Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a true price comparison; undertone on steers higher and heifers lower. Slaughter cows steady. Supply light, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $520.32/cwt on 43 head, up $20.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 15 comparable sales and sits +29.30 against this barn's trailing median of $491.02.

Average price

$520.32

▲ 20.03 vs prior sale

43 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+45.19

vs MO average

+44.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	520.32	2,848	43

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $520.32, low $447.23, median $491.02 across 15 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 sale43 hd

520.32

—

MO average15 barns · 2,481 hd

475.13

+45.19

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+44.76

This barn, trailing median15 sales

491.02

+29.30

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	—	Low	2,005	199.50	4,000	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,607	172.14	2,767	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,321	163.31	2,157	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	145.50	1,662	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	450–500	492	549.00/cwt	549.00–549.00	2,701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,882	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	442.98/cwt	432.00–448.50	2,702	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,908	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	551.02/cwt	539.50–561.00	2,860	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	390.75/cwt	388.50–394.50	2,462	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,436	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	433.32/cwt	415.00–448.00	2,284	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	409.98/cwt	401.00–423.00	2,333	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,873	10
Bulls	—	—	1,760	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,203	1
Bulls	—	—	2,250	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	4,883	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	170.75/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,701	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	177.68/cwt	175.00–180.00	3,035	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,754	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,573	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	173.87/cwt	171.00–177.00	2,330	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	150.20/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,597	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,408	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	493.62/cwt	467.50–508.50	2,824	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,376	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	167.22/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,281	8

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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