Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported auction for a price comparison; undertone sharply higher. Up and down quality throughout the day with a couple loads of heifers on offer but also a hefty dose of small groups. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $264.79/cwt on 295 head.

Average price

$264.79

295 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$376

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$51.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.74

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	268.34	1,616	130
Medium and Large 1-2	593	263.11	1,560	161
Large 2	920	216.50	1,992	4thin

One grade step is worth $51.84/cwt here — about −$376 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 sale295 hd

264.79

—

MO average9 barns · 4,061 hd

255.04

+9.74

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	1,680	142.51	2,394	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,390	120.82	1,679	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	113.04	1,303	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	941	105.31	991	14

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 1-2	—	502	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,365	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,377	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,189	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	920	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	290	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	682	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,644	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	275.60/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,725	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,151	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	272.50/cwt	255.00–283.00	1,828	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	318.50/cwt	308.00–327.50	1,548	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	266.04/cwt	265.50–267.00	2,091	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,247	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	308.14/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,618	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	267.95/cwt	265.00–270.50	1,919	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	305.29/cwt	300.50–306.50	1,728	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	297.02/cwt	294.00–298.50	1,847	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,270	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,346	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,127	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,752	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	408	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,473	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,297	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,898	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	258.56/cwt	254.50–261.00	1,448	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	266.71/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,691	90
Bulls	—	—	1,796	146.28/cwt	136.00–154.50	2,627	13
Bulls	—	—	1,303	130.26/cwt	127.00–133.50	1,697	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	113.04/cwt	107.00–126.00	1,303	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,351	118.80/cwt	107.00–129.00	1,605	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	132.29/cwt	131.00–134.00	2,130	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	105.31/cwt	100.00–110.00	991	14

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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