Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 8.00 lower with the exception of a few scattered weights trading steady. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower but a handful of slaughter bulls sold sharply higher. The offering wasn't without some top notch reputation consignments, but a little different mix this week with overall quality not as attractive and the highs of last week's sharp upswing just out of reach. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.87/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −102.71 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$385.87

122 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$28.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.09

vs MO average

+7.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	389.85	2,110	105
Medium and Large 1-2	541	361.28	1,954	17thin

One grade step is worth $28.57/cwt here — about $156 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 sale122 hd

385.87

—

MO average17 barns · 4,676 hd

383.78

+2.09

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+7.08

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−102.71

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	1,872	211.03	3,951	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	150.97	2,175	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	148.26	1,760	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	140.78	1,487	33

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	148.46/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,750	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	140.30/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,712	6
Bulls	—	—	1,889	209.70/cwt	198.00–216.00	3,961	9
Bulls	—	—	1,798	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,902	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	150.97/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,175	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	140.78/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,487	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	363.70/cwt	359.00–370.00	1,960	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,248	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	335.66/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,947	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	1,958	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	374.63/cwt	369.00–375.50	1,836	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	407.29/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,118	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	318.89/cwt	310.50–329.50	1,977	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	771	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,448	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	336.91/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,247	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	433.58/cwt	404.00–450.00	1,864	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,467	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	336.77/cwt	331.00–344.50	2,128	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	382.19/cwt	355.00–421.00	1,838	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	353.46/cwt	348.00–365.00	1,895	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,402	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	352.39/cwt	349.00–356.00	1,674	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	152.92/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,821	9
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	342	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,433	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	376.26/cwt	351.00–384.50	2,100	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	497	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,744	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	627	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,113	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,600	4

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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