Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-03-05

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
1,776 vs last sale 2,079 213 vs year ago 516 · 41.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
44 vs last sale 102 10 vs year ago 68 · 14.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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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 19 of 19 comparable sales and sits +31.74 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547520.322,84843
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 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 median19 sales
488.58
+31.74
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
BullsLow2,005199.504,0002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,607172.142,76715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,321163.312,15714
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,143145.501,6622thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500492549.00/cwt549.00–549.002,7013
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700664434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,8828
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610442.98/cwt432.00–448.502,70224
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800786370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,90812
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519551.02/cwt539.50–561.002,86020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,5033
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750707416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,9416
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630390.75/cwt388.50–394.502,46224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700661368.50/cwt368.50–368.502,4367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527433.32/cwt415.00–448.002,2847
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569409.98/cwt401.00–423.002,33310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800754381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,87310
Bulls1,760182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,2031
Bulls2,250217.00/cwt217.00–217.004,8831
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,582170.75/cwt164.00–174.002,70112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,708177.68/cwt175.00–180.003,0353
CowsLean 85-90%1,185148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,7541
CowsLean 85-90%1,100143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,5731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,340173.87/cwt171.00–177.002,3302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224150.20/cwt148.00–153.001,8384
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,59715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,4087
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572493.62/cwt467.50–508.502,82423
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,37614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,364167.22/cwt164.00–169.002,2818

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.