Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-09-18

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Sep 18
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
121 vs last sale 372 277 vs year ago 528 · 52.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
9 vs last sale 71 14 vs year ago 94 · 14.9%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a price comparison. Very light run this week during what is a bit of an in between time locally with several still in the hayfield and/or starting harvest. Cattle movement was also deterred by the tail end of this most recent heat wave. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $399.12/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits 25.01 against this barn's trailing median of $424.13.
Average price
$399.12
38 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.09
vs MO average
+39.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550417.912,29717thin
Medium and Large 1-2563383.912,16221
One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $135 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

17 sales
483450416382median 424.1312/1801/2903/2605/0707/16
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 sale38 hd
399.12
MO average15 barns · 1,467 hd
371.03
+28.09
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
+39.46
This barn, trailing median17 sales
424.13
−25.01
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
BullsAverage1,686204.203,44311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,364162.252,21311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227161.591,98316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,133155.531,7628thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,364162.25/cwt158.00–171.002,21311
CowsLean 85-90%1,133155.53/cwt147.00–159.001,7628
Bulls1,686204.20/cwt190.00–218.003,44311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,217163.17/cwt158.00–168.001,98614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300150.56/cwt149.00–152.001,9572
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550543417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,2673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1962
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615410.50/cwt410.50–410.502,52512
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600551418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,30314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450434451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,9575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850806310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4994
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300288510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679350.50/cwt350.50–350.502,3809
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550542408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,2113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500465410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550506397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,0096
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950900302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,7185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484432.19/cwt430.00–433.002,0927
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,3878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429433.02/cwt410.00–454.001,85816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,0242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650601360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1644
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,4977
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750744350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6045
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550500417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,0853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600588378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,2235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586378.67/cwt365.00–386.002,21915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500478436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,0843

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.