Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-03-06

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 6
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
991 vs last sale 1,507 49 vs year ago 565 · 8.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
45 vs last sale 113 24 vs year ago 92 · 26.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, light calves under 600 lbs sharply lower with some similar sales of heavier weights steady. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower. This week's offering was much smaller than last, thanks in part to some winter weather Tuesday night and Wednesday. TIght numbers proved to be somewhat of a double edged sword; while demand was still good for all weights, buyers found It harder to piece together any orders for light grazers and didn't push as hard on those cattle as last week. Supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $344.91/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 143.67 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$344.91
36 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.63
vs MO average
4.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571362.002,0677thin
Medium and Large 1-2547340.781,86529
One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about $202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale36 hd
344.91
MO average15 barns · 2,725 hd
346.53
−1.63
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
−4.37
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−143.67
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
BullsAverage1,627171.802,7956thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,421139.301,98018
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,187133.011,57910
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,050115.191,21010

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2500–550548326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,7863
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700666285.68/cwt285.00–290.251,90350
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650637290.24/cwt284.50–293.001,84917
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600591307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600598298.97/cwt298.97–298.971,7883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374332.90/cwt330.00–335.001,2455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688299.77/cwt281.00–311.002,0628
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570343.50/cwt340.00–347.001,9588
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500488390.57/cwt388.00–400.001,90618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750743289.00/cwt286.00–290.002,14716
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850800284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,27266
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800771289.90/cwt289.00–293.752,23577
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658322.21/cwt321.00–324.002,12015
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950941251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,36215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600595321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,9105
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750703303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,1303
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900860271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,3315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521345.60/cwt337.00–362.001,80116
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620338.89/cwt313.00–344.002,10141
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600584305.25/cwt304.50–306.501,78318
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,6374
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750702270.97/cwt269.75–275.001,90226
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800777264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,05115
Bulls1,629178.56/cwt164.00–186.002,9095
Bulls1,615138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,2291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174130.29/cwt120.00–139.001,5308
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238143.88/cwt140.00–148.001,7812
CowsLean 85-90%1,058120.49/cwt111.00–125.001,2758
CowsLean 85-90%1,02094.00/cwt93.00–95.009592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,379135.56/cwt125.00–145.001,86910
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,474143.98/cwt142.00–148.002,1228

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.