Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A nice offering of feeder cattle with most being weaned calves weighing 500-650 lbs that traded with a mostly higher undertone and spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 lower. Supply light with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $287.91/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −200.66 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$287.91

55 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.11

vs MO average

−12.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	287.91	1,586	55

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale55 hd

287.91

—

MO average17 barns · 2,434 hd

280.80

+7.11

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−12.78

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−200.66

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	1,588	163.28	2,593	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,542	127.36	1,963	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	119.66	1,535	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,039	109.18	1,134	19

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,381	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	245.55/cwt	244.50–246.00	1,699	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	280.19/cwt	279.00–281.00	1,266	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	253.56/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,199	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	277.91/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,601	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	298.29/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,566	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,203	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,800	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	297.12/cwt	281.00–312.00	1,370	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,971	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	254.04/cwt	249.50–257.00	1,557	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	297.37/cwt	291.00–300.50	1,288	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	238.51/cwt	232.50–241.50	1,946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	319.03/cwt	317.50–324.50	1,550	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	284.43/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,732	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	269.60/cwt	261.50–275.00	1,421	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	294.56/cwt	289.50–298.50	1,411	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	258.76/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,912	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	288.22/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,052	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	240.39/cwt	235.75–252.50	1,870	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,177	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	248.87/cwt	236.50–255.00	1,764	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,721	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	281.23/cwt	268.00–284.75	1,566	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	318.58/cwt	308.00–322.50	1,328	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,922	7
Bulls	—	—	1,587	164.40/cwt	153.50–168.50	2,609	28
Bulls	—	—	1,600	147.53/cwt	144.50–150.00	2,360	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,492	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	120.28/cwt	107.00–129.00	1,554	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	94.63/cwt	88.00–103.00	890	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	112.07/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,185	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	107.61/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,335	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	127.43/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,957	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	132.19/cwt	131.00–134.00	2,118	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	119.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,752	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	129.96/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,687	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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