Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-01-29

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Jan 29
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,090 head
636 vs last sale 454 73 vs year ago 1,163 · 6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
30 vs last sale 82 33 vs year ago 85 · 38.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slim comparisons to last week's light feeder offering but some similar sales of steers and heifers sold 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Overall quality was much improved over last week and ran very deep into the sale. Not a lot of cattle moving throughout the trade area this week thanks to some winter weather but buyers were eager to put some stock together and had several larger reputation consignments to work with. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $473.68/cwt on 114 head, up $18.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 19 comparable sales and sits 14.90 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$473.68
18.60 vs prior sale
114 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.32
vs MO average
10.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565477.802,702101
Medium and Large 1-2566441.652,49813thin
One grade step is worth $36.14/cwt here — about $204 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale114 hd
473.68
MO average3 barns · 213 hd
456.35
+17.32
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
−10.42
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
−14.90
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
BullsAverage1,653202.893,3544thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,506167.192,5188thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,350158.662,14310
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,040142.051,47711

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600582442.11/cwt431.00–448.502,57344
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523462.39/cwt425.00–479.502,41881
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,1124
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422479.28/cwt467.00–490.502,02327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,55811
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800783364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,85026
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600592459.00/cwt453.50–467.002,71757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,3495
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450431553.11/cwt505.00–587.502,38426
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531502.15/cwt492.00–535.002,66644
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805373.37/cwt371.00–374.003,00624
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500483555.34/cwt530.00–577.002,68225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445518.00/cwt518.00–518.002,3053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395492.00/cwt492.00–492.001,9435
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874348.50/cwt348.50–348.503,04615
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700678367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4885
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750723399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,8857
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700673392.44/cwt390.00–394.002,64118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600591438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,5898
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800760386.78/cwt380.50–389.002,94058
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400392535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0977
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630403.34/cwt390.50–420.002,541119
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,5026
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800761356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,70921
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750729394.90/cwt386.00–397.002,87949
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628445.86/cwt424.00–450.002,80041
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670428.53/cwt395.00–442.502,871174
Bulls1,653202.89/cwt179.00–210.003,3544
CowsLean 85-90%1,040142.05/cwt138.00–152.001,47711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,361156.51/cwt153.00–159.002,1309
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,2341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,529163.78/cwt158.00–168.002,5045
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,467172.88/cwt169.00–179.002,5363

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.