Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market but looking back four weeks, most weights of steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Buyers showed no hesitation getting back to business after a couple weather related sale cancellations and prices quickly surpassed those of the last sale. Quality as a whole was above average with several reputation consignments on offer. CME futures have bounced back after a bit of a retreat, stoking the fires of this most recent cash feeder rally. Fake spring made an appearance this week, a pleasant and sudden change from the subzero temps of just days ago, and while grass may be around the corner, grazing cattle are getting harder to find as the weeks go by. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.01/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −108.56 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$380.01

151 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$48.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.30

vs MO average

+31.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	385.85	2,124	133
Medium and Large 1-2	558	336.90	1,878	18thin

One grade step is worth $48.95/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale151 hd

380.01

—

MO average18 barns · 2,705 hd

345.72

+34.30

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+31.77

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−108.56

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	1,865	183.76	3,427	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	143.06	2,045	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	141.85	1,740	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	122.08	1,317	19

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	324.56/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,882	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,062	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	345.65/cwt	335.50–349.00	1,676	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	294.38/cwt	285.00–298.50	1,796	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	277.95/cwt	274.50–278.50	2,040	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	300.14/cwt	297.00–301.50	2,272	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,093	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	406.15/cwt	389.00–419.00	1,751	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	410.42/cwt	393.00–430.00	1,966	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	372.52/cwt	351.00–390.00	1,769	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,238	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,361	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	278.68/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,892	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	284.87/cwt	281.00–287.00	2,196	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	353.79/cwt	326.00–368.00	1,864	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	321.45/cwt	312.00–337.00	2,167	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	320.47/cwt	308.00–330.25	1,721	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	271.28/cwt	265.00–281.25	1,858	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	379.54/cwt	375.00–380.25	2,175	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	339.14/cwt	324.00–355.00	2,116	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	303.21/cwt	299.00–307.00	2,238	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	291.53/cwt	290.50–293.50	1,813	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	278.31/cwt	275.50–281.00	2,021	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	291.26/cwt	286.00–292.50	1,698	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	392.45/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,068	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	341.51/cwt	329.00–358.00	1,509	7
Bulls	—	—	1,835	187.87/cwt	174.00–199.00	3,447	10
Bulls	—	—	2,015	163.22/cwt	158.00–166.00	3,289	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	138.70/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,935	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	149.59/cwt	146.00–155.00	2,215	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	122.08/cwt	112.00–130.00	1,317	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	137.11/cwt	129.00–143.00	1,671	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	152.00/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,891	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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