Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago feeders traded with a higher undertone slaughter cows and bull trading steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $431.89/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −56.69 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$431.89

86 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$29.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.50

vs MO average

−37.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	445.04	2,420	39
Medium and Large 1-2	582	426.26	2,482	24
Large 1	566	415.46	2,351	23

One grade step is worth $29.58/cwt here — about $69 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 sale86 hd

431.89

—

MO average18 barns · 1,958 hd

434.39

−2.50

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−37.15

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−56.69

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	1,786	181.29	3,237	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,555	163.42	2,541	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,268	160.12	2,031	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	128.66	1,262	17

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,748	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	190.05/cwt	187.00–195.00	3,440	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	137.66/cwt	132.50–144.00	1,350	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	157.00/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,423	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	144.24/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,803	3
Bulls	—	—	1,572	162.05/cwt	152.00–172.00	2,547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,312	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	470.79/cwt	470.00–471.00	2,509	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,357	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,385	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	374.14/cwt	373.50–374.50	2,716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	424.30/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,508	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	736	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,739	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	167.84/cwt	165.00–169.50	2,128	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	694	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,325	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	433.34/cwt	419.50–449.00	2,037	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	341.25/cwt	341.25–341.25	3,252	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	442.98/cwt	438.00–445.00	1,967	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	167.70/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,621	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	127.20/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,224	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	143.97/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,602	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	157.88/cwt	152.00–163.00	1,996	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	92.91/cwt	68.00–115.00	845	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	419.06/cwt	410.00–425.50	2,242	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,739	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	404.26/cwt	390.00–409.50	2,118	23
Steers	Large 1	500–550	544	418.50/cwt	418.50–418.50	2,277	9
Steers	Large 1	550–600	580	413.50/cwt	413.50–413.50	2,398	14
Bulls	—	—	2,070	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	4,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,382	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,663	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	384.62/cwt	370.00–403.00	2,242	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	379.56/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,528	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	443.93/cwt	430.00–462.00	2,091	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,389	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	465.64/cwt	462.50–469.00	1,932	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,980	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	374.18/cwt	371.00–380.00	1,774	13

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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