Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 higher. This week's offering included a handful of load lots that found an active market. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.03/cwt on 605 head.

Average price

$169.03

605 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$132

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

$22.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	710	169.63	1,204	496
Medium and Large 1-2	630	167.46	1,054	103
Large 1-2	910	146.75	1,335	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.88/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale605 hd

169.03

—

MO average14 barns · 8,674 hd

162.73

+6.30

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	1,833	98.97	1,814	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,650	82.93	1,368	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,415	73.44	1,039	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,299	71.08	923	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	62.50	655	2thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,875.00/cwt	1,875.00–1,875.00	21,563	12
Bulls	—	—	1,833	98.97/cwt	98.50–99.50	1,814	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	874	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	70.83/cwt	64.00–78.00	925	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	72.63/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,035	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,347	78.84/cwt	78.50–79.00	1,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	161.10/cwt	158.25–162.25	1,255	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	158.71/cwt	155.50–163.50	833	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	168.87/cwt	168.75–169.00	1,158	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	798	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	152.93/cwt	151.60–155.50	1,127	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	184.99/cwt	183.50–189.75	1,045	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	190.80/cwt	176.50–198.50	996	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	980	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	174.40/cwt	165.00–179.00	896	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	177.69/cwt	172.00–179.50	1,098	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	153.85/cwt	153.85–153.85	1,402	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	156.24/cwt	154.50–157.50	842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	172.90/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,013	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	882	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,650	82.93/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,154	29
Steers	Large 1-2	—	910	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,335	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	158.32/cwt	150.00–160.00	971	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	160.42/cwt	157.00–162.50	932	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	156.50/cwt	155.50–156.75	1,067	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	166.32/cwt	163.50–168.25	1,216	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	675	4

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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