Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

a nice offering of feeder cattle weaned and unweaned calves under 500 pounds selling with higher undertone compared to light test 2 weeks ago

a nice offering of yearlings over 600 pounds with no comparison 2 weeks ago trading with a firm to higher undertone

slaughter cows and bulls trading steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $287.89/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −200.68 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$287.89

41 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$0.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.05

vs MO average

−11.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	287.99	1,598	33
Medium and Large 1-2	553	287.50	1,588	8thin

One grade step is worth $0.49/cwt here — about $9 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

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 sale41 hd

287.89

—

MO average16 barns · 2,035 hd

284.84

+3.05

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−11.44

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−200.68

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	1,870	160.86	3,008	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,960	138.00	2,705	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,525	131.89	2,012	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	118.44	1,515	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	989	105.22	1,040	4thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	259.34/cwt	254.50–260.00	1,906	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	285.20/cwt	265.00–289.25	1,934	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	295.85/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,302	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	261.35/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,257	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	252.84/cwt	251.75–256.00	1,694	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,371	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,732	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,802	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	466	299.91/cwt	272.00–320.00	1,398	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,172	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,511	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	130.75/cwt	129.50–132.00	1,821	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	112.55/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,393	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,316	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	111.43/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,176	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	121.77/cwt	114.00–128.00	1,571	5
Bulls	—	—	1,860	162.43/cwt	156.00–169.00	3,021	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	136.51/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,979	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	130.74/cwt	124.00–136.00	2,019	8
Bulls	—	—	1,790	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,578	1
Bulls	—	—	1,980	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,425	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,960	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,705	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	254.63/cwt	245.00–261.50	1,691	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,539	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	294.39/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,519	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	254.87/cwt	251.50–260.00	1,440	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	253.86/cwt	249.00–257.75	1,965	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	253.21/cwt	252.00–255.25	2,109	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	283.83/cwt	280.00–289.50	1,646	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	253.25/cwt	249.50–259.50	1,583	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,557	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,488	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	271.14/cwt	257.50–281.00	1,714	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,766	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,435	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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