Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2023-03-23

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
1,234 vs last sale 1,452 337 vs year ago 555 · 60.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
13 vs last sale 85 20 vs year ago 52 · +38.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true price comparison. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Supply very light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $201.41/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$201.41
70 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.68
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478213.861,02328
Medium and Large 1-2553193.711,07240
Medium and Large 2445181.008052thin
One grade step is worth $32.86/cwt here — about $218 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 sale70 hd
201.41
MO average16 barns · 8,237 hd
195.72
+5.68
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
BullsAverage1,983115.282,2864thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41298.661,39318
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21094.231,14023
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16682.299606thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1507204.74/cwt203.50–206.001,0384
HeifersMedium and Large 1418220.00/cwt220.00–220.009205
HeifersMedium and Large 1494211.81/cwt207.00–219.001,0465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420201.00/cwt201.00–201.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 2445181.00/cwt181.00–181.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618187.48/cwt185.00–189.501,1596
SteersLarge 1-2905156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,4162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2893167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2382256.00/cwt256.00–256.009783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2653
HeifersMedium and Large 1569204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,1648
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed430211.00/cwt211.00–211.009074
SteersMedium and Large 1712193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,3783
SteersMedium and Large 1651198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2894
SteersMedium and Large 1512250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2807
SteersMedium and Large 1-2779184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,4378
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2696194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2713175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575190.98/cwt187.00–195.001,09819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513188.00/cwt188.00–188.009642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340217.00/cwt217.00–217.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 1376229.00/cwt229.00–229.008616
Bulls1,983115.28/cwt112.00–117.002,2864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16390.69/cwt85.00–102.001,05513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27198.83/cwt95.50–100.501,25610
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45491.72/cwt86.00–96.001,3348
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,379104.22/cwt96.00–107.501,43710
CowsLean 85-90%1,16682.29/cwt74.00–90.009606

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.