Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2023-03-30

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 30
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,175 head
957 vs last sale 218 573 vs year ago 602 · +95.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
43 vs last sale 72 4 vs year ago 111 · +3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market two weeks ago, steers and heifers traded in a somewhat sporadic manner, with steers mostly steady but a few spots as much as 8.00 higher on some 600-700 lb steers. Heifers under 600 lbs traded unevenly steady, mostly 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Some load lot consignments of 600 and 700 lb heifers traded an impressive 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Up and down quality for a lot of the day and many of the cattle on offer were carrying some mud but buyers were eager to put some stock together. The backgrounded heifers were certainly the highlight of the day, all from reputation producers, all very attractive quality and in good condtion, easily clearing the 2.00/lb mark. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.00/cwt on 588 head.
Average price
$203.00
588 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,242
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$49.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.77
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623204.851,276455
Medium and Large 1-2556198.581,104127
Large 1-2937155.501,4576thin
One grade step is worth $49.35/cwt here — about −$181 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 sale588 hd
203.00
MO average15 barns · 10,139 hd
195.22
+7.77
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39897.741,36718
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16191.571,06328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04380.8484316

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1-2654198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2955
HeifersMedium and Large 1639203.23/cwt194.00–207.001,299122
HeifersMedium and Large 1677204.80/cwt201.00–205.001,38678
HeifersMedium and Large 1709197.75/cwt197.75–197.751,402114
HeifersLarge 1-2937155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,4576
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573198.50/cwt194.50–201.001,13769
SteersMedium and Large 1528240.97/cwt237.50–251.501,27229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576229.87/cwt219.50–234.501,32410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527232.65/cwt220.00–238.501,2269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634206.41/cwt204.00–209.001,30923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2439238.50/cwt230.00–242.001,04714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2456228.93/cwt225.00–243.501,04414
HeifersMedium and Large 1809184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4895
HeifersMedium and Large 1594202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,20017
SteersMedium and Large 1671216.08/cwt208.50–226.001,45024
SteersMedium and Large 1563237.55/cwt220.50–244.001,33751
SteersMedium and Large 1762198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4094
HeifersMedium and Large 1433217.21/cwt215.25–224.5094123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508200.36/cwt195.50–202.501,01833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2843185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372260.33/cwt252.00–267.0096812
HeifersMedium and Large 1464220.85/cwt213.00–226.751,02543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,1626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,1907
HeifersMedium and Large 1524208.50/cwt203.50–214.501,09353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474215.96/cwt201.00–221.001,02412
SteersMedium and Large 1631223.36/cwt220.50–225.001,40937
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16990.41/cwt86.50–95.501,05724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11498.50/cwt97.50–101.501,0974
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37894.33/cwt91.50–97.001,30012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,439104.56/cwt102.50–109.001,5056
CowsLean 85-90%1,04378.72/cwt69.00–86.0082113
CowsLean 85-90%1,04390.00/cwt90.00–90.009393

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.