Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2021-10-28

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Oct 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
419 head
428 vs last sale 847 573 vs year ago 992 · 57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
182 vs last sale 244 153 vs year ago 215 · 71.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A very light supply didn't provide a true market test but a steady undertone was evident. Not a lot of cattle moving in North Missouri yet as several farmers are still wrapping up harvest and muddy conditions made transport less than appealing. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.57/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$167.57
166 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.87
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533172.4892056
Medium and Large 1646165.071,067110
One grade step is worth $7.41/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale166 hd
167.57
MO average15 barns · 8,758 hd
161.70
+5.87
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
BullsAverage1,71585.721,4704thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,59772.491,1584thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20057.9969618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50057.368603thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18350.6059913

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy647143.00/cwt143.00–143.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 1440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481155.47/cwt154.50–156.507486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662140.73/cwt139.00–142.509328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715138.50/cwt138.50–138.509904
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430157.00/cwt157.00–157.006753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449185.00/cwt185.00–185.008314
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned570167.50/cwt167.50–167.5095510
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned448184.50/cwt184.50–184.508279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521171.50/cwt171.50–171.508947
SteersMedium and Large 1560175.04/cwt172.00–177.5098011
SteersMedium and Large 1538177.83/cwt174.50–179.5095715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476180.57/cwt179.50–184.0086014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573166.97/cwt165.00–167.5095724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1823
HeifersMedium and Large 1565158.19/cwt156.00–165.0089413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388187.00/cwt187.00–187.007264
HeifersMedium and Large 1673154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,04016
HeifersMedium and Large 1466165.31/cwt165.00–165.5077011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned525160.00/cwt160.00–160.0084011
SteersMedium and Large 1773153.26/cwt152.75–155.001,18536
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy581175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0178
SteersMedium and Large 1666162.49/cwt162.25–162.751,08229
Bulls1,71585.72/cwt81.00–92.001,4704
CowsLean 85-90%1,19846.98/cwt46.00–48.005636
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,59772.49/cwt72.00–73.001,1584
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20057.99/cwt53.00–61.0069618
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50057.36/cwt57.00–58.008603
CowsLean 85-90%1,17053.71/cwt51.00–57.006287

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.