Sale reports / Missouri / New Cambria Livestock Market / 2026-04-02

New Cambria Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Cambria, Missouri · Thu, Apr 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1248
Feeder Cattle receipts
954 head
549 vs last sale 405 588 vs year ago 366 · +160.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
36 vs last sale 57 8 vs year ago 85 · +9.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light offering, steers and heifers sold firm to 10.00 higher, spots up to 13.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Pretty slim comparisons overall to last week's much smaller run. Thursday's sale highlighted a handful of loads or part loads from longtime reputation consigners, all met with good demand and having no trouble finding rides to a new home. 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 $497.98/cwt on 19 head, up $6.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 19 comparable sales and sits +9.40 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.
Average price
$497.98
6.96 vs prior sale
19 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.86
vs MO average
+14.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544507.502,7614thin
Medium and Large 1-2560495.442,77515thin
One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd
497.98
MO average19 barns · 2,709 hd
484.12
+13.86
National average169 barns · 10,003 hd
483.18
+14.80
This barn, trailing median19 sales
488.58
+9.40
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
BullsAverage1,687209.833,5405thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,470175.132,57523
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,238171.762,12616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,027153.221,57416

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1-2600–650646365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3585
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700652360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3477
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435511.68/cwt499.00–519.002,22614
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750721383.50/cwt383.50–383.502,76575
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800784374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,93220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,3805
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533528.00/cwt528.00–528.002,8148
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633460.57/cwt430.00–470.002,91569
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668430.86/cwt425.50–432.252,87843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7403
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850813375.25/cwt375.25–375.253,05170
SteersLarge 11050–11001,057312.00/cwt312.00–312.003,29825
SteersMedium 2600–650628374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,3495
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,3805
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750736405.92/cwt405.00–411.502,988120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610433.34/cwt415.00–442.502,64324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600591458.22/cwt452.50–466.002,7087
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483539.00/cwt539.00–539.002,6035
HeifersLarge 1-2900–950921311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,8644
SteersMedium 2Fleshy1100–11501,100289.50/cwt289.50–289.503,18510
SteersMedium 2Fleshy900–950909336.00/cwt336.00–336.003,0547
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550544507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,7614
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900868360.00/cwt360.00–360.003,12550
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750726396.20/cwt396.00–396.502,87635
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500494478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,36110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–8508083,160.00/head3,160.00–3,160.003,16012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574408.42/cwt391.00–420.502,34418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524437.59/cwt427.00–441.502,29321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–9008713,287.30/head3,200.00–3,375.003,28720
Bulls1,687209.83/cwt197.00–219.003,5405
CowsBoner 80-85%1,199167.53/cwt163.00–175.002,00911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,323181.05/cwt174.00–185.002,3955
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,512169.51/cwt161.00–177.002,56311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,432180.28/cwt176.00–186.002,58212
CowsLean 85-90%1,005151.36/cwt145.00–155.001,52112
CowsLean 85-90%1,093158.80/cwt158.00–161.001,7364

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.