Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-07-25

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Jul 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
205 head
507 vs last sale 712 130 vs year ago 335 · 38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
1 vs last sale 76 65 vs year ago 140 · 46.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison to the last sale two weeks ago. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.61/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 136.52 against this barn's trailing median of $424.13.
Average price
$287.61
32 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.77
vs MO average
+22.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550294.671,61917thin
Medium and Large 1-2545279.601,52415thin
One grade step is worth $15.07/cwt here — about $95 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

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 sale32 hd
287.61
MO average15 barns · 1,963 hd
283.83
+3.77
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
+22.98
This barn, trailing median17 sales
424.13
−136.52
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
BullsAverage1,760187.433,29910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,409149.402,10513
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161133.541,55111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,046125.621,3148thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls1,760187.43/cwt176.00–196.003,29910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,198139.22/cwt136.00–146.001,6686
CowsBoner 80-85%1,117126.73/cwt122.00–129.001,4165
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,410149.90/cwt143.00–159.002,11410
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,325166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,2001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445138.57/cwt138.00–139.002,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1802
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700671261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,7516
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600578279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587275.43/cwt261.00–285.001,6175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,0833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400362389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,4083
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,7906
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550539339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,8275
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,7422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513285.84/cwt276.00–299.001,4667
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350333280.00/cwt280.00–280.009323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600559338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,4322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4825
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9654
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,67711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600550272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560323.17/cwt319.00–331.001,81010
CowsLean 85-90%1,046125.62/cwt123.00–129.001,3148
HeifersLarge 1-2900–950920236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,1713
SteersLarge 1-2750–800784257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0157
SteersLarge 2850–900894229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,0474
HeifersLarge 1-2850–900895225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0143
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550534303.22/cwt299.00–315.001,61911

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.