Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-03-07

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 7
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
77 vs last sale 488 438 vs year ago 1,003 · 43.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
2 vs last sale 90 52 vs year ago 144 · 36.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to weak, except some light 4 weight heifers that traded with a sharply higher undertone. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Pretty light run this week with the feeder offering consisting of mostly smaller consignments of varying quality and condition. Supply light, demand moderate, good in spots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $323.32/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 165.26 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$323.32
63 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.80
vs MO average
+10.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557326.841,82152
Medium and Large 1-2538306.661,65011thin
One grade step is worth $20.18/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
534496458420median 488.5812/1801/2903/2605/2108/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $520.32, low $434.12, median $488.58 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale63 hd
323.32
MO average16 barns · 3,479 hd
312.51
+10.80
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
+10.32
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−165.26
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
BullsAverage1,711144.682,4754thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,438119.561,71917
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,183115.171,36313
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,092107.881,17813

Every lot, as filed

39 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,092107.88/cwt100.00–112.001,17813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,178111.99/cwt109.00–116.001,3198
CowsBoner 80-85%1,192120.25/cwt117.50–128.001,4335
Bulls1,711144.68/cwt139.50–154.002,4754
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,443116.95/cwt113.50–126.001,68812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425125.84/cwt120.50–129.001,7935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650643225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550549250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350–400390362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,4143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474310.59/cwt300.00–317.501,4725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538306.66/cwt294.50–310.501,65011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546273.77/cwt266.00–297.501,4958
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474333.28/cwt325.00–342.001,58028
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432348.02/cwt341.00–367.501,50321
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600584316.28/cwt295.00–326.001,84728
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800795231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574274.49/cwt274.00–275.001,5766
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468290.92/cwt286.00–296.001,3628
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526339.16/cwt332.00–347.001,78424
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750704261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8378
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400389372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,4479
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670245.42/cwt244.50–247.001,6448
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400369372.76/cwt367.50–378.001,3754
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400397318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2627
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485305.37/cwt305.00–306.001,48113
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550522292.97/cwt282.00–305.501,52919
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750712239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7026
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673276.11/cwt269.00–284.501,85823
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450433319.27/cwt300.00–332.001,38238
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed300–350323315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450420329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,3823
HeifersLarge 1-2750–800788230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8123
SteersLarge 1-2850–900885211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8674
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550503281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4135
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500463269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2456
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300333.00/cwt333.00–333.009994
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6425

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.