Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-05-16

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, May 16
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,775 head
131 vs last sale 1,644 599 vs year ago 2,374 · 25.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
100 vs last sale 240 112 vs year ago 252 · 44.4%
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 sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality ran above average all day and buyers were very aggressive, knowing numbers will soon run very short. Supply moderate, demand very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $340.58/cwt on 312 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 147.99 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$340.58
312 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.43
vs MO average
+29.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540347.291,876234
Medium and Large 1-2547320.481,75278
One grade step is worth $26.81/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale312 hd
340.58
MO average19 barns · 4,194 hd
318.15
+22.43
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
+29.81
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−147.99
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
BullsAverage1,959170.963,3494thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,515139.212,10938
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,357135.541,83930
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,036125.621,30227

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1450–500463321.28/cwt311.00–327.001,48877
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700661265.55/cwt258.50–276.001,75513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677236.80/cwt235.50–238.001,60315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550533280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4926
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421347.38/cwt337.50–356.001,46223
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700653272.18/cwt271.00–275.001,77717
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673288.37/cwt279.25–297.501,94158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481295.31/cwt283.50–313.001,42030
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580272.46/cwt268.00–281.001,58028
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519324.08/cwt319.00–335.001,68239
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500493302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,49112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600573270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5474
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600569321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,82621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600576254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750726227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,64819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600567290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6443
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400394355.50/cwt355.50–355.501,4019
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559285.68/cwt285.50–286.001,59742
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723254.54/cwt250.00–254.751,840156
CowsLean 85-90%967119.83/cwt118.00–123.001,1596
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,625142.95/cwt140.00–146.002,32316
Bulls1,959170.96/cwt168.00–176.003,3494
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,435136.49/cwt130.00–140.001,95922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,357135.54/cwt130.00–138.001,83930
CowsLean 85-90%1,056127.27/cwt124.00–130.001,34421
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516351.45/cwt335.00–370.001,813120
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617309.01/cwt299.00–323.001,907116
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650633225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4246
HeifersMedium 1-2700–750735215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,58010
SteersLarge 1-2750–800791240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8984
SteersLarge 1650–700663285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,89015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600595325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,93411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500451339.50/cwt339.50–339.501,5318
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526290.43/cwt280.00–310.001,52861
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565347.85/cwt334.00–362.501,96593
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350343354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,2148
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629273.03/cwt265.75–279.501,71737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800768215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,6553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527278.06/cwt260.00–288.001,46524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350334402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793244.46/cwt243.50–245.001,93927
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566316.52/cwt310.50–321.001,79225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450443302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,34018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550529291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,5429
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750729266.49/cwt256.00–272.501,94324
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,4584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750704265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,8697
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,61615
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472350.74/cwt345.00–369.001,65547
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900883244.25/cwt244.25–244.252,15730

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.