Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2023-12-21

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Dec 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
525 head
868 vs last sale 1,393 1,211 vs year ago 1,736 · 69.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
24 vs last sale 132 71 vs year ago 179 · 39.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady, few spots up to 4.00 lower and heifers 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Several medium sized strings of cattle were on offer for buyers to build around. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.50/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$253.50
221 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$83.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.03
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581269.161,565125
Medium and Large 1-2617236.021,45588
Medium 1-2460210.009665thin
Large 1-2888186.001,6523thin
One grade step is worth $83.16/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale221 hd
253.50
MO average16 barns · 10,771 hd
235.47
+18.03
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%Low1,41793.721,32829
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27486.731,10527
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09979.7287617

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1-2603228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2541224.55/cwt219.00–230.001,2158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3758
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2797198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5789
HeifersMedium and Large 2523212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1092
HeifersMedium and Large 2598207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,0433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,50211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned713190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned573240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3756
SteersMedium and Large 1495303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5003
SteersMedium and Large 1526276.83/cwt272.50–278.001,45614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2347289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,0033
SteersMedium 1-2460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2753219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6496
SteersMedium and Large 1-2702224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,57210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy739204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5088
SteersLarge 1-2Fleshy888186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2559252.15/cwt250.00–254.501,41025
SteersMedium and Large 1620263.69/cwt253.00–271.501,63551
SteersMedium and Large 1565270.39/cwt260.00–279.001,52857
HeifersMedium 1-2680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3606
HeifersMedium 1-2584226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3208
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned618198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2246
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned529225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,19011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486241.10/cwt237.00–245.001,1726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,5886
HeifersMedium and Large 1563243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,3718
HeifersMedium and Large 1607238.52/cwt230.50–243.501,44813
HeifersMedium and Large 1675225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,51914
HeifersMedium and Large 1530254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,34916
HeifersMedium and Large 1486263.66/cwt257.50–270.001,28120
HeifersMedium and Large 1411279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,1477
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45386.26/cwt86.00–86.501,2532
CowsLean 85-90%1,09979.72/cwt74.00–87.0087617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27089.60/cwt85.50–97.001,13820
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28578.54/cwt76.00–83.501,0097
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41093.49/cwt90.00–98.001,31825
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,5292

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.