Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2024-09-19

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Sep 19
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
528 head
37 vs last sale 565 134 vs year ago 662 · 20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
21 vs last sale 73 68 vs year ago 162 · 42.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, a light test of steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Pretty short run again this week on an unseasonably warm day for mid September. Harvest is in full swing as local farmers take advantage of a (very) dry stretch of weather ahead of a much needed rain in the forecast for the weekend. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $297.33/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 191.25 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$297.33
45 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.17
vs MO average
+30.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550302.211,66134
Medium and Large 1-2561282.271,58411thin
One grade step is worth $19.93/cwt here — about $77 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

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 sale45 hd
297.33
MO average15 barns · 1,844 hd
271.17
+26.17
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
+30.69
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−191.25
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
BullsLow1,377148.822,0493thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,385129.581,79418
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205121.511,46418
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,062114.431,21611

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650601225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2453
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550540265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850838224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8774
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850816251.75/cwt251.75–251.752,05462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650603240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4478
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400384310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800784247.46/cwt244.50–250.001,94013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550541294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750716235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6835
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634288.00/cwt287.00–289.001,82610
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567306.31/cwt304.00–308.501,73717
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800769251.94/cwt250.00–252.501,93722
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,79213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450441304.75/cwt289.00–310.501,34422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800761234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,78514
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800752235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900871224.38/cwt224.00–224.501,95417
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700671236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,58413
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532298.10/cwt294.00–300.001,58617
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718257.60/cwt250.00–264.001,85018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592250.08/cwt241.00–257.001,48014
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477298.50/cwt298.50–298.501,4248
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650643247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5913
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,2307
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450419305.93/cwt305.00–310.001,28217
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0223
Bulls1,465142.73/cwt136.00–151.002,0912
Bulls1,200161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,558139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,1662
CowsLean 85-90%1,005106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,133125.39/cwt121.00–128.501,42110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295116.67/cwt116.00–119.001,5118
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,477121.28/cwt119.00–124.001,7913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,337130.04/cwt127.00–135.001,73913
CowsLean 85-90%1,075116.30/cwt112.00–122.001,2509

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.