Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-05-01

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, May 1
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,479 head
125 vs last sale 1,354 165 vs year ago 1,644 · 10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
73 vs last sale 93 74 vs year ago 240 · 30.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale from two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold firm to 10.00 higher to spots 25.00 higher. The offering today had 2 pot loads of steers weighing from 822-827 traded for $314.60-$315.10. Slaughter cows and bulls trading steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $395.70/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 92.88 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$395.70
218 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$343
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$63.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.62
vs MO average
+21.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545400.272,179194
Large 1557389.752,17110thin
Medium and Large 1-2545336.631,83614thin
One grade step is worth $63.64/cwt here — about $343 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
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 sale218 hd
395.70
MO average18 barns · 4,776 hd
384.08
+11.62
National average176 barns · 11,859 hd
374.43
+21.27
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−92.88
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
BullsHigh1,852182.913,38821
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,304152.941,99451
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,526152.842,33216
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,051136.171,43219

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1Unweaned350–400363438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,5906
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650625295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,7605
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600575317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,8233
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400385353.50/cwt353.50–353.501,3619
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376484.75/cwt484.75–484.751,82322
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581375.91/cwt357.00–382.002,18476
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800762308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,35123
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724333.55/cwt327.00–335.002,41538
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450440381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,6768
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634362.75/cwt361.50–373.002,30046
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427447.63/cwt440.00–450.251,91120
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850820313.37/cwt307.50–315.102,570171
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700692338.06/cwt325.50–340.752,33928
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462453.81/cwt445.50–460.002,09736
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521415.96/cwt408.00–427.502,167118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800755326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,46120
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250224484.00/cwt484.00–484.001,0844
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350346457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,5815
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526349.50/cwt334.50–358.501,83868
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900853289.85/cwt289.85–289.852,47263
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366431.36/cwt425.50–451.001,57931
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750709312.13/cwt308.00–313.002,21318
CowsBoner 80-85%1,289151.99/cwt147.00–157.001,95925
Bulls2,043196.51/cwt193.00–202.004,0155
CowsLean 85-90%1,095121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3251
CowsLean 85-90%1,072140.20/cwt137.00–149.001,5039
CowsLean 85-90%1,026133.83/cwt132.00–137.001,3739
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,491158.47/cwt157.00–161.002,3634
CowsBoner 80-85%1,344160.72/cwt156.00–166.002,16015
Bulls1,557160.82/cwt149.00–175.002,5043
Bulls1,847182.77/cwt171.00–191.003,37613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,544153.00/cwt145.00–156.002,3628
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,524146.89/cwt146.00–148.502,2394
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283144.51/cwt138.00–149.001,85411
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624310.21/cwt308.00–314.501,9369
SteersLarge 1600–650645334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,15815
SteersLarge 1450–500491405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9894
SteersLarge 1550–600557389.75/cwt389.75–389.752,17110
HeifersLarge 1550–600575316.95/cwt316.50–320.501,82217
HeifersLarge 1450–500488345.50/cwt345.50–345.501,68612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0454
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300294434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,2769
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475382.15/cwt376.50–391.501,81551
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417403.68/cwt393.00–415.001,68337
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661310.83/cwt299.50–315.252,05528
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600556334.45/cwt329.50–359.001,86012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400381445.50/cwt445.50–445.501,69718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,5485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400389414.90/cwt404.00–417.001,61419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487361.83/cwt355.00–365.501,76211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700682325.28/cwt324.00–327.002,2187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469427.51/cwt424.00–429.502,00527
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322486.11/cwt475.00–490.001,56518
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300297489.00/cwt489.00–489.001,4526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300273412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,1262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534350.87/cwt342.00–358.001,8749
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633314.76/cwt305.00–325.001,9926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600564314.06/cwt313.00–315.001,77117

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.