Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-04-18

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Apr 18
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,728 head
860 vs last sale 868 633 vs year ago 1,095 · +57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
37 vs last sale 160 13 vs year ago 210 · 6.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher with some spots sharply higher, gaining back all of the losses from two weeks ago and then some. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. The offering included a number of unweaned consignments but most sold without any heavy discounts. Several loads and part loads of yearling heifers were also on offer and met with excellent demand. A very welcome rain fell throughout the day, covering a good portion of the trade area. Supply heavy, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.17/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 145.95 against this barn's trailing median of $424.13.
Average price
$278.17
153 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,512
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.26
vs MO average
+13.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538283.771,52882
Medium and Large 1-2550271.711,49371
One grade step is worth $12.07/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
483450416382median 424.1312/1801/2903/2605/0707/16
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.46, low $395.61, median $424.13 across 17 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 sale153 hd
278.17
MO average18 barns · 2,551 hd
264.91
+13.26
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
+13.65
This barn, trailing median17 sales
424.13
−145.95
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
BullsAverage1,779158.162,8144thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,421129.271,83750
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,194128.171,53134
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,035112.321,16322

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2500–550515275.58/cwt262.50–288.001,41930
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450443277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2294
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550506305.95/cwt300.00–310.001,54832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800759225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,71217
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623297.18/cwt285.00–304.501,85168
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550504300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600565281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,59013
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700689258.82/cwt255.00–259.501,78391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy650–700669206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3788
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy800–850833228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,89919
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477344.82/cwt341.00–350.001,64526
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650611268.96/cwt255.00–272.001,64322
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300322.50/cwt322.50–322.509685
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450408360.06/cwt341.00–370.001,46912
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378318.49/cwt318.00–319.001,2048
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413308.14/cwt292.50–320.001,27343
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559269.58/cwt262.50–276.001,50750
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750713265.79/cwt258.00–270.001,89529
CowsLean 85-90%1,035112.32/cwt108.00–117.001,16322
Bulls1,945173.16/cwt171.00–176.003,3682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,498137.43/cwt132.00–140.002,0599
CowsBoner 80-85%1,194126.72/cwt119.00–134.001,51329
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,404127.48/cwt117.00–138.001,79041
Bulls1,613143.15/cwt138.00–149.002,3092
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465299.49/cwt294.50–303.001,39334
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800774232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,79621
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522337.35/cwt322.00–352.001,761106
HeifersLarge 2750–800782200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5643
SteersLarge 1-2750–800766258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,9807
CowsBoner 80-85%1,197136.58/cwt135.00–138.001,6355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500493321.02/cwt310.00–325.001,58315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,86715
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500485316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5333
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575315.10/cwt295.00–323.001,81277
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,85712
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723255.50/cwt251.50–259.501,847153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483279.48/cwt265.00–285.001,35031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650644278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,79019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,98212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575268.87/cwt261.00–285.001,54641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,1448
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578295.63/cwt285.00–306.001,70921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671239.63/cwt221.50–250.001,60849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy800–850834212.25/cwt212.25–212.251,77012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800786235.38/cwt235.00–235.751,85024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525310.85/cwt302.50–320.001,63214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750700264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,8489

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.