Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-01-02

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Jan 2
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,575 head
719 vs last sale 856 770 vs year ago 2,345 · 32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
20 vs last sale 100 143 vs year ago 263 · 54.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly firm to 6.00 higher, few spots up to 12.00 higher, except light weights under 500 lbs traded with a sharply lower undertone. Heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher, spots sharply higher on heifers over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. An attractive offering was on hand to start the new year at the local auction barn and buyers were ready to get back to business after the holiday break. Most weights and classes had little trouble finding new homes even with some severe weather moving into the area over the weekend. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $329.48/cwt on 254 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 159.10 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$329.48
254 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.14
vs MO average
3.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571335.971,919163
Large 1-2566318.001,8009thin
Medium and Large 1-2542317.821,72382
One grade step is worth $18.15/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale254 hd
329.48
MO average6 barns · 2,710 hd
329.62
−0.14
National average40 barns · 9,035 hd
332.87
−3.39
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−159.10
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
BullsAverage1,803155.392,8028thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521122.681,86634
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227117.931,44730
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,072108.211,16017

Every lot, as filed

52 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
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530355.87/cwt345.00–378.001,88634
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800761269.26/cwt254.50–273.002,04926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6079
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580306.57/cwt295.00–314.501,77883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534331.63/cwt316.00–339.001,77137
SteersLarge 1-2650–700673281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,89121
SteersLarge 1-2750–800791255.25/cwt255.25–255.252,01916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,3986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,83019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600571288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6444
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850809258.83/cwt257.25–261.502,09416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600554300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,66212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700697269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,8785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500454332.45/cwt321.00–339.001,50911
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675293.29/cwt286.25–299.501,980123
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432356.92/cwt350.00–367.001,54220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575319.76/cwt301.00–327.001,83912
SteersLarge 1-2550–600566318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,8009
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626317.05/cwt313.00–326.001,98544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550521306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,59417
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517314.49/cwt295.00–324.501,62657
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750731255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8644
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600585286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,67319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy750–800792224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7743
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550545280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5264
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500458325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4893
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500488353.22/cwt346.00–359.001,72436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600559268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4989
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662274.75/cwt258.00–288.501,81965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688260.66/cwt260.00–262.001,79321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8507
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600582330.73/cwt323.50–345.001,925129
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718279.06/cwt272.00–284.002,004134
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608290.60/cwt283.50–299.001,76724
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400392345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3523
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450448329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600553299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400396311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,2324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500485299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,45011
HeifersLarge 1-2600–650626268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,68131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490321.50/cwt321.50–321.501,5754
HeifersLarge 1-2500–550549281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5439
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640265.26/cwt260.00–270.001,69817
HeifersLarge 1-2700–750729249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,81916
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474328.61/cwt319.00–339.501,55832
Bulls1,803155.39/cwt145.00–165.002,8028
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224119.11/cwt116.00–123.001,45827
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258107.28/cwt102.00–110.001,3503
CowsLean 85-90%1,066108.35/cwt105.00–115.001,15516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,672128.34/cwt126.50–136.002,14611
CowsLean 85-90%1,175106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,2461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,449119.97/cwt118.00–128.001,73823

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.