Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2025-12-04

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Dec 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,290 head
1,005 vs last sale 285 518 vs year ago 1,808 · 28.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
45 vs last sale 165 50 vs year ago 170 · 29.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold 35.00-50.00 higher than the much lighter test from the previous auction. Many farmer feeders in the audience making for active trade on light weight steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.05/cwt on 166 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits 38.52 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$450.05
166 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,448
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+35.05
vs MO average
+20.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540460.662,489126
Medium and Large 1-2555416.632,31240
One grade step is worth $44.03/cwt here — about $177 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
534496458420median 488.5812/1801/2903/2605/2108/06
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 sale166 hd
450.05
MO average19 barns · 4,343 hd
415.01
+35.05
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
+20.90
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−38.52
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
BullsAverage1,695192.533,2647thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,542157.332,42619
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,331152.812,03332
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,125138.621,55928

Every lot, as filed

50 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
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450439494.68/cwt487.50–502.502,17211
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567443.74/cwt435.00–446.002,51666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350–400382495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,89112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500466420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9576
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800782325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5425
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750731363.03/cwt350.00–368.002,65436
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450446432.30/cwt430.00–449.001,92820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500497450.74/cwt430.00–465.002,24030
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568394.96/cwt381.00–416.002,24322
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523409.50/cwt402.00–411.002,14251
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479506.49/cwt485.00–509.002,42628
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,03910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650602342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400391447.55/cwt439.00–460.001,75010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700662336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,22425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750726260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8888
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568385.56/cwt373.00–407.002,19030
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,3394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750704322.98/cwt318.50–325.002,27413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,315150.38/cwt144.00–157.001,97719
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223140.10/cwt138.00–142.001,7132
CowsLean 85-90%1,141139.05/cwt130.00–143.001,58715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,496150.00/cwt146.00–154.002,2447
CowsBoner 80-85%1,377159.33/cwt158.00–164.002,19411
Bulls1,598189.40/cwt182.00–198.003,0274
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680371.32/cwt358.00–387.502,525109
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850846292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,4707
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471437.68/cwt428.00–448.002,06126
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615370.87/cwt354.50–379.502,28167
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800781301.50/cwt301.50–301.502,3558
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511479.28/cwt464.00–497.002,44960
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617411.31/cwt400.00–417.502,538112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450421445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8736
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400393467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,8375
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900858292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,5106
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750701349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,44675
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450422470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9834
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450447537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,4035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626376.87/cwt364.00–392.002,35949
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650617326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539443.12/cwt395.00–455.002,38818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550506397.48/cwt391.50–404.002,01127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477419.28/cwt419.00–419.502,00013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590363.27/cwt356.00–369.002,14316
CowsLean 85-90%1,146149.41/cwt145.00–157.001,7128
CowsLean 85-90%1,043120.07/cwt112.00–127.001,2525
Bulls1,945205.06/cwt204.00–206.003,9882
Bulls1,585180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,8531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,556158.47/cwt155.00–162.002,4668
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,594167.90/cwt164.00–174.002,6764

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.