Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-09-05

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Sep 5
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
262 vs last sale 303 224 vs year ago 789 · 28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
12 vs last sale 61 48 vs year ago 121 · 39.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on very slim comparisons to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower. The cash feeder market has faced a little shake up the past couple weeks but some bright spots aren't hard to find, including a load of 618 lb steers at 293.25 and a part of load of 511 lb heifers at 291.75. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $295.81/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 192.77 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$295.81
28 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.53
vs MO average
+26.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503308.251,55018thin
Medium and Large 1-2575273.411,57310thin
One grade step is worth $34.84/cwt here — about −$22 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
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 sale28 hd
295.81
MO average10 barns · 640 hd
284.27
+11.53
National average147 barns · 6,928 hd
269.40
+26.41
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−192.77
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
BullsAverage1,699167.972,8549thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,508133.982,02013
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,315124.771,64122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,091123.231,3447thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900859224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,9289
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718234.70/cwt234.00–235.001,68510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578256.21/cwt249.50–266.501,48114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659233.25/cwt233.25–233.251,5377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650634231.61/cwt221.00–240.001,4689
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800787225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,77514
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700681267.62/cwt265.50–272.501,82236
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950927230.85/cwt230.85–230.852,14061
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618293.25/cwt293.25–293.251,81282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678257.32/cwt255.50–259.501,74511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550548273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,4963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587273.58/cwt262.50–289.001,6067
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622266.05/cwt265.50–267.001,6558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715249.75/cwt249.75–249.751,78629
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550503308.25/cwt308.25–308.251,55018
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511291.75/cwt291.75–291.751,49135
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450446301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3426
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800761229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,74620
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615244.14/cwt240.25–245.251,50127
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800789244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,92525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9678
Bulls1,819171.39/cwt165.00–178.003,1186
Bulls1,460161.13/cwt158.00–163.002,3523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,319121.13/cwt116.00–126.001,59811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,458132.29/cwt125.50–136.001,92910
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,675139.60/cwt136.50–142.502,3383
CowsLean 85-90%1,096125.21/cwt124.00–126.001,3724
CowsLean 85-90%1,125136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,5361
CowsLean 85-90%1,063112.65/cwt111.00–114.001,1972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,311128.42/cwt125.00–132.501,68411

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.