Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-05-02

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, May 2
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,644 head
84 vs last sale 1,728 776 vs year ago 868 · +89.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
43 vs last sale 197 72 vs year ago 168 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market two weeks ago, steer calves under 600 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, heavier steers 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower except some 700-750 lb heifers steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady. Several stick out consignments were on offer this week, including a couple of multi-potload offerings from local reputation backgrounders. Overall calf quality was below average but the steer market benefitted from some extra buyers scattered throughout the seats. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.22/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 156.90 against this barn's trailing median of $424.13.
Average price
$267.22
107 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,440
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.79
vs MO average
1.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532284.371,51221
Medium and Large 1-2541263.041,42286
One grade step is worth $21.34/cwt here — about $90 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 sale107 hd
267.22
MO average19 barns · 2,903 hd
276.02
−8.79
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−1.16
This barn, trailing median17 sales
424.13
−156.90
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
BullsLow1,869154.002,8795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246129.181,61060
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,442128.921,85937
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,022113.481,16030

Every lot, as filed

34 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%1,022113.48/cwt105.00–120.001,16030
CowsBoner 80-85%1,246126.94/cwt120.00–132.001,58245
Bulls1,738143.82/cwt139.00–149.002,5002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,246135.91/cwt133.00–138.001,69315
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,418126.27/cwt123.00–132.501,79128
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,515137.17/cwt133.00–145.002,0789
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428375.04/cwt359.00–381.001,60525
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687271.60/cwt266.00–274.501,86620
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477353.08/cwt331.00–367.501,68452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3633
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800797262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,08870
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700682252.25/cwt252.25–252.251,72034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565272.60/cwt268.00–280.001,54036
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750714231.75/cwt231.00–232.501,6556
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521343.59/cwt325.00–350.001,79094
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485299.14/cwt292.00–310.001,45135
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700691252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,74136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678266.50/cwt260.50–285.001,80721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569304.88/cwt291.00–309.501,73547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633247.52/cwt240.00–250.001,56733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800765249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,9054
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567321.17/cwt306.00–329.001,82187
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750716253.90/cwt248.00–256.001,818298
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425308.66/cwt300.00–312.501,31243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480285.19/cwt267.50–295.001,36940
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,87099
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523256.15/cwt245.00–275.001,34050
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620255.92/cwt255.00–258.001,58757
Bulls1,957160.79/cwt148.00–167.003,1473
SteersLarge 1-2750–800780240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8729
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,87612
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634290.61/cwt284.50–297.001,84218
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6024
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525283.99/cwt277.50–290.001,49117

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.