Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.40/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −135.18 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$353.40

45 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

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

$11.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.63

vs MO average

−10.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	362.50	1,889	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	351.43	1,970	37

One grade step is worth $11.07/cwt here — about −$82 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

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 sale45 hd

353.40

—

MO average17 barns · 2,419 hd

366.03

−12.63

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−10.58

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−135.18

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	1,746	175.73	3,068	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	142.88	2,141	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	137.42	1,620	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	123.97	1,261	12

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	851	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,259	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	302.87/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,905	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	352.92/cwt	341.00–361.00	2,005	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	288.65/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,960	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	533	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	345.06/cwt	340.00–349.00	1,825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	290.26/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	485	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,945	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	315.47/cwt	311.00–319.50	2,120	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	383	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,277	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	304.75/cwt	304.75–304.75	2,307	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,743	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,821	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,049	6
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	686	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,058	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	416.58/cwt	415.00–418.00	1,791	13
Bulls	—	—	1,746	175.73/cwt	167.00–181.50	3,068	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	133.68/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,592	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	143.83/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,666	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	140.03/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,030	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	147.36/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,319	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	123.97/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,261	12

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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