Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a comparison, undertone lower. A triple digit heat wave brought cattle movement to a crawl this week. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.02/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$236.02

98 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$416

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

$47.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	252.75	1,491	43
Medium and Large 1-2	652	234.27	1,528	30
Medium and Large 2	578	217.40	1,257	6thin
Medium 1-2	826	207.42	1,713	13thin
Large 1-2	928	205.50	1,907	6thin

One grade step is worth $47.25/cwt here — about −$416 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 sale98 hd

236.02

—

MO average16 barns · 5,982 hd

239.16

−3.14

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	1,814	138.91	2,520	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	111.54	1,607	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	108.19	1,292	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	95.26	1,004	10

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	555	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,110	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	625	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	240.76/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,336	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,455	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	277.73/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,222	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	261.51/cwt	260.50–262.25	1,655	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,064	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	243.26/cwt	240.00–246.50	1,494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,252	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	671	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	258.84/cwt	258.50–259.50	1,369	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	253.57/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	272.25/cwt	269.50–279.50	1,560	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,848	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	219.55/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,820	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	1,461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	928	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,907	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	225.60/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,200	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	422	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	249.06/cwt	247.50–249.50	1,582	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,137	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	947	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,842	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	95.26/cwt	88.00–101.00	1,004	10
Bulls	—	—	1,769	135.89/cwt	131.00–139.00	2,404	4
Bulls	—	—	1,995	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	3,012	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	107.88/cwt	102.50–111.00	1,290	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,322	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	111.54/cwt	104.00–118.00	1,607	24

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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