Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

another light offering on feeder cattle compared to two weeks ago trading with a softer undertone. slaughter cows and bulls traded steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.62/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −196.96 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$291.62

67 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$24.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.76

vs MO average

+16.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	310.72	1,698	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	287.08	1,644	51
Medium and Large 2	507	286.00	1,450	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $248 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale67 hd

291.62

—

MO average14 barns · 1,006 hd

289.86

+1.76

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+16.54

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−196.96

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	1,862	180.40	3,358	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,386	148.67	2,060	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	135.10	1,587	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	124.12	1,212	4thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls	—	—	1,832	178.14/cwt	176.00–184.00	3,264	7
Bulls	—	—	1,965	188.31/cwt	185.00–192.00	3,700	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,880	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	147.39/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,028	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	136.61/cwt	123.00–144.00	1,626	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	145.29/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,339	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,200	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,438	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	270.04/cwt	262.00–276.00	1,674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	257.98/cwt	244.00–267.00	1,618	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,857	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,409	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	248.41/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,784	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,342	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,520	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	308.06/cwt	301.50–315.00	1,614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	261.45/cwt	255.25–263.50	1,605	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,909	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	254.05/cwt	253.25–255.75	1,969	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	301	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,008	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	252.79/cwt	252.50–253.00	1,704	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,526	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	1,881	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	292.24/cwt	286.50–297.00	1,549	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	262.10/cwt	251.00–273.25	1,743	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	285.98/cwt	265.00–288.50	1,664	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,744	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	116.39/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,117	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	131.84/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,309	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	124.08/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,429	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	152.96/cwt	150.50–158.00	2,180	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	890	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,083	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,802	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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