Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-05-30

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, May 30
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
877 head
898 vs last sale 1,775 699 vs year ago 1,576 · 44.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
22 vs last sale 140 270 vs year ago 388 · 69.6%
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, a light supply of feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower with the exception of some flyweight steers and some 500-600 lb heifers which sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Little different mix on offer this week, with a wide variety of type and kind creating a challenge for buyers to string may purchases together. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $324.54/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 164.04 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$324.54
157 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.81
vs MO average
+19.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574332.901,91093
Medium and Large 1-2554312.391,73064
One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about $180 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 sale157 hd
324.54
MO average9 barns · 1,230 hd
312.73
+11.81
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
+19.40
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−164.04
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
BullsAverage1,631169.032,7576thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,504138.162,07824
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,245133.971,66729
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,068116.881,24818

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,260131.56/cwt122.00–138.001,65822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,196141.55/cwt140.00–144.001,6937
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,467133.26/cwt131.00–135.001,95514
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555145.03/cwt141.00–148.002,25510
CowsLean 85-90%1,074118.12/cwt117.00–122.001,26916
CowsLean 85-90%1,020107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0912
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623302.49/cwt300.00–306.501,88534
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,7119
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437327.98/cwt327.00–329.001,43314
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476377.20/cwt370.00–389.001,79536
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600576333.41/cwt321.00–339.501,92087
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400396340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3466
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600556290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6128
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650611265.13/cwt262.50–267.501,62023
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666296.50/cwt296.50–296.501,97520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550530282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450438354.71/cwt349.00–359.001,5547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950939231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,1698
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650606289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,7549
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583303.83/cwt287.00–316.501,77131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482333.90/cwt331.00–336.001,6097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650606254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,5426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,79311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550537291.21/cwt286.00–314.501,56432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700661274.91/cwt269.50–281.001,81717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529328.01/cwt321.00–332.001,73526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575272.98/cwt258.50–285.501,57016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600566269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5235
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850812249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,0228
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500489314.15/cwt306.00–317.501,53623
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530302.30/cwt285.00–315.001,60265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800765245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7705
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445290.52/cwt287.50–294.001,29313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5063
Bulls1,650171.24/cwt162.00–181.002,8255
Bulls1,535158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,4251
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600557311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,7323
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4895
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,06413
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7753

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.