Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, another light offering traded with a lower undertone. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. A much different mix on hand this week with fall calves making up the vast majority of the sale. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.07/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −114.06 against this barn's trailing median of $424.13.

Average price

$310.07

21 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$9.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.85

vs MO average

−11.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	316.71	1,662	7thin
Medium and Large 1	560	306.75	1,718	14thin

One grade step is worth $9.96/cwt here — about −$56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.46, low $395.61, median $424.13 across 17 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 sale21 hd

310.07

—

MO average17 barns · 2,498 hd

320.92

−10.85

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−11.31

This barn, trailing median17 sales

424.13

−114.06

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	1,848	178.01	3,290	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,398	140.97	1,971	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	137.90	1,745	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	123.48	1,325	14

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	384.52/cwt	359.00–400.00	2,053	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	964	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,150	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,680	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,850	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	527	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	367.47/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,793	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,121	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,147	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	344.40/cwt	337.50–347.50	2,173	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	351.41/cwt	339.00–367.50	2,077	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,298	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	419.71/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,784	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,705	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	437.08/cwt	405.00–447.50	2,085	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	277.93/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	327.90/cwt	316.00–375.00	1,426	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	358.79/cwt	349.00–375.00	1,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	328.09/cwt	314.00–343.00	1,532	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	630	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,518	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	5
Bulls	—	—	1,795	169.51/cwt	169.00–170.00	3,043	2
Bulls	—	—	1,955	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,812	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	140.97/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,971	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	146.00/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,843	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,569	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	126.30/cwt	116.00–132.50	1,363	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	113.14/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,188	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	138.72/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,762	14

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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