Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a market test. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. A wide variety of type, kind and quality this week made it difficult to fit very many consignments together. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $286.77/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −201.81 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$286.77

23 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$45.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs MO average

+16.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	316.76	1,650	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	270.78	1,465	15thin

One grade step is worth $45.98/cwt here — about $186 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 sale23 hd

286.77

—

MO average15 barns · 1,607 hd

286.04

+0.74

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+16.27

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−201.81

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	1,610	173.83	2,799	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,487	144.81	2,153	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	134.64	1,621	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	126.63	1,401	7thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	309.86/cwt	286.00–335.00	1,193	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,724	5
Steers	Large 2	600–650	633	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,472	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	750–800	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	316.76/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,650	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	270.78/cwt	265.50–275.00	1,849	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	354.18/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,459	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	246.94/cwt	235.00–259.00	1,783	12
Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	980	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,399	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,940	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	291.06/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,278	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	271.46/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,523	8
Bulls	—	—	1,610	173.83/cwt	159.00–187.00	2,799	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,578	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	132.32/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,568	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	150.23/cwt	147.00–153.00	2,350	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	126.63/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,401	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	146.36/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,730	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	140.94/cwt	133.00–146.00	2,018	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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