Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2022-10-20

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Oct 20
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
838 head
71 vs last sale 767 9 vs year ago 847 · 1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
54 vs last sale 168 22 vs year ago 244 · 9.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not very many true comparisons to the last sale two weeks ago but steers mostly unevenly steady. Heifers under 500 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher and heavier weights 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to weak. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.37/cwt on 332 head.
Average price
$172.37
332 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,127
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$29.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.98
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1644177.981,145218
Medium and Large 1-2624164.061,02397
Large 1-2955148.001,41317thin
One grade step is worth $29.98/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale332 hd
172.37
MO average15 barns · 7,031 hd
159.39
+12.98
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
BullsAverage1,85587.501,6231thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46379.051,15634
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30174.5597044
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06562.3766438

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567152.00/cwt152.00–152.008623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500181.00/cwt181.00–181.009053
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy538171.00/cwt171.00–171.009205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy647130.00/cwt130.00–130.008413
HeifersMedium and Large 1583169.40/cwt168.00–170.5098811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2786150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2751174.83/cwt165.50–177.001,31332
SteersMedium and Large 1556193.25/cwt192.50–194.001,07410
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned503178.00/cwt178.00–178.008955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587175.35/cwt170.00–185.001,02911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531187.50/cwt187.50–187.509967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473187.45/cwt185.00–189.0088718
SteersMedium and Large 1639191.26/cwt188.00–195.001,22237
SteersMedium and Large 1875166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,45711
SteersMedium and Large 1760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,36825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715174.62/cwt168.50–181.001,24912
SteersMedium and Large 1461200.97/cwt191.00–209.0092618
SteersMedium and Large 1693190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,31722
HeifersMedium and Large 1666179.81/cwt178.50–183.501,19853
SteersMedium and Large 1404218.00/cwt218.00–218.0088110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,17712
HeifersLarge 1-2955148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,41317
CowsLean 85-90%99952.86/cwt51.00–59.5052810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45077.46/cwt71.00–83.001,12329
CowsLean 85-90%1,08865.77/cwt61.50–69.5071628
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53588.29/cwt88.00–88.501,3555
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30075.75/cwt71.00–78.0098538
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30866.98/cwt66.00–68.008766
Bulls1,85587.50/cwt87.50–87.501,6231
HeifersMedium and Large 1709173.41/cwt165.00–174.001,22976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633162.40/cwt156.00–165.001,02835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573171.85/cwt167.00–176.5098510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2298188.00/cwt188.00–188.005603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2454192.20/cwt192.20–192.208737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512167.89/cwt166.00–168.5086013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned557162.00/cwt162.00–162.009023
HeifersMedium and Large 1480184.44/cwt183.50–186.5088512
HeifersMedium and Large 1508179.00/cwt179.00–179.009095
HeifersMedium and Large 1429196.59/cwt187.50–198.5084318
HeifersMedium and Large 1755177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,33615
HeifersMedium and Large 1638176.94/cwt171.00–178.501,12923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428191.95/cwt190.00–194.008226
SteersMedium and Large 1722190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,37233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2867150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,30113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy717150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0763
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy591170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0056

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.