Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2020-02-27

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Feb 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
226 head
1,237 vs last sale 1,463 1,308 vs year ago 1,534 · 85.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
68 vs last sale 106 180 vs year ago 218 · 82.6%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a true comparison, undertone sharply lower. Very light run this week after most producers decided to wait out both the mud and the market with hopes of better conditions in coming weeks.

Demand light to moderate, supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.41/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$135.41
51 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.23
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578139.8780830
Medium and Large 1-2567129.0473121
One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about $77 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 sale51 hd
135.41
MO average19 barns · 8,682 hd
138.64
−3.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,87990.491,7004thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51661.6193410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22455.036747thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21351.976308thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy579141.00/cwt141.00–141.008164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471169.00/cwt169.00–169.007964
SteersMedium and Large 1465167.50/cwt167.50–167.507793
BullsMedium and Large 1-2627133.10/cwt132.50–133.508355
Bulls1,87990.49/cwt85.00–94.501,7004
HeifersMedium and Large 1670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008383
HeifersMedium and Large 1560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428139.00/cwt139.00–139.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635121.46/cwt120.00–125.007717
HeifersMedium and Large 1430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 1518138.82/cwt138.50–139.007198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398135.00/cwt135.00–135.005373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676126.53/cwt125.00–127.508555
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54462.81/cwt60.00–64.509707
SteersLarge 1-2880115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0122
SteersMedium and Large 1600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008703
SteersMedium and Large 1534161.35/cwt160.00–163.508625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437162.50/cwt162.50–162.507103
SteersMedium and Large 1348194.00/cwt194.00–194.006752
SteersMedium and Large 1564160.00/cwt160.00–160.009024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45258.81/cwt58.00–59.508543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22455.03/cwt53.50–57.506747
CowsLean 85-90%1,21351.97/cwt47.00–55.506308
HeifersMedium and Large 1483148.50/cwt148.50–148.507175
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement856132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532135.00/cwt135.00–135.007183
SteersMedium and Large 1724138.00/cwt138.00–138.009994
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673135.00/cwt135.00–135.009092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624140.25/cwt140.00–140.508756

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.