Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Excellent quality throughout the day, right up to the end of the sale, which helped offset any concern about Friday's forecast. Supply moderate to heavy, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.58/cwt on 798 head.

Average price

$163.58

798 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$7.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.82

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	164.95	1,014	650
Medium and Large 1-2	629	157.57	991	148

One grade step is worth $7.39/cwt here — about $22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale798 hd

163.58

—

MO average16 barns · 11,257 hd

154.77

+8.82

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,898	82.83	1,572	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,392	51.93	723	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	51.06	613	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	44.58	486	10

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,078	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	157.44/cwt	156.50–159.00	1,071	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	180.67/cwt	175.00–184.00	945	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	922	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,133	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	553	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	148.32/cwt	147.50–150.00	647	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	871	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	152.85/cwt	148.00–154.50	862	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	643	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	142.65/cwt	141.50–146.00	963	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	143.60/cwt	141.50–148.25	885	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,001	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	152.55/cwt	149.50–155.00	711	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,125	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	155.48/cwt	154.50–156.00	1,118	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	169.08/cwt	162.50–177.00	969	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	175.43/cwt	174.50–176.00	926	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	148.08/cwt	145.00–151.50	928	29
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	573	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	834	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	137.57/cwt	136.50–138.50	981	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	158.03/cwt	155.00–160.50	755	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	919	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	142.84/cwt	140.00–147.50	838	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	161.17/cwt	160.00–162.00	940	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,268	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	195.39/cwt	187.00–199.00	830	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	160.04/cwt	155.00–165.75	992	148
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	53.38/cwt	52.00–54.00	716	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	43.99/cwt	42.00–48.00	522	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	45.98/cwt	44.50–51.00	499	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	49.02/cwt	47.00–50.00	731	3
Bulls	—	—	1,898	82.83/cwt	74.00–85.50	1,572	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	431	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	54.32/cwt	49.50–60.00	656	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	145.87/cwt	143.00–148.75	1,062	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	165.44/cwt	162.50–179.00	971	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	153.98/cwt	150.00–156.75	796	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	665	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	525	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	184.30/cwt	179.00–186.00	863	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	675	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	989	12

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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