Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. This week's offering included a nice variety of yearlings load lots as well as smaller groups of grazing type cattle in attractive condition. Prices quickly trended higher at the start but the market really continued to climb throughout the day with several tops reached late in the sale, including a small group of 3 wts topping the 5.00/cwt mark for the first time. Supply moderate, demand very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.03/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −118.55 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$370.03

107 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$41.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.54

vs MO average

+12.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	377.85	2,097	87
Medium and Large 1-2	566	336.00	1,902	20

One grade step is worth $41.85/cwt here — about $195 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 sale107 hd

370.03

—

MO average17 barns · 2,713 hd

358.49

+11.54

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+12.87

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−118.55

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	1,907	168.55	3,214	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	144.74	2,096	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,325	141.57	1,876	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	123.72	1,308	9thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1-2	500–550	541	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,753	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,121	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,973	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	1,978	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	373.70/cwt	369.00–381.00	1,603	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	290.69/cwt	286.00–292.50	2,387	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	449.88/cwt	442.50–455.00	1,755	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	263.85/cwt	249.00–266.25	2,330	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	402.47/cwt	395.00–410.50	2,065	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	299.26/cwt	298.50–301.00	2,146	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	272.49/cwt	268.25–286.00	1,967	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,043	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	293.92/cwt	290.75–299.25	2,281	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	336.00/cwt	329.00–340.00	1,902	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	343.07/cwt	334.50–354.50	2,127	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,365	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	279.99/cwt	279.00–280.50	1,784	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	401.50/cwt	386.00–425.00	1,903	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	253	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	451.11/cwt	431.00–459.00	1,895	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	491.61/cwt	485.00–525.00	1,598	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	365.00/cwt	356.00–377.00	2,128	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,031	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,970	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	288.21/cwt	284.50–291.00	1,640	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	392.79/cwt	339.00–403.50	1,457	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	329.28/cwt	314.00–335.50	2,170	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	314.39/cwt	305.00–318.50	2,276	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	333.39/cwt	319.00–353.00	1,764	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	300.85/cwt	295.50–309.50	1,853	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	333.60/cwt	304.00–341.00	1,935	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	341.44/cwt	330.00–356.50	1,632	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	240.18/cwt	237.00–245.50	2,013	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	282.54/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,924	210
Bulls	—	—	1,907	168.55/cwt	160.00–176.00	3,214	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	141.57/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,876	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	144.74/cwt	138.00–149.00	2,096	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	123.72/cwt	118.00–131.00	1,308	9

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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