Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison, undertone sharply lower. Pretty light offering highlighted by a large consignment of Char-cross heifers all originating from one ranch. Beyond that it was lots of singles and small packages of cattle. Volatility abounds in the cattle sector currently with futures eroding and fed cattle under pressure. Quality as a whole was above average with most in thinner condition after the recent heat wave. The crowd was lighter than the feeder run with most locals running hard in the hayfield. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $408.71/cwt on 33 head, down $20.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 17 comparable sales and sits −15.41 against this barn's trailing median of $424.13.

Average price

$408.71

▼ 20.43 vs prior sale

33 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$51

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$18.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

vs MO average

+12.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	409.86	2,146	31
Medium and Large 1-2	562	391.00	2,197	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.86/cwt here — about −$51 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

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.46, low $395.61, median $424.13 across 17 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 sale33 hd

408.71

—

MO average15 barns · 1,686 hd

411.56

−2.85

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

+12.66

This barn, trailing median17 sales

424.13

−15.41

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	1,815	214.82	3,899	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,425	179.94	2,564	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	175.70	2,101	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	149.72	1,517	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	370.72/cwt	358.50–378.00	2,510	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	408.50/cwt	408.50–408.50	2,263	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,776	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,585	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	358.07/cwt	351.25–372.50	2,793	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	400.62/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,516	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,353	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	446.70/cwt	432.50–456.00	2,577	22
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	797	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,667	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	430.51/cwt	416.50–455.50	2,665	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,087	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	507.43/cwt	495.00–517.50	2,593	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	418.75/cwt	411.00–424.00	2,324	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,380	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,807	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	417	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,981	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	346	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	384.71/cwt	376.50–388.50	2,608	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	376.75/cwt	376.75–376.75	2,826	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,181	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	399.71/cwt	378.00–405.25	2,462	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	478	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	375.72/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,728	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	410.33/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,105	23
Bulls	—	—	1,815	214.82/cwt	210.00–221.00	3,899	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	167.66/cwt	162.00–173.00	2,054	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	185.76/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,153	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	186.46/cwt	181.00–194.00	2,653	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	175.05/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,496	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	149.72/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,517	3

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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