Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a price comparison, undertone higher. Supply moderate, demand very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.71/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −31.41 against this barn's trailing median of $424.13.

Average price

$392.71

80 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

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

$12.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.31

vs MO average

+42.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	400.56	2,156	29
Medium and Large 1	561	388.25	2,177	51

One grade step is worth $12.30/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale80 hd

392.71

—

MO average13 barns · 2,079 hd

373.40

+19.31

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

+42.14

This barn, trailing median17 sales

424.13

−31.41

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,399	$3,316	15
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,073	$4,355	63

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	4,355.32/head	4,350.00–4,425.00	4,355	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	376.02/cwt	375.00–376.50	2,670	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	380.68/cwt	371.00–395.00	2,177	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	430.17/cwt	417.00–450.00	2,491	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	378.76/cwt	372.50–388.00	2,155	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	413.53/cwt	399.00–423.00	2,568	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,150	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	2,355	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,588	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	410.39/cwt	406.50–419.50	2,167	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	430.24/cwt	409.00–446.50	1,996	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	366.20/cwt	365.00–368.00	2,574	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,228	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	479.12/cwt	478.00–480.00	2,333	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	461.10/cwt	448.00–478.00	2,453	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,399	3,315.90/head	3,225.00–3,400.00	3,316	15

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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