Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold sharply higher with the feeder heifers trading mostly steady over all the quality of cattle was deep with lots of high quality calves Slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.36/cwt on 160 head, up $13.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 19 comparable sales and sits +11.78 against this barn's trailing median of $488.58.

Average price

$500.36

▲ 13.06 vs prior sale

160 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.99

vs MO average

+19.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	500.36	2,791	160

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

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 sale160 hd

500.36

—

MO average19 barns · 3,369 hd

487.37

+12.99

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+19.34

This barn, trailing median19 sales

488.58

+11.78

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	—	Average	1,502	217.40	3,265	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,600	183.97	2,944	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,454	181.37	2,638	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	178.01	2,240	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,116	163.33	1,822	31

Every lot, as filed

51 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	550–600	575	492.83/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,834	74
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,528	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,144	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,836	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	412.57/cwt	401.00–429.00	2,220	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	456.74/cwt	447.50–465.50	2,855	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	510.47/cwt	508.00–514.00	2,772	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,977	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,991	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	422.40/cwt	420.00–423.50	2,893	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,789	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	499	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,695	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	478.55/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,761	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	388.99/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,392	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	442.92/cwt	440.00–444.00	2,104	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	689.00/cwt	689.00–689.00	2,019	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	536.00/cwt	536.00–536.00	2,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,277	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	427.99/cwt	424.50–433.50	2,414	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	460.99/cwt	450.00–466.50	2,328	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,243	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	590.42/cwt	577.00–600.00	2,503	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,142	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,600	183.97/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,944	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	173.90/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,899	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	179.91/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,646	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	162.62/cwt	160.00–165.50	2,366	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	181.18/cwt	175.00–189.00	2,239	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	187.33/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,686	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	161.79/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,843	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,325	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	142.37/cwt	135.00–154.00	1,640	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	169.72/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,247	5
Bulls	—	—	1,502	217.40/cwt	200.00–225.00	3,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,279	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	997	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,091	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	421.92/cwt	419.00–422.50	2,578	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,121	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	506.44/cwt	494.50–530.00	2,147	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,628	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,406	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,053	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	486.76/cwt	461.00–497.50	2,312	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	579.00/cwt	579.00–579.00	2,727	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	534.32/cwt	524.00–545.00	2,730	36

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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