Name: New Cambria Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale several weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter cows 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.23/cwt on 112 head, down $9.77 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −42.53 against this barn's trailing median of $489.76.

Average price

$447.23

▼ 9.77 vs prior sale

112 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$21.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.93

vs MO average

+43.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	460.83	2,429	42
Medium and Large 1-2	546	439.07	2,399	70

One grade step is worth $21.76/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $520.32, low $447.23, median $489.76 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 sale112 hd

447.23

—

MO average17 barns · 1,860 hd

412.30

+34.93

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

+43.87

This barn, trailing median17 sales

489.76

−42.53

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	2,070	175.50	3,633	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,304	152.04	1,983	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	151.49	2,231	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	137.84	1,549	9thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,936	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	339.61/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,449	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,152	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	1,954	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	442.55/cwt	425.00–443.50	2,403	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,683	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	334.23/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,406	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,466	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	412.10/cwt	401.00–431.00	2,361	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	413.37/cwt	405.00–420.50	1,972	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	357	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	1,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	386.25/cwt	386.25–386.25	2,491	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	337.63/cwt	320.00–351.00	2,576	7
Steers	Medium 2	750–800	766	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	373.19/cwt	316.00–393.00	2,329	20
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	868	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,734	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	381.87/cwt	379.00–383.25	2,543	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,411	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,211	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	320.04/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,538	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	357.83/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,065	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,220	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,052	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,787	3
Bulls	—	—	2,160	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,953	1
Bulls	—	—	1,980	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,326	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	152.04/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,983	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	151.99/cwt	147.00–156.00	2,242	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,066	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	125.52/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,447	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	141.36/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,576	7

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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