Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 20.00 lower, with some unweaned calves 30.00 to 40.00 lower. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher. A couple high end consignments of yearlings highlighted the sale, seeing the least amount of decline, with the calf offering finding fewer outlets depending on health history and condition. The lower market was no surprise after the liquidation in the futures markets although in spots it would appear that the last 10 days didn't even happen. While the price levels have felt precarious for a while, the fundamentals haven't changed but the paper trade was even more fragile than many wanted to believe. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.86/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −85.71 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$402.86

85 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$17.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.44

vs MO average

−26.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	409.12	2,217	55
Medium and Large 1-2	550	391.40	2,154	30

One grade step is worth $17.72/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale85 hd

402.86

—

MO average17 barns · 2,073 hd

378.42

+24.44

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−26.86

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−85.71

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	—	High	1,672	191.58	3,203	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,417	171.68	2,433	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	161.37	1,968	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	145.54	1,496	29

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	354.61/cwt	354.50–355.00	2,348	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	352	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	409.75/cwt	404.00–429.00	2,209	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,056	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	508	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,934	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	386.04/cwt	378.00–391.00	2,413	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,338	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,008	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	340.95/cwt	336.50–350.00	1,995	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,081	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,060	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,187	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,876	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,247	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,121	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	664	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,098	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,020	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,718	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	156.00/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,267	6
Bulls	—	—	1,800	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,744	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	184.61/cwt	181.00–189.00	2,723	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	151.29/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,905	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	147.79/cwt	139.00–157.00	1,540	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	173.63/cwt	163.00–181.00	2,445	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	432	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,719	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,155	6
Steers	Large 1	850–900	883	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,870	53
Bulls	—	—	1,660	190.09/cwt	180.00–196.00	3,155	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	164.06/cwt	155.00–175.00	1,983	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	138.46/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,362	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	435.45/cwt	430.00–441.00	2,055	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	375.27/cwt	366.00–385.50	2,908	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	442.53/cwt	439.00–445.00	1,929	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	358.51/cwt	351.00–371.00	2,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	420.52/cwt	408.00–431.00	1,981	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	755	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,273	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	417.38/cwt	397.00–433.50	2,175	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	342.22/cwt	339.00–345.50	2,180	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	362.57/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,259	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	551	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,425	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	349.66/cwt	348.00–351.00	1,888	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,237	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	467	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	377	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,223	5

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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