Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-01-09

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Jan 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
705 head
870 vs last sale 1,575 1,640 vs year ago 2,345 · 69.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
90 vs last sale 120 233 vs year ago 263 · 88.6%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher and heifers firm to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Excellent quality on offer again this week with the best test on cattle weighing 500-700 lbs. Supply light, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $345.43/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 143.15 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$345.43
113 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+21.05
vs MO average
+3.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569345.431,966113
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
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 sale113 hd
345.43
MO average9 barns · 1,997 hd
324.38
+21.05
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
+3.35
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−143.15
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
BullsAverage1,809162.782,9454thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,218123.301,5019thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,446118.991,7214thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,125104.041,1702thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1-2550–600579286.15/cwt272.50–293.501,65710
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521318.25/cwt300.00–330.001,65847
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700682259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,3297
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643298.50/cwt298.50–298.501,9196
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750727243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,50410
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650643284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,82924
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800785265.20/cwt261.75–274.002,08235
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500488385.01/cwt374.00–400.001,87930
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633320.25/cwt314.50–332.502,02712
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574344.42/cwt330.00–360.501,977102
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666305.71/cwt302.00–315.002,03692
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450407372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,5145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650648268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7373
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300297380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1293
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524354.78/cwt342.00–362.001,85911
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700669319.50/cwt319.50–319.502,13724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700681273.74/cwt272.50–275.001,8648
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750727279.65/cwt273.00–286.002,03337
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9948
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600586306.09/cwt297.00–318.501,79464
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400383396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,5173
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750718264.97/cwt262.00–269.001,90212
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700688276.29/cwt264.50–280.501,90157
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414359.42/cwt335.00–369.001,48811
Bulls1,809162.78/cwt159.00–167.002,9454
CowsBoner 80-85%1,171133.63/cwt131.00–136.001,5654
CowsLean 85-90%1,125104.04/cwt103.00–105.001,1702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255115.03/cwt108.00–124.001,4445
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446118.99/cwt113.00–124.001,7214

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.