Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-03-26

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Mar 26
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
263 vs last sale 668 76 vs year ago 329 · +23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
36 vs last sale 93 22 vs year ago 79 · 27.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true price comparison, undertone on steers lower and heifers higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Pretty light run with some clean up type trade this week ahead of a much larger high quality run next week. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $491.02/cwt on 63 head, up $9.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 19 comparable sales and sits +2.44 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$491.02
9.62 vs prior sale
63 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$58.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.56
vs MO average
+12.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512528.012,70311thin
Medium and Large 1-2548485.592,66244
Large 1-2594470.002,7928thin
One grade step is worth $58.01/cwt here — about −$88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale63 hd
491.02
MO average19 barns · 2,547 hd
480.45
+10.56
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
+12.93
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
+2.44
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
BullsAverage1,895213.114,0396thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,499168.722,52913
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273161.352,05315
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,171145.221,7014thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500499500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4955
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500468535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,5043
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668431.27/cwt422.00–447.002,88121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed700–750709395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,8014
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550512528.01/cwt516.00–535.002,70311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500470526.00/cwt526.00–526.002,4728
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575449.56/cwt442.50–454.002,58513
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,49615
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600557417.62/cwt403.00–425.002,32615
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850811361.83/cwt357.00–366.502,93435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538484.12/cwt448.00–489.502,60533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600–650620452.35/cwt451.00–453.002,80512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed300–350308590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,8174
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500488505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,4644
SteersLarge 1-2550–600594470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,7928
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,83711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667410.62/cwt406.00–413.502,73916
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700396.50/cwt396.50–396.502,77632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750738380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8048
SteersLarge 1-2800–850811356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,8874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,4954
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,7874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2904
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350–400371491.00/cwt491.00–491.001,8227
Bulls1,830195.32/cwt187.50–205.003,5742
Bulls1,928222.00/cwt215.00–225.004,2804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,282165.80/cwt160.00–174.002,1268
CowsBoner 80-85%1,262156.26/cwt149.00–158.001,9727
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,300182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,3661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,440159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,2901
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,522168.40/cwt164.00–175.002,56311
CowsLean 85-90%1,171145.22/cwt140.00–147.001,7014

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.