	33,003	D
Common Stock	1,724	I	Custodian- daughter

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Options (Right to buy)	12/26/2001⁽¹⁾	06/25/2010	Common Stock	2,500	16.0625	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	09/11/2004⁽²⁾	03/10/2013	Common Stock	10,025	17.61	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	07/02/2002⁽³⁾	01/03/2011	Common Stock	7,000	17.69	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	10/12/2000⁽⁴⁾	04/11/2009	Common Stock	14,100	20	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	07/13/2005⁽⁵⁾	01/12/2014	Common Stock	11,500	21.35	D
Stock Options (Right to buy)	07/16/2003⁽⁶⁾	01/15/2012	Common Stock	9,000	22.3	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The option became exercisable in three annual installments beginning on December 26, 2001.

2. The option will become exercisable in three annual installments beginning September 11, 2004.

3. The option became exercisable as to 2,333 shares on each of July 2, 2002 and July 2, 2003, and will become exercisable as to the remaining 2,334 shares on July 2, 2004.

4. The option became exercisable in three annual installments beginning on October 12, 2000.

5. The option will become exercisable in three annual installments beginning July 13, 2005.

6. The option became exercisable as to 3,000 shares on July 16, 2003, and will become exercisable as to the remaining shares in two annual installments beginning on July 16, 2004.

	William S. Weil by John A. Lyckman, Attorney-in-Fact	02/12/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Ernest C. Jett, John A. Lyckman
and John G. Moore or the designee of any one of them, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
       undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Leggett &
       Platt, Incorporated (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
       accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
       1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the
       undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
       undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
       securities of the Company;

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for an on behalf of the
       undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
       execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and
       timely file such form or report with the United States Securities
       and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
       authority; and

     (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
       with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
       fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
       required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
       documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
       undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
       form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-
       in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

          The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holding of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of January, 2004.


                                         /s/ William S. Weil
                            _____________________________________
                                            William S. Weil