Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with the exception of some 600-700 lb steers trading steady. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Quality was not as attractive this week and condition ran the gamut, but tight numbers in general and especially throughout the immediate trade area this week propped the market up easily. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.87/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −152.71 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$335.87

50 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$28.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.60

vs MO average

−5.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	345.65	1,864	33
Medium and Large 1-2	543	316.88	1,721	17thin

One grade step is worth $28.77/cwt here — about $143 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

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 sale50 hd

335.87

—

MO average15 barns · 3,517 hd

335.27

+0.60

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−5.07

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−152.71

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	1,947	162.79	3,169	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,333	133.46	1,780	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	132.08	1,607	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,188	113.67	1,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	450–500	469	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,597	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	310.29/cwt	304.50–329.00	1,806	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	288.58/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,166	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	320.81/cwt	314.50–328.50	2,034	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	367.72/cwt	352.50–375.50	1,861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	298.44/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,191	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	410.50/cwt	410.50–410.50	1,498	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	318.75/cwt	315.50–321.50	2,139	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	298.02/cwt	285.50–310.50	1,842	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	314.92/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,367	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	451	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	321.46/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,694	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	282.86/cwt	265.00–299.00	1,895	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	373.51/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,808	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	1,909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	282.70/cwt	279.00–294.50	1,767	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	326.19/cwt	309.50–334.00	1,706	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	551	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	1,849	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	751	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,129	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	331.39/cwt	308.00–336.00	1,876	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	340.58/cwt	319.00–350.00	1,580	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	273.79/cwt	273.00–274.50	1,969	15
Bulls	—	—	1,793	169.36/cwt	165.00–174.00	3,037	2
Bulls	—	—	2,100	156.21/cwt	155.00–158.00	3,280	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,341	137.51/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,844	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	113.67/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,350	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	125.27/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,502	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	138.88/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,715	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	127.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,684	6

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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