Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the very light offering two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold with a sharply higher undertones on the preconditioned and weaned cattle, those unweaned sold with steady undertones. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $431.58/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −56.99 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$431.58

74 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

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

$34.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.50

vs MO average

+8.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	434.46	2,473	36
Medium and Large 1	556	432.25	2,402	34
Medium and Large 2	512	400.00	2,048	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about $425 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale74 hd

431.58

—

MO average19 barns · 2,400 hd

411.09

+20.50

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+8.93

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−56.99

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	1,683	188.47	3,172	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,518	160.35	2,434	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	153.50	1,955	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	137.08	1,506	15

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Bulls	—	—	1,722	190.44/cwt	181.00–201.00	3,279	10
Bulls	—	—	1,488	178.60/cwt	177.00–180.00	2,658	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	155.55/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,871	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	161.27/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,130	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	147.98/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,933	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	156.75/cwt	154.00–160.50	2,412	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	387	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	569	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,498	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,178	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,324	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	377.53/cwt	363.00–387.00	1,956	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	345	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	293	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	1,389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	368.72/cwt	360.00–375.50	2,249	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,753	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	457.92/cwt	455.50–468.00	2,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	624	434.63/cwt	434.50–435.00	2,712	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	475.02/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,195	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	441.82/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,474	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	404.92/cwt	396.00–411.00	2,114	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	417.60/cwt	414.50–419.00	2,664	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	946	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,952	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,193	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	758	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,933	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	354.03/cwt	345.00–361.50	2,538	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	415.67/cwt	415.00–416.50	2,369	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	371.65/cwt	370.50–375.00	2,475	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	402	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,015	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	164.68/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,457	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	143.41/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,530	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	151.75/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,662	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	132.66/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,572	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	109.12/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	353.21/cwt	335.50–364.00	2,427	18

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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