Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold 5.00 to 25.00 higher with the most advance on 600-700 lb steers. Heifers under 550 lbs steady, heavier weights 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Really good quality on hand for this last sale of the year, with several smaller reputation strings and some decent sized lots of buyers to build around. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.12/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −54.46 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$434.12

102 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$515

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$82.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.57

vs MO average

−9.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	447.20	2,523	63
Medium and Large 1-2	559	425.37	2,379	31
Medium 2	550	365.00	2,008	8thin

One grade step is worth $82.20/cwt here — about $515 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale102 hd

434.12

—

MO average21 barns · 3,700 hd

431.55

+2.57

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−9.98

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

−54.46

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	1,813	182.40	3,307	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	163.91	2,418	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	153.24	1,899	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	142.64	1,562	19

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,286	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,403	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	392.69/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,889	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	379.35/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,189	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	366.13/cwt	350.00–370.50	2,358	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	451.31/cwt	424.50–461.50	2,604	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	645	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,375	30
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	849	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	393.52/cwt	379.00–415.50	2,629	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	14
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	456	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	432.52/cwt	424.00–439.50	2,669	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	396.48/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,648	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	434.05/cwt	420.00–439.00	2,270	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	429.79/cwt	429.50–430.00	2,454	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	384.29/cwt	376.00–390.50	2,717	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,336	3
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,415	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	424.71/cwt	412.50–437.00	1,818	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	864	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	509.90/cwt	477.00–528.00	2,478	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	423.69/cwt	413.00–435.00	2,411	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	602.01/cwt	600.00–605.00	2,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	422.12/cwt	362.50–435.00	2,241	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	441.94/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,086	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	409.40/cwt	391.00–425.00	2,174	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	388.37/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,412	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	440.91/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,662	16
Bulls	—	—	1,813	182.40/cwt	175.00–190.00	3,307	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	158.15/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,929	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	143.41/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,833	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	162.04/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,392	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	170.46/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,507	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	142.64/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,562	19

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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