Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true price comparison, undertone sharply higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Supply was light but demand was good and the market could have withstood a much larger test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.48/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −144.10 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$344.48

29 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$26.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.94

vs MO average

+45.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	352.56	1,947	20
Medium and Large 1-2	567	326.50	1,851	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.06/cwt here — about $96 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

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 sale29 hd

344.48

—

MO average13 barns · 1,507 hd

309.54

+34.94

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

+45.22

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−144.10

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,777	188.03	3,341	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	152.52	2,189	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	144.27	1,774	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	129.49	1,382	18

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,316	$2,209	27
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,247	$1,870	11

Every lot, as filed

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	132.24/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,652	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	158.76/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,215	10
Bulls	—	—	1,595	182.45/cwt	172.00–191.00	2,910	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	129.49/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,382	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	144.93/cwt	138.00–153.00	1,772	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	151.88/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	324.20/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,410	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,893	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,029	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,314	2,212.93/head	2,125.00–2,275.00	2,213	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,185.00/head	2,185.00–2,185.00	2,185	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	358.36/cwt	340.00–368.50	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	319.38/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,626	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	266.56/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,663	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	279.90/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	1,769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	321.38/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	348.70/cwt	338.50–356.00	1,984	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	379.73/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,766	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,235	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	272.70/cwt	251.00–286.00	1,481	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,985	2
Bulls	—	—	2,049	196.41/cwt	194.00–200.00	4,024	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	150.03/cwt	138.00–159.00	2,177	25
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,320	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	278.02/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,010	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,772	7

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.

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