Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true comparison, undertone lower. Slaughter cows steady. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.83/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −82.75 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$405.83

76 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$41.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.31

vs MO average

−4.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	409.67	2,257	69
Medium and Large 1-2	579	368.00	2,131	7thin

One grade step is worth $41.67/cwt here — about $127 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 sale76 hd

405.83

—

MO average17 barns · 2,701 hd

388.51

+17.31

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−4.25

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−82.75

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	1,862	190.55	3,548	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,439	155.02	2,231	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	152.48	1,910	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	140.71	1,464	31

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1-2Fleshy	450–500	490	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,078	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	448	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,903	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,249	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	143.98/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,996	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,994	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	397.29/cwt	395.00–406.00	2,324	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	368.79/cwt	364.00–373.50	2,346	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	398.79/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,703	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,070	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,131	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	678	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,170	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	421.69/cwt	407.00–431.50	2,184	35
Bulls	—	—	1,862	190.55/cwt	181.00–202.00	3,548	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	155.11/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,922	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	142.20/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,483	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	132.99/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,364	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	139.78/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,841	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	157.23/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,299	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,020	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	1,942	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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